Best place to get American food in Bangkok

[nkped 1,208]

That isn't bangers and mash!

I'll take your word for it. Occasionally, Google will lead you astray. But are you suggesting the real thing would be visually more appealing than the really fine rueben sandwich which was posted earlier?

 

Main reason I don't order bangers and mash in places it is on the menu isn't the bangers, it's the mash

[Nightrider 340]

Main reason I don't order bangers and mash in places it is on the menu isn't the bangers, it's the mash

 

Then you could order sausage and chips instead.........

[jacko 8,822]

I'll take your word for it. Occasionally, Google will lead you astray. But are you suggesting the real thing would be visually more appealing than the really fine rueben sandwich which was posted earlier?

 

Main reason I don't order bangers and mash in places it is on the menu isn't the bangers, it's the mash

Well the mash was an off colour so I thought perhaps it was toad in the hole?

Some US dishes are 'complex', you get the idea they don't want to miss any extra fat and calories so everything goes on it.

'Too much other shit I couldn't taste the beef' a friend once said of a burger.

This is how mine normally looks... it needs the baked beans.

Of course baked beans are not an American creation.... they are derived from cassoulet!

[nkped 1,208]

Well the mash was an off colour so I thought perhaps it was toad in the hole?

Some US dishes are 'complex', you get the idea they don't want to miss any extra fat and calories so everything goes on it.

'Too much other shit I couldn't taste the beef' a friend once said of a burger.

This is how mine normally looks... it needs the baked beans.

 

Of course baked beans are not an American creation.... they are derived from cassoulet!

Looks good, even with the mashed potatoes. No problem with baked beans although I'm still getting my head around the idea of eating them with breakfast. A boiled tomato on the other hand

[LocalYokul 217]

We've veered off subject to the extreme.

 

I vote for Doug Harrson's Bourbon Street as the most American food in BKK, anyone else?

[short 215]

If anyone ever offers you traditional pan fried okra, immediately say yes.

 

Also when done right is red eye gravy.

 

Red eye gravy is an example of how nothing was allowed to waste 50 years ago. Its nothing more that grease left over from sausage mixed with a little coffee and then be used as a thin gravy for the sausage.

 

Although pizza is an Italian original, the US has made it its own. Original pizza had very little meat on it as the poor couldn't afford it.

[short 215]

We've veered off subject to the extreme.

 

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Starting a thread on an international forum is like a box of chocolates. Edited August 6, 2013 by short

[bratpack 91]

Must admit,some of them American dishes look very tasty.Not into desserts though,mainly too sweet.

[jacko 8,822]

Looks good, even with the mashed potatoes. No problem with baked beans although I'm still getting my head around the idea of eating them with breakfast. A boiled tomato on the other hand

Well I struggle with the concept of having maple syrup instead of HP sauce but each to their own eh?

[steamer 158]

Well I struggle with the concept of having maple syrup instead of HP sauce but each to their own eh?

 

 

I understand there are about 300 different recipes for 'banger's' although not all of them explode during the cooking process, it seems they are all incomplete without brown sauce. What's the point?

[jacko 8,822]

I understand there are about 300 different recipes for 'banger's' although not all of them explode during the cooking process, it seems they are all incomplete without brown sauce. What's the point?

Now now..... fries without ketchup and a hot-dog without mustard would be strange in the USA.

Personally I may have brown sauce with my breakfast (which includes a sausage or two), but never with bangers and mash.

The point..... it complements the food.

Now maple syrup mixed with savoury foods???

[steamer 158]

Now now..... fries without ketchup and a hot-dog without mustard would be strange in the USA.

Personally I may have brown sauce with my breakfast (which includes a sausage or two), but never with bangers and mash.

The point..... it complements the food.

Now maple syrup mixed with savoury foods???

doesn't explain yer propensity for brown sauce delivery devices.

[jacko 8,822]

doesn't explain yer propensity for brown sauce delivery devices.

I have no idea what you mean.

[steamer 158]

I have no idea what you mean.

