DeeDo, That Lychee Juice From Bangkok

When I went to copy the photos for the Bangkok Samurai Burger post, my tita showed me some goodies she found from her most recent trip to Thailand. One of which is this bottled lychee juice that she got from a grocery store in Thailand called DeeDo (if you can read the text in Thai, help? Thanks!).

 

DeeDo Lychee Juice (25 baht = 36 pesos)

Deedo is made from 10% lychee juice (at least it's not ALL artificial flavoring) and is sold in most grocery stores for 25 baht per pack of six. Converting it to our local currency, that's only about six pesos per bottle! And it's pretty good too. The juice had a slightly syrupy texture making it feel like it's sort of sliding down your throat and tasted like good old yummy lychee juice (for cheap!). 

Do we have bottled lychee juice here? Please to point me to it. :o)

McDonalds of the World: Samurai Burger in Bangkok

Today, we'll add another entry (the third, yay!) to BaconTunaMelt's McDonald's of the World series. Thanks to my tita, who's regularly in Thailand for business, our latest entry will be about the Bangkok version of the much loved, sometimes hated, but nevertheless very popular fast food chain.

McDonald's of the World: Bangkok

When visiting Thailand, communication can be a bit of a problem. While the Thai people don't look much different from our countrymen, unlike most Filipinos, few will be able to converse with you in English. Even in Bangkok, the country's capital, not many can understand, and much less speak the language. You'll have to get used to hand gestures and basic words to transact in most parts of the city.

Clowns are still creepy, imo

One of the most basic hand gestures that you should learn when you get to any part of Thailand is the wai. The wai is a traditional Thai greeting that can be used for many different situations. Bowing with your palms together in a praying position is the Thai way to politely say say "hello", "thank you", and even "i'm sorry". Adopting Thai culture, the Ronald McDonald statue that welcomes you as you enter the store is in the traditional "wai" pose.

The menu is in Thai

The standee has chinky eyes ~_~

The logos and the theme is the same as it is in all McDonald's branches around the world, but the menu in Bangkok is in Thai and their standee has the Thai chinky eyes. Maybe our posters should be in Filipino (plis no jejemh0wnz).

Samurai Burger Meal (116 baht/169 pesos) + Corn Pie (15 baht/22 pesos)

Tita Ging ordered the Samurai Burger Meal (specially for BaconTunaMelt <3) which comes with a Samurai Pork Burger, fries and a drink- like your typical McDonald's meal. The meal costs one hundred sixteen baht, or about one hundred sixty nine pesos, a tad more expensive than our meals here. The Corn Pie costs 15 baht, or twenty two pesos. (I used Google's current exchange rate: 1THB= 1.46 PHP)

The pattie is somewhere in there

With a name like Samurai Burger, you wouldn't think it's from Thailand. The patty is made with pork instead of beef and is slathered with teriyaki sauce (hence the name) and is topped with heaps and heaps of lettuce.

My tita says that the Corn Pie is not unlike our very own local dessert- the Filipino maha blanca. Corn kernels are mixed in a sweet and creamy mixture and wrapped in the same crunchy crust of the McDonald's Apple Pie.

Thanks for the pictures Tita Ging! Check out my titas' fabulous clothes, click here to visit the Pikachu's Closet Facebook page (they're cute, I promise!). Happy start of the weekend, gaiz!

McDonald's of the World Series

1st post: McArabia in Abu Dhabi

2nd post: Twisty Pasta in Hongkong

Thinking of Plump and Juicy Bangkok Lanzones

After dinner tonight, I was kind of looking for something tangy for dessert. Then I remembered last week's lanzones. My tita who flies to Bangkok regularly for business recently came back from a trip and straight from the airport, she brought us bunches of these very large lanzones pictured below. The fruits were cleaned right away and served in a basket to nom over chitchat. 

Bangkok Lanzones (25 baht/kilo)

And nom we did. The fruits were plump, juicy and sweet as can be. We finished several bowls of Bangkok lanzones among five of us really, really quickly. Just like Pringles, once you pop, you can't stop! Because it's so easy to eat and it's delicious, you wouldn't notice that you've eaten a bunch already. (It's healthy anyway. :P)