Makan in Thailand

[steveluv]

This morning had Thai curry rice for breakfast, one of the Thai's most popular breakfasts. 

Nice place for breakfast

My $6.70 breakfast (rather expensive for Thai standard but then there is that big fish)

Onion Omlette on one side Bean Sprouts and Tofu

Mackerel cooked in coconut curry

Soup

 

 

[Meanmachine]

@steveluv Flattery is the biggest booster . . . you go on man😉

[steveluv]

Woke up in the middle of the night felt hungry so made myself some eggs - 

 

 

Edited July 9, 2022 by steveluv

[Arogab]

@steveluvBro, I was at Jhol in Sukhumvit ,this is damn good.

[steveluv]

1 hour ago, Arogab said:

@steveluvBro, I was at Jhol in Sukhumvit ,this is damn good.

Waaaaaa shiok. I will go.

[steveluv]

Just discovered a nice Thai restaurant near home (5km away) pretty nice,

 

Somtam crab

Grilled river prawns

Cat fish floss

Grilled chicken

Dinner spread

Lime seabass

Location - https://goo.gl/maps/jU6MRWigmvmeW4mr5

 

Edited July 11, 2022 by steveluv

[Arogab]

8 minutes ago, steveluv said:

Waaaaaa shiok. I will go.

The other time I did with my boss and customer at Rung Mahal. But it was buffet style with Mexican. This JHOL is really hell damn good that I told myelf must take pictures for you or you may have already known it. Was a dam good experience for me

[steveluv]

1 hour ago, Arogab said:

The other time I did with my boss and customer at Rung Mahal. But it was buffet style with Mexican. This JHOL is really hell damn good that I told myelf must take pictures for you or you may have already known it. Was a dam good experience for me

Kumsia Kumsia 

[steveluv]

Went to hospital for a check up this morning. After drawing blood and before the doctor's appointment went to McDonald's for breakfast

This is the lobby of the hospital

 

McDonald's at Bumrungrad Hospital

Macdonald’s in Thailand had required customers to order from machine these days

You could pay at the machine or counter when receiving order

My Big Breakfast - Thailand’s Mcdonald's temporarily ran out of hash browns replaced with fries

[Wt_know]

wah 99 bahts = sgd$3.85 for McD breakfast

inflation seems well under controlled

flying to bangkok ... sa wa dee kap !!!

Edited July 11, 2022 by Wt_know

[steveluv]

https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/thailand-plans-s52-billion-smart-city-to-support-industrial-hub

Thailand plans $52 billion smart city to support industrial hub

The smart city will be built in Huai Yai subdistrict of Chonburi province, some 160km southeast of Bangkok (pictured). ST PHOTO: KUA CHEE SIONG

BANGKOK(BLOOMBERG) - Thailand is planning to build a US$37 billion (S$52 billion) smart city in an industrial hub near Bangkok that is already drawn billions of dollars of investment pledges from global automotive, robotics, healthcare and logistics companies.

A master-plan to build the city in Huai Yai subdistrict of Chonburi province, some 160km southeast of Bangkok, was approved by a panel chaired by Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha on Monday (July 11).

The yet-to-be-named city will be spread over 2,340 ha of land and will cost 1.34 trillion baht, or US$37 billion, over the next 10 years, officials said.

The project will comprise five business centres for companies to rent as commercial areas, Dr Kanit Sangsubhan, secretary-general of the Eastern Economic Corridor, told reporters.

These will include a hub to house regional headquarters of firms, a financial centre, and areas for precision medicine, international research and development, and future industries such as clean energy and 5G technology, he said.

The residential quarter of the new city will be designed to accommodate 350,000 people by 2032, and generate 200,000 direct jobs, Dr Kanit said.

Residents will be mostly those employed in the industrial area, which is set to draw investments of about 2.2 trillion baht over the next 5 years, he said.

"The new city will be livable for the new generation of people as well as operate as business centres" Dr Kanit said. "We created this new project to compensate for the income Thailand lost during the pandemic."

The new city with its business centres can add an estimated 2 trillion baht to Thailand's gross domestic product within 10 years, and the value of assets after a 50-year concession period will see a fivefold jump, the government said in a statement.