Sure you do

[jacko 8,822]

Sure you do

Sure I don't.

[Gary 4,119]

Now now..... fries without ketchup and a hot-dog without mustard would be strange in the USA.

Personally I may have brown sauce with my breakfast (which includes a sausage or two), but never with bangers and mash.

The point..... it complements the food.

Now maple syrup mixed with savoury foods???

 

For my taste, maple syrup is ONLY for pancakes and waffles. Some people may use it for other food but that is not a common practice.

 

If I use steak sauce on any beef, that means the beef is poor quality and I need to somehow add some flavor. Unfortunately here in Thailand most beef is VERY bad and on the rare occasion that I order any type of beef, steak sauce or even ketchup is likely needed.

 

Bangers here are hit and miss too. I have had some that were very good but the majority of them are simply ground pork stuffed into a casing of some sort. Maybe with other fillers added. Sausages NEED spices added to be sausage. That said, I don't care much for the Bourbon Street breakfast sausage. In that case, there is too much spice added.

[jacko 8,822]

Bangers here are hit and miss too. I have had some that were very good but the majority of them are simply ground pork stuffed into a casing of some sort. Maybe with other fillers added. Sausages NEED spices added to be sausage. That said, I don't care much for the Bourbon Street breakfast sausage. In that case, there is too much spice added.

Well there are quite a few farang sausage makers in town now who are catering to the market.

And I bought some reasonable chorizo from the Big-C-X recently, which went well into a spaghetti sauce.

I am also partial to the Thai effort, the type from the Northern region (Chiangmai), most certainly not the Issarn style ones.

 

And to my perennial shame I must admit to liking the taste of those sausage patties McDonalds use in their breakfast sausage McMuffin.

Edited August 7, 2013 by jacko

[LocalYokul 217]

I don't care much for the Bourbon Street breakfast sausage. In that case, there is too much spice added.

It's real Cajun, I love it.

[LocalYokul 217]

I am also partial to the Thai effort, the type from the Northern region (Chiangmai), most certainly not the Issarn style ones.

 

Yes, the Sai-Ua is a good spicy sausage:

 

[jacko 8,822]

Yes, the Sai-Ua is a good spicy sausage:

 

Yes, those are the ones.... hard to find good ones around Pattaya. Years ago the north Thai restaurant Aung Kham on 3rd Rd (long gone) used to make their own. There is a lady sometimes sells them on the market nearby (Thursdays and Saturdays only) and we have a few. I used to get them from the Northern food stall days in the Carrefour Mall too but haven't seen them there for a while.

[steamer 158]

England's national dish.

 

 

[LocalYokul 217]

Yes, those are the ones.... hard to find good ones around Pattaya. Years ago the north Thai restaurant Aung Kham on 3rd Rd (long gone) used to make their own. There is a lady sometimes sells them on the market nearby (Thursdays and Saturdays only) and we have a few. I used to get them from the Northern food stall days in the Carrefour Mall too but haven't seen them there for a while.

 

Best place to get REAL Northern Thai is in Banchang, My ex-TGF's father has a stall there. Not the Saturday market down by the old theater, but the night market across from Tesco. I can't remember what night it's on though.

 

I was just about to start a thread about this, cause I really want to get some Nahm Prick Noom and Gaang Hung Lay while I'm in Pattaya, and don't really want to face the ex's dad, LOL

[LocalYokul 217]

Come to think of it, the old guy is probably still using Hung Lay powder that I bought for him in Chiang Rai. He said we bought enough to last years.

[steamer 158]

Best place to get REAL Northern Thai is in Banchang, My ex-TGF's father has a stall there. Not the Saturday market down by the old theater, but the night market across from Tesco. I can't remember what night it's on though.

 

I was just about to start a thread about this, cause I really want to get some Nahm Prick Noom and Gaang Hung Lay while I'm in Pattaya, and don't really want to face the ex's dad, LOL

I shoulda tried there as the food I had elsewhere wasn't particularly special.

[bratpack 91]

I heard that bangers and mash at Rockhouse are a bit different