Asia Golf Courses February 2018 Asia Golf Courses February 2018 | Page 27

T
ha
i
l
a
nd Wi
ne a
nd Di
ne F
ood F
or
T
hought
Facebook f
ood gr
oups ar
e
st
ar
t
ed f
or al
l sor
t
s of
nd and
r
easons , but TWD was set up to fi
des
c
r
i
be t
he bes
t v
al
ue f
or money pl
ac
es
,
mos
t
l
y i
n and ar
ound Pat
t
ay
a and J
omt
i
en. Of
c
our
s
e member
s don'
t al
way
s agr
ee 100%.
.
.
but t
hat
'
s par
t of t
he f
un!
Real
v
al
ue c
an be had i
n f
i
ne di
ni
ng
es
t
abl
i
s
hment
s
, qual
i
t
y l
ai
d-
bac
k bi
s
t
r
os
, 98
baht ‘
baht
bus
t
er
’
br
eak
f
as
t
s
, hol
e-
i
n-
t
he-
wal
l
Thai
eat
er
i
es
, s
t
r
eet s
t
al
l
s
. But t
he pl
ai
n f
ac
t i
s
t
hat t
her
e i
s s
ome v
er
y av
er
age and
s
omet
i
mes pr
et
t
y i
nedi
bl
e f
ood t
o be f
ound t
oo;
i
n unhy
gi
eni
c l
oc
al
es
, ov
er
pr
i
c
ed, wi
t
h of
f
hand,
s
omet
i
mes r
ude s
t
af
f
. Ti
mes ar
e t
ough, c
or
ner
s
ar
e s
omet
i
mes c
ut
. Thai
l
and i
s
n’
t ex
ac
t
l
y
r
enowned f
or i
t
s enf
or
c
ement of heal
t
h and
s
af
et
y r
egul
at
i
ons
. Owner
s and of
t
en poor
l
y
pai
d empl
oy
ees get l
az
y
, di
s
i
l
l
us
i
oned.
St
andar
ds c
an r
ef
l
ec
t t
hi
s
. Mar
gi
ns ar
e t
i
ght i
n
hos
pi
t
al
i
t
y t
oday
, wi
t
h a s
ur
f
ei
t of hot
el
s
, gues
t
hous
es
, bar
s and r
es
t
aur
ant
s s
c
r
appi
ng ov
er a
pool
of Wes
t
er
n c
us
t
omer
s t
hat i
s c
er
t
ai
nl
y not
gr
owi
ng, and whi
c
h i
n many c
as
es has a l
ot
l
es
s baht t
o s
pend i
n r
eal
t
er
ms t
han t
en y
ear
s
ago.
Now as t
he pay
i
ng c
us
t
omer y
ou mi
ght be
t
hi
nk
i
ng “
gr
eat
, i
t
’
s a buy
er
’
s mar
k
et
”
. Tr
ue, and
t
her
e’
s not
hi
ng wr
ong wi
t
h t
hat ei
t
her
. Tr
oubl
e
i
s what s
eems t
o be v
al
ue f
or money c
an
di
s
gui
s
e what i
s goi
ng on behi
nd t
he s
c
enes
.
Cheap and s
omet
i
mes nas
t
y i
ngr
edi
ent
s
,
dubi
ous s
our
c
es of s
uppl
y
, s
t
or
ed i
n poor
c
ondi
t
i
ons
, s
t
af
f unt
r
ai
ned i
n bas
i
c hy
gi
ene,
f
ood pas
t i
t
s i
deal
c
ons
umpt
i
on dat
e. I
l
l
egal
quant
i
t
i
es of c
ar
c
i
nogeni
c c
hemi
c
al
s us
ed as
pr
es
er
v
at
i
v
es by bot
h s
uppl
i
er
s and v
endor
s
.
I hope I
’
m not put
t
i
ng y
ou al
l
of
f y
our di
nner
!
For
t
unat
el
y f
or al
l
v
i
s
i
t
or
s t
o t
he ar
ea t
her
e’
s a
s
ol
ut
i
on. A pool
of l
oc
al
ex
per
t
i
s
e t
hat f
i
nds a
v
oi
c
e t
hr
ough our Fac
ebook f
ood gr
oup, and
t
hr
ough t
he l
i
k
es of t
hi
s c
ol
umn. I
t
’
s not about
r
i
ppi
ng i
nt
o t
he c
ons
i
s
t
ent
l
y bad pl
ac
es
. Ev
en i
f
we want
ed t
o, under Thai
l
and’
s def
amat
i
on
l
aws any publ
i
c c
r
i
t
i
c
i
s
m ev
en i
f s
oundl
y bas
ed
i
s i
l
l
egal
i
f i
t af
f
ec
t
s t
he r
eput
at
i
on of t
he
i
ndi
v
i
dual
or bus
i
nes
s
. A l
ot of s
hy
s
t
er
s
br
eat
hi
ng a s
i
gh of r
el
i
ef and get
t
i
ng away wi
t
h
unac
c
ept
abl
e pr
ac
t
i
c
es t
hat f
al
l
way s
hor
t of a
mi
ni
mum s
t
andar
d of pr
of
es
s
i
onal
i
s
m as a
r
es
ul
t
, but not
hi
ng we c
an do about i
t
. T
.
I
.
T
.
So Thai
l
and Wi
ne and Di
ne and es
pec
i
al
l
y t
hi
s
c
ol
umn, i
s mai
nl
y about emphas
i
s
i
ng t
he good.
Bec
aus
e y
ou wi
l
l
r
ead mos
t
l
y pos
i
t
i
v
e r
ev
i
ews
and ar
t
i
c
l
es
, i
t
’
s not bec
aus
e we’
r
e ‘
but
t
er
i
ng
up’
r
es
t
aur
ant owner
s
. Ar
t
i
c
l
es her
e ar
e not
adv
er
t
or
i
al
s
. We wr
i
t
e about pl
ac
es t
hat we
k
now ar
e of a c
ons
i
s
t
ent
l
y ac
c
ept
abl
e
s
t
andar
d, and as f
or t
he r
es
t
.
.
. Wel
l
, r
ead
bet
ween t
he l
i
nes i
n t
he gr
oup di
s
c
us
s
i
ons
,
mak
e a pos
t as
k
i
ng f
or r
ec
ommendat
i
ons
, or
as
k t
he admi
ns by PM f
or adv
i
c
e or
i
nf
or
mat
i
on.