Mr Prayut's government has touted the Eastern Economic Corridor, a development project whose goals include urbanisation, spurring advanced industries and adding infrastructure, to bolster the nation's pace of economic growth that lags behind neighbours such as Indonesia and Vietnam.

The Eastern Economic Corridor comprises three provinces that historically have been the country's manufacturing hub and currently contributes as much as one-fifth of the Thai economy. Its output is growing 6-7 per cent each year, faster than the rest of the country, according to officials.
 

[steveluv]

On the way home late after drinks and this hot soup is a saviour:

 

[Mooose]

20 hours ago, Wt_know said:

wah 99 bahts = sgd$3.85 for McD breakfast

inflation seems well under controlled

flying to bangkok ... sa wa dee kap !!!

enjoy yourself, SGD THB today is 24.8 very good rate!

[Mooose]

3 hours ago, steveluv said:

https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/thailand-plans-s52-billion-smart-city-to-support-industrial-hub

Thailand plans $52 billion smart city to support industrial hub

The smart city will be built in Huai Yai subdistrict of Chonburi province, some 160km southeast of Bangkok (pictured). ST PHOTO: KUA CHEE SIONG

BANGKOK(BLOOMBERG) - Thailand is planning to build a US$37 billion (S$52 billion) smart city in an industrial hub near Bangkok that is already drawn billions of dollars of investment pledges from global automotive, robotics, healthcare and logistics companies.

A master-plan to build the city in Huai Yai subdistrict of Chonburi province, some 160km southeast of Bangkok, was approved by a panel chaired by Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha on Monday (July 11).

The yet-to-be-named city will be spread over 2,340 ha of land and will cost 1.34 trillion baht, or US$37 billion, over the next 10 years, officials said.

The project will comprise five business centres for companies to rent as commercial areas, Dr Kanit Sangsubhan, secretary-general of the Eastern Economic Corridor, told reporters.

These will include a hub to house regional headquarters of firms, a financial centre, and areas for precision medicine, international research and development, and future industries such as clean energy and 5G technology, he said.

The residential quarter of the new city will be designed to accommodate 350,000 people by 2032, and generate 200,000 direct jobs, Dr Kanit said.

Residents will be mostly those employed in the industrial area, which is set to draw investments of about 2.2 trillion baht over the next 5 years, he said.

"The new city will be livable for the new generation of people as well as operate as business centres" Dr Kanit said. "We created this new project to compensate for the income Thailand lost during the pandemic."

The new city with its business centres can add an estimated 2 trillion baht to Thailand's gross domestic product within 10 years, and the value of assets after a 50-year concession period will see a fivefold jump, the government said in a statement.

Mr Prayut's government has touted the Eastern Economic Corridor, a development project whose goals include urbanisation, spurring advanced industries and adding infrastructure, to bolster the nation's pace of economic growth that lags behind neighbours such as Indonesia and Vietnam.

The Eastern Economic Corridor comprises three provinces that historically have been the country's manufacturing hub and currently contributes as much as one-fifth of the Thai economy. Its output is growing 6-7 per cent each year, faster than the rest of the country, according to officials.
 

if you believe, then faster buy house at huai yai, still very inexpensive! 😝

[steveluv]

https://asia.nikkei.com/Spotlight/Coronavirus/Thailand-s-misleading-COVID-numbers-cast-a-shadow-on-reopening?utm_campaign=GL_asia_daily&utm_medium=email&utm_source=NA_newsletter&utm_content=article_link&del_type=1&pub_date=20220712190000&seq_num=8&si=44594

Thailand's misleading COVID numbers cast a shadow on reopening
Health experts warn of undercounted cases after restrictions lifted

Shoppers ride an escalator outside a Bangkok mall on July 5. Although the government has relaxed COVID-related mandates, many Thais continue to wear masks in crowded spaces.   © Sipa via AP Images
FRANCESCA REGALADO, Nikkei staff writerJuly 12, 2022 13:22 JST

BANGKOK -- Thailand enters a five-day weekend on Wednesday with doctors warning that a COVID surge and undercounted cases are belying the government's ambitious reopening scheme.

