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Had an appointment to meet up with Compy & KoolBreeze at Tsunami - basement of JWM for dinner. While waiting I ordered a Nam Manao & later Nam Plao. Bill came to over 300 baht by the time they had heaped on ++. For that amount of money I can eat dinner in most restaurants around town. This clip joint is based around the expense account crowd.
Be Warned
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Thai Girls : Meet Sexy Thai Girls
Posted on: 12:29 am on Mar. 28, 2005
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PussyLover 69
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Report from The Nation dated Saturday 16 september 2006 :-
Singha boss enters noodle business
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Santi Bhirombhakdi, president of Singha Corp, has entered into a joint venture with local restaurant operator Gastronome and Japan's YS Food Co Ltd to set up a Japanese ramen restaurant business in Thailand.
The first Yamagoya noodle restaurant has been officially opened on Soi Thong Lor 13 in Bangkok.
Named Yamagoya (Thailand) Co Ltd, the joint venture will also be in charge of franchising Yamagoya restaurants in the Kingdom, the rest of Asia and Australia.
YS Food, which operates 280 ramen restaurants in Japan, holds a 49-per-cent stake in the JV, while Santi has 25 per cent, and Gastronome - a subsidiary of Bara Windsor & Co Ltd - holds the remaining 26 per cent. Gastronome operates Le Vendome French restaurant in All Seasons Place.
"I believe the Yamagoya ramen restaurant business in Thailand has potential because of its quality product. It is famous in Japan and listed on the Japanese stock market," Santi said at Thursday evening's press conference.
He added that between 10 and 15 restaurants would be opened by the joint venture at prime Bangkok locations, including Siam Square and Surawong Road, and in other major provinces such as Chiang Mai, Phuket and Chon Buri (Pattaya).
All other outlets will be run via individual-investor franchisees. The initial investment for franchisees will be between Bt300,000 and Bt500,000, excluding land and premises. The franchises should break even within two to four years.
Masatoshi Ogata, president of YS Food, said the company had been in the noodle restaurant business for almost 40 years and has almost 280 outlets in Japan. The company has already expanded its restaurant business to Malaysia.
"In addition to Thai customers, we also would like to serve more than 60,000 Japanese who stay in Thailand, so that they can enjoy the feel of the original ramen restaurant just like they would at home in Japan. Our new joint venture in Bangkok will take care of franchising our Yamagoya ramen restaurants in Thailand, the entire Asian market and Australia," said Ogata.
Virawat Dangsubutra, managing director of Yamagoya (Thailand), said about 100 restaurants would be opened in the Kingdom in the next five years. The company will next year expand the franchised outlets of Yamagoya restaurants to potential markets such as Singapore and Hong Kong, which have a similar, noodle-eating culture to Japan.
To save on production costs, YS Food is considering whether to relocate its factory from Japan to Thailand. If so, the local plant would produce ramen noodles and supply all Yamagoya outlets in Thailand, other Asian markets and Australia, besides exporting to Japan.
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Bangkok Women : Meet Sensual Bangkok Women
Posted on: 12:10 am on Sep. 16, 2006
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frankkoba
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Went to Koi, the latest "hip" place in town.
Fusion type food which was 7-8 on a scale of 10.
If you're looking for a cool place to eat PLUS hangout like Face / Hazara (which I love for indian food btw), then you'll love Koi. Great looking crowd, hip decor, nice sake inspired cocktails.
For the food, I'd say Shintaro has better sashimi.
Anyone else been to Koi?
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Thai Girls : Meet Sexy Thai Girls
Posted on: 2:38 am on Oct. 22, 2006
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slowx
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been there. ambience nice but food over-rated.
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Bangkok Girls : Meet Sexy Bangkok Girls
Posted on: 10:35 am on Oct. 22, 2006
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asianluver
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koi is decent - been to the one in los angeles too. both location have the same hollywood-trendy vibe. prices are about the same so it certainly isn't cheap sushi. was at the bkk location last dec and saw some senior thai military officers partying it up in the back. if it's good enough for them, it's good enough for me!
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Thai Women : Meet Matured Thai Women
Posted on: 2:05 pm on Oct. 24, 2006
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Mantronix
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Where is this Koi place if I may ask?
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Bangkok Women : Meet Beautiful Thai Girls
Posted on: 9:49 am on Oct. 31, 2006
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ThaidUp
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Koi is great, but stick with the hot and cold specials. The Chilean Sea Bass is a prime Hot pick. The food in the LA branch is better, but being in the Hollywood scene it is harder to get in.
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Thai Girls : Meet Active Thai Girls
Posted on: 6:00 pm on Oct. 31, 2006
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RodneyAnsellEsq
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Anybody been to the Japanese restaurant above Q bar ?
I heard the cooked sushi was not so good.
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Thai Women : Meet Matured Thai Women
Posted on: 6:54 pm on Oct. 31, 2006
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ThaidUp
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Quote: from RodneyAnsellEsq on 9:18 am on Nov. 1, 2006
Anybody been to the Japanese restaurant above Q bar ?
I heard the cooked sushi was not so good.
Dear Valued Customers and Media,
We regret to announce that Wasabi has had to
close permanently in its current location (above
the Q Bar) due to unresolvable structural and
integrity problems.
Wasabi will soon be re-opening in its new
Bangkok location. In the mean time we would
like to thank you very much for your support
and patronage. We will be contacting you soon
with details of Wasabi's new location and grand
re-opening event.
Warm Regards,
David Lombardi
http://www.wasabibangkok.com/index.html
Well it seems that Q-Bar should have used a better Architect. Must have been a lot of stress caused by those knife wielding sushi chefs.
Where's Yurune when you need him?
I hope no one else is using the same Architect that Q-bar used.
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Bangkok Girls : Meet Attractive Thai Girls
Posted on: 7:30 pm on Oct. 31, 2006
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