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Raising Canes fried chicken. Actually quite tasty as far as fried chicken goes.

I am on the Nong Khai road at Sri Thani

charlieb wrote: ↑Mon Sep 07, 2026 7:39 am Niggles: How far are you? Chris' anx Gallery do not do Grab. But if you call them they will get a Grab driver. I hope you are known at the places so you can stop by and pay later. I am a long way from the Gallery and usally pay 100 Baht to the driver. If further out you may be able to a driver for more.
Worth a try.

That’s very interesting, thanks.
We’re out on the HWY2 Khon Kaen road behind the Girls Orphanage. The car was in at the Ford dealer recently & was going to take longer than expected so I tried to organise a taxi home. Grab, Bolt, Maxim kept accepting the trip only to cancel about 10 minutes later. I eventually got a Grab but it was a right faff.
The real kicker was I’d only just got home when Ford rang to say the car was ready.

Niggles: How far are you? Chris' anx Gallery do not do Grab. But if you call them they will get a Grab driver. I hope you are known at the places so you can stop by and pay later. I am a long way from the Gallery and usally pay 100 Baht to the driver. If further out you may be able to a driver for more.
Worth a try.

charlieb wrote: ↑Sun Sep 06, 2026 4:44 pm Also saves a lot of money when not buying drinks for everyone.

Yes i saved a bundle of money yesterday,you were missed last sunday but when a man has to go he has to go [dentist]

That looks really nice for a takeaway.
We’re out of the area for deliveries. Most annoying when I see something like this

Also saves a lot of money when not buying drinks for everyone.

Roast pork from Chris place delivered,sometimes just too lazy

I was released unsupervised in Nong Khai. I dropped Mrs N off at the relatives who I hate with a passion so I always bugger off until she wants picking up. The Girl was supposed to be staying to play with her cousins but decided she wanted to come with me.
I usually doss down in a Cafe Amazon or Mackys but I made a plan last night for a Sunday roast.
I’d seen some adverts for AJ’s Bar & Grill so messaged them to see if they did walk ins or I had to book. Booking is always tricky because I can’t read Mrs N’s mind & don’t know what time anything will happen.
Walk ins were fine so off we pop & for there at 1:15. I didn’t know at the time they start serving roasts at 1pm so that fitted nicely.
The bar is just about the last place on the promenade after the huge Vietnamese place, which incidentally was absolutely packed.
I had roast beef & The Girl had a cheeseburger which when it arrived was as big as her head. It was all very nice.
I don’t know how long this place has been there but all tables were taken & the chap, Adam immediately welcomed us & was mingling with other customers who he seemed to know the names of so regulars. It was a refreshing change to usual expat places where the owner just sits at the back nursing a Chang.
He’s an Aussie & I guess the family had lived there for quite a while because wifey on chef duties & 2 kids serving all spoke perfect English.
I’ll definitely visit again when I’m let loose in the wild.
(It’s only on Google Maps & not Apple Maps. I put in a missing place report but it usually takes at least a month for them to update it)

Been eating quite a lot of Vietnamese on weekends in Florida as lots of places.

Think i'm bored of the 2 same options. There are loads of viet restaraunts but the food choice at them is really limited. Of couse Pho and fried spring rolls is standard but not all even do Ban Mi or any rice based dishes. Certainly not seen anything like VT type offerings you get in Udon.