AWOL 2015 Issue 359 25th December | Page 9

Advertise here for as little as 40 baht per week Restaurant & Bakery in Samorphrong OPEN 11am - 9pm mon - fri (Closed Tuesdays) 9am - 9pm saturdays & sundays Delicious Home Cooked Western & Thai Food daily specials - check our blackboard Breakfasts - Fresh Bread Baked Daily Free Wi-Fi - Easy Parking Contact us on 093 139 9655 or food@passportcafehuahin.com We wiil be closed from 25th Dec to 2nd Jan Menu on passportcafehuahin.com and Facebook page Passport-Cafe Directions: From Hua Hin go north on the Klong (Canal) Road through the traffic lights and turn left at the blue bridge with the water tower next to it, then immediately right before the 7-11. Follow this road for approximately 1.5 km and you will find us on the right opposite Tropical Hill. weird xmas NEWS england Deep fried mince pies are a thing and they’re ‘strangely appealing’ Because we just don’t over-indulge enough at Christmas, one Lincolnshire chippie has given its mince pies a battering. Oh My Cod, in Spalding, has given the classic mince pie an unusual twist by deep frying it – and the result is a hit with customers. ‘We’ve never done them before,’ says Bill Rai, from the family run takeaway. ‘We just wanted to do something for Christmas. A lot of places have done battered Mars Bars and we just thought this was something a little different.’ The shop has sold around 100 of the pies – priced 60p each – since adding them to the menu last week. And the response from customers has been a big thumbs up – with comments on its Facebook page calling them ‘strangely yummy’. Mr Rai, who has run the shop for the last three years, says the mince pies are more flavoursome after deep frying, adding that the heat seems to allow the spices to come through more. ‘Some people are not too sure about them,’ he says. ‘We cook them to order, but have a couple in the cabinet because customers want to see what they look like. They want to be able to say that at least they tried it – and then they come back for more!’ MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL OUR CUSTOMERS austria DJ locks himself into studio and plays Wham’s Last Christmas non-stop An Austrian radio station was flooded with complaints after one of its DJs barricaded himself in the studio so he could play the Wham song Last Christmas non-stop. Antenne Carinthia presenter Joe Kohlhofer, 27, started his 8am show by telling listeners that he felt people in the area were not in the Christmas spirit. As a result, he said he felt a Christmas overdose was in order, and that meant playing Last Christmas non-stop for his entire two-hour show. According to the radio station he did not have permission for the stunt, and barricaded the door to stop anybody getting in. He then continued to broadcast the song until 10 AM when he opened the door to let his colleagues in. Until then, they could only look through the glass windows of the studio as the song played repeatedly. The station confirmed that hundreds of angry calls flooded the telephone lines complaining about the nonstop broadcast, and when it did not stop they took to social media to voice their annoyance. The unplanned stunt could have another consequence after it was revealed that it was probably the longest ever broadcast of Last Christmas after it was played 24 times in the two hours available, beating the previous record of 14 Nichchapha 092 998 1910 (Thai & English) Open 11am to 10 pm Closed Tuesdays GARDEN RESTAURANT (opposite Borfai Temple) Free WiFi Thai & European Food Book your party at our restaurant by Chef Pon External catering also available Directions: Take either Phetkasem Road or Canal Road to Soi 6; at the traffic lights on the Canal Road at the junction with Soi 6 go across the bridge over the canal and turn immediately right. We are located about 300 metres further on the right Join the AWOL forum 9