Monthly food budget ?

Post by **the-monk** » July 30, 2016, 5:43 pm

home-made 42 baht

Post by **hippo** » July 30, 2016, 5:55 pm

wiking wrote:hippo you need to go to farang restaurants -

Need ????? For what ?????

Post by **12345** » July 30, 2016, 6:52 pm

Yea really. Why bother with any others.

Don't need to pay 2 to 3 times as much to be disappointed.

Most Thais do it better, and cheaper. =D>

T Bar, about the only value around, close to or in town. PapaFarang's, but too far for a quick fix for myself.

Post by **hippo** » July 30, 2016, 7:30 pm

12345 wrote:Yea really. Why bother with any others.

Don't need to pay 2 to 3 times as much to be disappointed. Most Thais do it better, and cheaper. =D>

T Bar, about the only value around, close to or in town. PapaFarang's, but too far for a quick fix for myself.

=D> =D> =D>

Post by **hippo** » July 31, 2016, 12:15 pm

60 baht

hosting immagini

Post by **the-monk** » July 31, 2016, 12:45 pm

Is this a different place or the same as the spaghetti, and steak place ? You own the place ? Real or internet pics ?

Post by **hippo** » July 31, 2016, 2:04 pm

the-monk wrote:Is this a different place or the same as the spaghetti, and steak place ? You own the place ? Real or internet pics ?

Real pics ofcourse...and real price also....right price

I am not own eheheh.....but i have idea to open soon in Udon :-"

Post by **wiking** » July 31, 2016, 2:35 pm

6 months ago I was here several times - making same food as foto from hippo and great taste

https://www.google.co.th/maps/@17.40936 ... 6656?hl=da

small nice and clean restaurant - free wifi - and free water

Post by **the-monk** » July 31, 2016, 3:48 pm

Hippo i understand that your prefered restaurant serves dinner, not lunch. How about a lunch place serving similar food at similar prices ?

Post by **12345** » July 31, 2016, 5:45 pm

Late lunch today, Phosi Village food court....Fish and chips (not batter, but fish

) and surprisingly flavorful. ฿65

Post by **RLTrader** » July 31, 2016, 5:50 pm

bumper wrote:This probably seems strange coming from a old timer. But, I wonder if I have really lost touch with the cost of food, these days.

Our food budget is 25 K baht a month. I eat about 80% farrang food. The 25 K doesn't include things like lobster. No beer or booze involved,

Ya, sounds high, but I record everything in Quickens and just ran a report for Groceries last month and it came up with 21,507 baht. Just ran it for this month and it came up with 19,584 -
but mine includes beer and scotch. This is for 3 people and is what we spend at Tesco, big C, tops, royal project, Makro, thai beef, and ngee soon. Does not include eating out, or stuff wife picks up.

Also I eat like a bird. Wife is thin, but eats like a bear, son thin as a rail (unless I cook) eats a lot of junk.

So maybe 25k not so high? I remember 10 years ago I would go to tesco and spend under 1k, now I go and its around 2k or over.

Post by **RLTrader** » July 31, 2016, 6:08 pm

Speaking about Groceries, the other day went to Tesco with wife, lady says if you split it into 2 orders, can save 100 baht or so, said ok, stop at 1k for first one. She stop at 1007 and I paid that, then she rang up the rest and it came to a little over 500, gave me a 200 baht discount, so paid 300 and some change. Strange discount I must say, looking to count more customers or something?

Post by **macca46** » July 31, 2016, 6:18 pm

They have been doing this on and off for about the past 18 months that I know of, maybe longer.

Post by **hippo** » July 31, 2016, 9:12 pm

12345 wrote:Late lunch today, Phosi Village food court....Fish and chips (not batter, but fish ) and surprisingly flavorful. ฿65

=D> =D> =D>

Post by **hippo** » July 31, 2016, 9:23 pm

50 baht

Water 10 baht

invia immagini

Post by **hippo** » August 6, 2016, 3:42 pm

79 baht
Water 10 baht

host image

Post by **maxeboy** » August 6, 2016, 5:08 pm

Please give descriptions of the food presented as just a picture is not easy to understand. Of course french fries on show is ok but the other ingredients are not obvious. Otherwise looks ok and price is reasonable.
Kind regards from

maxeboy

Post by **pal52** » August 7, 2016, 10:30 am

It looks as though it was home cooked.
Never heard of a restaurant that serves food on an old piece of welded steel plate.
Hippo seems to do this a lot & never gives a description or where it was bought/cooked.
Pomps was the best for posting about meals bought at different restaurants with good descriptions about service, price & location along with photos.
Sadly he seems to have departed Udon.

Post by **Khun Paul** » August 7, 2016, 10:47 am

All these wonderful emporiums of excellently priced food is wonderful, however by the time one has driven around the town, found somewhere to park the jalopy, walked to said place cost is rather irrelevant. I love the Vietnam restaurant but like so many others the other side of town to myself, therefore savings on food is outweighed by fuel costs and if you do not like it, even more costly.

Post by **12345** » August 7, 2016, 1:12 pm

pal52 wrote:Hippo seems to do this a lot & never gives a description or where it was bought/cooked.

Unless a sponsor, details aren't permitted.

And looks like a nicely butterflied chicken breast........My guess would be the CenterPoint vendor in the corner.........

Agree, many places, vendors are only visited if in the area, and rarely worthy a special trip. AND yes......no parking, sorry, not for me.