minimiglia wrote: ↑

November 4, 2017, 3:38 am

give me an example then

I have....

small example in my case , bread flower swan , tops/villamarket 54 baht ,makro 32-34 baht
buy with chinese bakery shop other side from makro with 10kg /300 baht....
ngeesun fruit juices chabaa 100% 40 baht / tops villamarket 54-58 baht ...all same products ...
sirloin i buy with thai french beef , how much in tops?
here same again , as long as you are happy and stay happy....

kopkei wrote: ↑

November 4, 2017, 9:37 am

small example in my case , bread flower swan , tops/villamarket 54 baht ,makro 32-34 baht
buy with chinese bakery shop other side from makro with 10kg /300 baht....
ngeesun fruit juices chabaa 100% 40 baht / tops villamarket 54-58 baht ...all same products ...
sirloin i buy with thai french beef , how much in tops?
here same again , as long as you are happy and stay happy....

and my times of missing falang food are longtime over...Bet You miss a Nice Cold Pork Pie,Though.. :-"

747man wrote: ↑

November 4, 2017, 11:06 am

kopkei wrote: ↑

November 4, 2017, 9:37 am

small example in my case , bread flower swan , tops/villamarket 54 baht ,makro 32-34 baht
buy with chinese bakery shop other side from makro with 10kg /300 baht....
ngeesun fruit juices chabaa 100% 40 baht / tops villamarket 54-58 baht ...all same products ...
sirloin i buy with thai french beef , how much in tops?
here same again , as long as you are happy and stay happy....

and my times of missing falang food are longtime over...Bet You miss a Nice Cold Pork Pie,Though.. :-"

Only if your English....yuk.

fatbob wrote: ↑

November 4, 2017, 11:16 am

747man wrote: ↑

November 4, 2017, 11:06 am

kopkei wrote: ↑

November 4, 2017, 9:37 am

small example in my case , bread flower swan , tops/villamarket 54 baht ,makro 32-34 baht
buy with chinese bakery shop other side from makro with 10kg /300 baht....
ngeesun fruit juices chabaa 100% 40 baht / tops villamarket 54-58 baht ...all same products ...
sirloin i buy with thai french beef , how much in tops?
here same again , as long as you are happy and stay happy....

and my times of missing falang food are longtime over...Bet You miss a Nice Cold Pork Pie,Though.. :-"

Only if your English....yuk.

Never Had one then Fatbob ?? You've Never Lived.....

Cant beat makro/big c.as for villa market old English furniture polish and that's it.my fruit n veg comes from nong wua so market so fresh n cheap.i have a large slow cooker and electric mincer and make my own ready made meals 13 at a time and carton them up in my freezer.at the moment I have spag bol,chilli con carne,beer stew,faggots,chicken balti,liver bacon and onions,pork chilli burgers,Lorne sausage,minced lamb stew for sheapards pie.all the carton meals are around 4-500 gram and cost between 40-60b..ive seen these home made meals selling in certain restaurants freezers for 160b,this is why I make up my own and I know they are really good because I do a few for friends and they tell me not to change my recipe.im just about to do a swap with a pal for some very rare Chinese curry powder and today Chinese chicken curry will be going on my list of meals.villa market is ok if you work off shore or own bitcoins.

from my experience most expensive to cheapest of any 1 item they all sell. Could be as much as 50 baht difference, but mostly around 1 to 15 baht between say 1 and 6. Of course some items are the same at all, like milk.
1. villa
2. tops
3. big c
4. tesco
5. makro
6. ngee soon

only reason I go to all is for items the others do not have. Weekly go to 6, 4, and 2 - bi-weekly 3 - Monthly 5 and rarely 1

One item I buy "Scotch" at stores that sell it - 739 to 699

Tops IMO has the best fresh imported beef , when its on special, Villa the same. All labelled and cryovaced from the abattoir. They will also cut it to your preferred size and then re cryovac it on the spot, meaning you get 6 months of fresh beef in your chiller. My pieces work out to be 250-300 Baht a piece on average.