The string of holidays will be the first long break since Songkran, in mid-April, which saw COVID-19 infections peak at over 28,000 new daily cases.

Thai officials have reported an average of 2,176 cases per day since July 1, when the government lifted virtually all entry restrictions and further relaxed domestic measures.

But the number of cases being officially reported is a fraction of actual infections. COVID authorities said there were about 29,000 new cases in the kingdom per day.

"It is estimated that there will be 30,000 infected people per day," Dr. Satit Pitutecha, the deputy health minister, said on Friday while taking parliamentary questions.

Daily cases reported by Thailand's Center for COVID-19 Situation Administration are based on new hospital admissions, not positive tests. Cases found via home antigen test kits are tallied separately, sometimes double the official case count, and rely on self-reporting by patients recuperating at home. Last Saturday, for example, the CCSA announced there were 2,084 new hospital admissions and 3,323 positive antigen tests.

Despite COVID-related deaths per day remaining under the CCSA's benchmark of 40, total hospitalizations have not fallen below 24,000 since the start of the month.

"The focus of our data collection has shifted to following severe cases and those requiring hospitalization," the CCSA said after a regular meeting on Friday. "As long as we have the capacity to care for those with severe symptoms, the country is on track to reach the endemic stage."

A disease is considered endemic once it persists with a relatively constant rate of occurrence in a population or region.

Doctors have urged the government to announce total infections rather than hospitalizations in the interest of maintaining public vigilance.

The government this month dropped masking requirements in open-air spaces and at gatherings with fewer than 2,000 people, and extended opening hours for bars and restaurants.

Most residents continue to wear medical masks in public, especially in crowded malls and transit stations, while restaurants and bars in Bangkok are operating to capacity.

Health ministry officials, including Minister Anutin Charnvirakul and Permanent Secretary Kiattiphum Wongrajit, attributed the higher daily tallies to a short-term spike kicked up by the discarding of COVID restrictions.

Hospitalizations are expected to peak in September, according to Dr. Chakrarat Pittayawonganon, director of epidemiology at the health ministry's Department of Disease Control. Chakrarat also projects that infections will begin tapering in November, around the time of this year's Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in Bangkok.

But self-reported infections are on the rise in tourist destinations like Bangkok, Phuket, Ayutthaya and 20 other provinces, said CCSA spokesperson Taweesilp Visanuyothin.

Since January, Thailand has welcomed 2.2 million tourists, led by arrivals from India, Malaysia, Singapore, the U.K. and the U.S. The tourism ministry projects 2.7 million arrivals for the next three months and 4.5 million in the last quarter. Together, they are expected to inject 1.27 trillion baht into an economy that before COVID largely depended on tourism.

Although the CCSA on Friday decided to extend the COVID state of emergency once again, Thailand further opened its borders by removing seven countries from a danger zone list, easing travel from Indonesia, Malaysia, Cambodia, Laos and Myanmar, as well as Iran and Italy. Southeast Asia was Thailand's second largest source of foreign tourists in 2019, behind China.

The kingdom's reopening has proceeded at full steam since the government ended the COVID-related entry requirement known as Thailand Pass. The reopening elevated Thailand by 36 places to 53rd on Nikkei's COVID-19 Recovery Index, which ranks 121 countries and regions based on infection management, vaccine rollout and mobility. Nearly half of the Thai population has received a booster shot, while 76.6% are vaccinated with two doses.

[steveluv]

Cooking my breakfast - Mee Sua with minced pork and liver and egg

 

Wholesome breakfast

[Mooose]

1 hour ago, steveluv said:

https://asia.nikkei.com/Spotlight/Coronavirus/Thailand-s-misleading-COVID-numbers-cast-a-shadow-on-reopening?utm_campaign=GL_asia_daily&utm_medium=email&utm_source=NA_newsletter&utm_content=article_link&del_type=1&pub_date=20220712190000&seq_num=8&si=44594

Thailand's misleading COVID numbers cast a shadow on reopening
Health experts warn of undercounted cases after restrictions lifted

Shoppers ride an escalator outside a Bangkok mall on July 5. Although the government has relaxed COVID-related mandates, many Thais continue to wear masks in crowded spaces.   © Sipa via AP Images
FRANCESCA REGALADO, Nikkei staff writerJuly 12, 2022 13:22 JST

BANGKOK -- Thailand enters a five-day weekend on Wednesday with doctors warning that a COVID surge and undercounted cases are belying the government's ambitious reopening scheme.

