The Book House Coffee Shop & Restaurant

Hey BB , thanks for the well observed comments and compliments -

we have no intention of stocking dry goods - period .. that market is already sewn up between CC and the other retail outlets in Udon . ie Tops , Macro ,

Beef and Wayne , from KPK and Western Wholesale were customers of mine for many years in my old printing company .( as was Jon from CC in several of his ventures ! Fatboys Jomtien being the 1st i think )
Beef ( Keith ) of KPK is a personal friend of many years also .

Beef called me some weeks ago and said he had some interest from an Udon Expat AND several restaurants to be the sole stockist / supplier of his goods and products . He told me as business is tight for all, he was considering having an agent here in Udon ( to boost his business ) and said he would prefer it to be me as we have known each other for many years and have always had a great working relationship .

we didnt really intend to sell our products uncooked .. ( everything we sell / will sell is already available on our menu ) but if i want to purchase at my same costs as present , rather than pay an inflated price through an agent i have no choice but stock KPK products BOTH COOKED on our menu and UNCOOKED from our freezers and become thier agent .

KPK makes his own sausages etc etc which are not available anywhere in Udon apart from ourselves , so i dont really see how that could be considered competition to anyone. it just gives people who wish to cook at home another option.

i wouldnt say we are successful after just a few months , but we , ( well Mrs L ) works and trys very hard to give customers a pleasant experience which seems to be showing through relating to the amount of business we are getting.
we just trying to make a simple living and lead a peaceful life in a land far far away


The Librarian

i just wanted to clarify a point i made in an earlier post

the point was - we have no intention of stocking dry goods - period .. that market is already sewn up between CC and the other retail outlets in Udon . ie Tops , Macro ,

what i mean by that is - erm , we have no intention of stocking dry goods .......
the reason we dont want to stock dry goods/ tinned goods are various -

we dont want to run the risk of not being able to sell the products before the sell by date expires . out of date food often results in bad taste , soft biscuits etc etc .
we are avoiding any friction with other venues selling identical products
but most importantly , we are avoiding upsetting our main supplier by putting him in the position of asking him to supply us outside of his designated selling area . and thereby causing him conflict with his suppliers who grant areas to sell certain products . ( phew )

all we are doing differently will be selling our meat products supplied and manufactured by KPK Foods , uncooked as well as cooked ...

thats it - end of story

Librarian

got any plans to watch England on Saturday Night ?

we have, at the Bookhouse !!

some very dear friends of ours at the BookHouse , Carl and Ren are celebrating their birthdays on Saturday .
so to kill two birds with one stone so to speak , we are having a FREE BUFFET at the Bookhouse starting 7pm on Saturday as a Duel Birthday Party AND pre world cup food and drink fest !!

to show our appreciation of the business that Carl and Ren have given us at the BookHouse , we want to give something back - lots of FREE FOOD and a great atmosphere prior to the 1.30am Start of Englands world cup attempt.

everybody is welcome to join us . and we mean EVERYBODY !

the idea for the night is a 7pm Food Kickoff .. then leaving the BookHouse at about 10.30-11pm to go to the Sports Bar in Soi Sampan for a last hours drink .. then leaving the Sports Bar under the guidance of Steve ( owner ) at around midnight to go to hi tech .

Hi Tech have reputedly got the BIGGEST screen in Udon Thani to watch the world cup ..

i cant think of anything better than a group of like minded people in a foreign country , supporting our National Team , together .... can you >>?

Librarian and a very busy in the kitchen on Saturday Mrs L

see you all then !

Leave your cars and bikes at home if you are drinking . The BIB are planing late night catches during the world cup showings .

We have just been sponsored by Leo /Singha to be a licensed official broadcaster of the World Cup. ( official stickers and all )

home cable apparently are showing all the games but in Thai commentary only.

we contacted True to see about getting it installed in time for the World Cup , and they promised they could .. just as Mrs L was hanging up the phone i asked her to ask if it was going to be broadcast in English .. the answer was NO .. Thai commentary only on True .

We at the Bookhouse have managed to set up an internet system where we can Broadcast BBC and ITV World Cup Matches LIVE - in ENGLISH on our OUTSIDE large screen TV with surround sound !

see you soon

Librarian