Makro has some frozen imported beef, and no comparison. Might be cheaper

Lamb Shanks ( frozen ) seem to be the cheapest at Makro.

Talard Muang Tong ( Fresh Wholesale Market ) next to Makro , on the left has by far the best selection of fruits, vegetables , its where many of the street markets buy from also.

eg a Bag of Sweet Corn on the cob, is about 40 baht for 6 or 7 , freshly picked and delivered daily there

5 baht 10 baht 15 baht etc for a bunch of fresh vegetables, herbs , spices

"One item I buy "Scotch" at stores that sell it - 739 to 699"

Seems a bit pricey for sellotape to me

minimiglia wrote: ↑

November 4, 2017, 9:13 am

I don't eat any thing mentioned.

That's right, your on the "OJ and oeufs" diet, right?

minimiglia wrote: ↑

November 4, 2017, 9:14 am

I will never eat any meat from Makro, too iffy, Tops does excellent meat.

Have you ever actually bought any meat products at makro that indeed did turn out to be iffy... or is it just the smell?

If it smells bad, you eat it?? Please??

I can't buy salmon at makro anymore, it smell no good.at Top is perfect.

l.italianrestaurant wrote: ↑

November 5, 2017, 7:51 am

I can't buy salmon at makro anymore, it smell no good.at Top is perfect.

I think from memory the fresh salmon arrives on Mondays. Ask the staff to get them from their chillers, not the ones on display.

Is all the salmon everywhere farm raised.

I see at Tops they claim it's Norwegian but I have my doubts, it's simply too easy to cheat here.

Anyone know for sure?

Would they be Norwegian if they imported a box with a few hundred thousand eggs from Norway?

Norway is the largest producer of farmed salmon in the world, so I imagine that the answer to your question is yes it is farmed & yes it is from Norway..

They certainly do a professional job on filleting the salmon in Tops as can be seen early in the morning there..

Kiwi and Tasmanian Salmon ( farmed for sure ) is also available at Tops,

The Noggie Salmon is less coloured than the Tasmanian fish, BUT

It turns out after a huge 4 Corners Report ( BBC call it Panorama ? ) in Oz, the food pellets are chemically treated to give the Salmon that orange colour.

They all do it, but some pellets are natural coloured ingredients , others artificially / chemically charged.

No idea about the local Thai Salmon , im sure its just a repackaged jobbie, or packed under licence etc

The thing that always worries me about buying fresh meat and fish at Makro is watching the locals handling it with their bare hands, sometimes buying it but more often putting it back for someone else to buy . Disgusting habit and despite suggesting to management several times that they put a visual sign like a hand crossed out to show not to do it, nothing has been done. For that reason alone I won't buy my meats there .Give me Tops anyday for pork and chicken always fresh, never frozen. I don't buy beef there as although both local and imported look good they are a bit pricey compared to the Thai /French butcher where I go .

trubrit wrote: ↑

November 5, 2017, 5:40 pm

The thing that always worries me about buying fresh meat and fish at Makro is watching the locals handling it with their bare hands, sometimes buying it but more often putting it back for someone else to buy . Disgusting habit and despite suggesting to management several times that they put a visual sign like a hand crossed out to show not to do it, nothing has been done. For that reason alone I won't buy my meats there .Give me Tops anyday for pork and chicken always fresh, never frozen. I don't buy beef there as although both local and imported look good they are a bit pricey compared to the Thai /French butcher where I go .

Agreed trubrit, it is a bit offputting as is the "free for all" meat counter at Tesco ..... I much prefer all the hygienic places where the staff do their unhygienic meat handling out of site of the public like in UK

I'm sure that plenty of dirty hands get onto the meat between the slaughterhouse the meat market (Smithfield etc), the local market or shop storeroom and the counter where it is shown all nice and neatly packaged :-&