cavanami Posted May 1, 2011 Report Share Posted May 1, 2011 It is not booming for the majority of the Thai people, IMO. Prices are up but wages have not followed so the Thai people have to contend with inflation. Yesterday, I was in Tesco to buy some ground pork...145 Baht a Kg!!! WTF...I could find it on sale for 75 Baht a Kg or "regular" price was 105 Baht a Kg and this is just one item! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shygye Posted May 1, 2011 Report Share Posted May 1, 2011 ... don't forget the palm oil! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ozpharlap Posted May 1, 2011 Report Share Posted May 1, 2011 ... don't forget the palm oil! Yes, how can one forget palm oil, it put the fat into chocolate instead of cocoa, that is why chocolates are so fattening these days, especially cheap chocolates which are filled with palm oil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cavanami Posted May 1, 2011 Report Share Posted May 1, 2011 Palm oil was 32b/L now 46! Just back from Carre Four and bought 2 liters! Found ground pork on sale there for 105b/Kg so grabbed up a kilo or two!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flashermac Posted May 1, 2011 Report Share Posted May 1, 2011 Prices on small items in the 7-Eleven are creeping up by about 2 baht every few months. I blame it the price of oil. When I came to Thailand in 1973, it was dirt cheap! I had a living allowance of 1800 baht a month - ate out every night and wore only tailor-made clothes. 2nd class train fare Bangkok-Chiangmai was about 60 baht. The following year OPEC decided to "screw the west". The SOBs didn't hurt the west that much, but they punished the Third World right royally. Prices started climbing and have never really stopped. The reason is transportation - almost entirely based on petrol. Thank God the government subsidises diesel. You see idiots demanding it stop, not realising that if the subsidy does food and everything else will immediately increase by at least 25% and keep on increasing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
panadolsandwich Posted May 25, 2011 Author Report Share Posted May 25, 2011 The food at Gulliver's was terrible the other day. Unbelievably salty, bland, in small portions and rather overpriced. The bloody mary had no worcestershire, not enough tabasco or vodka. I'd love to say more - but you see it would be terribly gauche to say more... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flashermac Posted May 25, 2011 Report Share Posted May 25, 2011 How were the truffles? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gobbledonk Posted May 25, 2011 Report Share Posted May 25, 2011 I reckon Thailand is fine - I'm in a state of irreversible decline, but Thailand ? Nah .... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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