It took us 10 minutes to find the place in a taxi, as I am no good with directions, and seldom venture into the tourist area.
At one point I showed the taxi driver the business card from the restaurant, which contains a small map. 'I can't read English,' he said.
Hopeless. Nor did he know the area: 'I usually drive on the other side of town.'
When will the city start policing such things? Drivers who do not know the inner city should not ply their taxis in it, still less those who can't read a few simple English words on a map.
'Under no circumstances can Thais read maps,' one of our party chimed in.
Maybe the driver's lack of English was just an excuse for the fact that he can't decipher simple maps, either.
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The food, we agreed, was average, even mediocre. 'Food stalls serve better,' pronounced one of our party. The host, the farang owner's boyfriend, was over-the-top, and annoying.
I did not get a chance to talk to the farang owner. The brochure for the place refers to his Thai boyfriend as the owner, probably for legal reasons.
I like farang J, who is natural and friendly. However, I am not sure if I will bother to go back.
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Maiyuu sorted his clothes yesterday, ready to send to the people who wash them.
Rather than wash the clothes ourselves in the coin operated machines which I can find on the slum side of this condo, we decided to send out, to a dry-cleaning business in a shophouse over there.
They wash and iron them for us, and do a superb job. The business offers a several packages.
I am on the package where they agree to wash any 40 items for 700 baht. I have just sent off a second basket of clothes, which takes me to the half-way point of my package.
Maiyuu has opted for the most expensive package, which he is likely to use all in one go. Under this package, the firm offers to wash and iron 80 items, for 1200 baht.
Yesterday he sorted through his laundry and came up with 80 items which he wants them to wash. He has put them in one of the packing boxes we used to transport goods to our place when we moved.
The rest, he will wash by hand.
2 comments:
ReplyDeleteAsia in Australia31 March 2009 at 00:35
"over the top"...bkkdreamer you are being modest....i really fear for his bf who invested all this money (and is not even the owner of the place)...that guy is going to drive away many many customers for sure. we dont mind being suggested food but just his comments that we eat more rice because we weigh more than 40kgs was plain offensive. on the contrary, he wasnt showing any of his ribs either...
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Glenn31 March 2009 at 16:15
not that it has anything to do with this post, but this boy Ajoo pictured here can do anything he wants to me. :-) Good lord. I think I need a cold shower.
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