The string of holidays will be the first long break since Songkran, in mid-April, which saw COVID-19 infections peak at over 28,000 new daily cases.

Thai officials have reported an average of 2,176 cases per day since July 1, when the government lifted virtually all entry restrictions and further relaxed domestic measures.

But the number of cases being officially reported is a fraction of actual infections. COVID authorities said there were about 29,000 new cases in the kingdom per day.

"It is estimated that there will be 30,000 infected people per day," Dr. Satit Pitutecha, the deputy health minister, said on Friday while taking parliamentary questions.

Daily cases reported by Thailand's Center for COVID-19 Situation Administration are based on new hospital admissions, not positive tests. Cases found via home antigen test kits are tallied separately, sometimes double the official case count, and rely on self-reporting by patients recuperating at home. Last Saturday, for example, the CCSA announced there were 2,084 new hospital admissions and 3,323 positive antigen tests.

Despite COVID-related deaths per day remaining under the CCSA's benchmark of 40, total hospitalizations have not fallen below 24,000 since the start of the month.

"The focus of our data collection has shifted to following severe cases and those requiring hospitalization," the CCSA said after a regular meeting on Friday. "As long as we have the capacity to care for those with severe symptoms, the country is on track to reach the endemic stage."

A disease is considered endemic once it persists with a relatively constant rate of occurrence in a population or region.

Doctors have urged the government to announce total infections rather than hospitalizations in the interest of maintaining public vigilance.

The government this month dropped masking requirements in open-air spaces and at gatherings with fewer than 2,000 people, and extended opening hours for bars and restaurants.

Most residents continue to wear medical masks in public, especially in crowded malls and transit stations, while restaurants and bars in Bangkok are operating to capacity.

Health ministry officials, including Minister Anutin Charnvirakul and Permanent Secretary Kiattiphum Wongrajit, attributed the higher daily tallies to a short-term spike kicked up by the discarding of COVID restrictions.

Hospitalizations are expected to peak in September, according to Dr. Chakrarat Pittayawonganon, director of epidemiology at the health ministry's Department of Disease Control. Chakrarat also projects that infections will begin tapering in November, around the time of this year's Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in Bangkok.

But self-reported infections are on the rise in tourist destinations like Bangkok, Phuket, Ayutthaya and 20 other provinces, said CCSA spokesperson Taweesilp Visanuyothin.

Since January, Thailand has welcomed 2.2 million tourists, led by arrivals from India, Malaysia, Singapore, the U.K. and the U.S. The tourism ministry projects 2.7 million arrivals for the next three months and 4.5 million in the last quarter. Together, they are expected to inject 1.27 trillion baht into an economy that before COVID largely depended on tourism.

Although the CCSA on Friday decided to extend the COVID state of emergency once again, Thailand further opened its borders by removing seven countries from a danger zone list, easing travel from Indonesia, Malaysia, Cambodia, Laos and Myanmar, as well as Iran and Italy. Southeast Asia was Thailand's second largest source of foreign tourists in 2019, behind China.

The kingdom's reopening has proceeded at full steam since the government ended the COVID-related entry requirement known as Thailand Pass. The reopening elevated Thailand by 36 places to 53rd on Nikkei's COVID-19 Recovery Index, which ranks 121 countries and regions based on infection management, vaccine rollout and mobility. Nearly half of the Thai population has received a booster shot, while 76.6% are vaccinated with two doses.

i thought it is pretty prevalent there, even if sick with symptoms, no official positive test means not have covid .. just rest at home ..

but then this is not uncommon in singapore too though here many test but do not see a doc, so does not get recorded in official numbers ..

[steveluv]

Went to a big Thai pub/restaurant for the first time - Sab Indy is the name

 

The front

Inside 

The drink

Salad

Steamed egg

Fried pork

Deep fried fish

Sour pork

Octopus

Dinner

location - https://goo.gl/maps/869ZApDWQPts2mzB9