Comments on: Soi Arab: A Crossroads Of Two Cultures http://absolutelybangkok.com/soi-arab-a-crossroads-of-two-cultures/ Welcome to Bangkok Thailand, Airport, Politics, Food, Nightlife and Thai Culture of the Big Mango! Wed, 20 Jul 2011 22:43:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Droon http://absolutelybangkok.com/soi-arab-a-crossroads-of-two-cultures/#comment-14905 Droon Mon, 21 Mar 2011 10:43:52 +0000 http://absolutelybangkok.com/?p=812#comment-14905 Some 4 years back I've had dinner at Nefertiti Egyptian Restaurant and saw a girl/women (I can't tell as I don't know) and immediately fallen in love with her (one sided of course). During these four years or so I revisited the restaurant umpteen number of times, but couldn't disclose my affection to her. She still works there and I still love her to the core of my heart. I being an outsider (not a Thai), older than her, and a little shy couldn't do so. I don't know even she knows I love her and I regularly visit the restaurant for having my dinners (put on some weight also). Would someone please please help me out arranging a private meeting with her. I shall be very very thankful to him/her for the rest of my life. <em>(BD: That's something you have to do yourself dear, what if you can't tell her later on what you like/don't like.)</em> Some 4 years back I’ve had dinner at Nefertiti Egyptian Restaurant and saw a girl/women (I can’t tell as I don’t know) and immediately fallen in love with her (one sided of course). During these four years or so I revisited the restaurant umpteen number of times, but couldn’t disclose my affection to her. She still works there and I still love her to the core of my heart. I being an outsider (not a Thai), older than her, and a little shy couldn’t do so. I don’t know even she knows I love her and I regularly visit the restaurant for having my dinners (put on some weight also). Would someone please please help me out arranging a private meeting with her. I shall be very very thankful to him/her for the rest of my life.

(BD: That’s something you have to do yourself dear, what if you can’t tell her later on what you like/don’t like.)

]]> By: Boswell Perkins http://absolutelybangkok.com/soi-arab-a-crossroads-of-two-cultures/#comment-9263 Boswell Perkins Wed, 16 Dec 2009 12:40:54 +0000 http://absolutelybangkok.com/?p=812#comment-9263 Restaraunt Petra in Soi Arab is an absolute gem. It only seats about 12 people downstairs and another 12 upstairs but it is so homely, the elderly Arab owner so entertaining in his interaction with his young staff and the food is the best Middle Eastern food i have ever tasted. The food and service is a a million miles away from the overpriced, poorly cooked crap that masquerades as London's "Arab Street" of Edgeware Road. Restaraunt Petra in Soi Arab is an absolute gem. It only seats about 12 people downstairs and another 12 upstairs but it is so homely, the elderly Arab owner so entertaining in his interaction with his young staff and the food is the best Middle Eastern food i have ever tasted. The food and service is a a million miles away from the overpriced, poorly cooked crap that masquerades as London’s “Arab Street” of Edgeware Road.

]]> By: JOE D. TRAVELLER http://absolutelybangkok.com/soi-arab-a-crossroads-of-two-cultures/#comment-4036 JOE D. TRAVELLER Mon, 04 May 2009 00:02:04 +0000 http://absolutelybangkok.com/?p=812#comment-4036 What about the after hours club in the bottom of the Grace hotel, located under the ramp ... I think ... It's a dinner or fast food place that opens after 2 am ... it had two juke boxes and used U.S.A. quarters for payment. I was there drinking all night till 8 am ... This was May 2003. Everything is closed early now and I find no reason to return to a dull locked city. What about the after hours club in the bottom of the Grace hotel, located under the ramp … I think …

It’s a dinner or fast food place that opens after 2 am … it had two juke boxes and used U.S.A. quarters for payment.

I was there drinking all night till 8 am …

This was May 2003.

Everything is closed early now and I find no reason to return to a dull locked city.

]]> By: aaron http://absolutelybangkok.com/soi-arab-a-crossroads-of-two-cultures/#comment-1117 aaron Thu, 24 Jul 2008 16:52:11 +0000 http://absolutelybangkok.com/?p=812#comment-1117 After our conversation, I really wasn't concerned about the image anymore. After you linked to my blog post about Kuppa months ago for use in your story about the Bangkok Sandwich Bible, I simply figured you were an occasional reader of my blog. Guess I got this wrong and I'm sorry about that! After our conversation, I really wasn’t concerned about the image anymore.

After you linked to my blog post about Kuppa months ago for use in your story about the Bangkok Sandwich Bible, I simply figured you were an occasional reader of my blog. Guess I got this wrong and I’m sorry about that!

]]> By: BangkokDan http://absolutelybangkok.com/soi-arab-a-crossroads-of-two-cultures/#comment-1113 BangkokDan Thu, 24 Jul 2008 06:12:52 +0000 http://absolutelybangkok.com/?p=812#comment-1113 ... the images I use are either (mostly) my own or pop up in simple image searches. You most likely got this wrong. I took your image down, respecting your concerns. But please be aware that everything uploaded to the internet becomes public domain. Not an ideal world, but one of the workings of the internet. Why don't you watermark your images. <a href="mailto:absolutelyBangkok@gmail.com" rel="nofollow">BangkokDan</a> … the images I use are either (mostly) my own or pop up in simple image searches. You most likely got this wrong.

I took your image down, respecting your concerns. But please be aware that everything uploaded to the internet becomes public domain. Not an ideal world, but one of the workings of the internet.

Why don’t you watermark your images.

BangkokDan

]]> By: aaron http://absolutelybangkok.com/soi-arab-a-crossroads-of-two-cultures/#comment-1111 aaron Wed, 23 Jul 2008 23:53:13 +0000 http://absolutelybangkok.com/?p=812#comment-1111 Dan Thanks for your reply. This is a really interesting issue actually. I can understand the pull of doing things the way everyone else is doing things on the internet. I know that sometimes it is hard or impossible to site a proper source. But if you know where something came from, from someone in basically the same blog community, doesn't it make sense to do what you can? Or did that photo just show up on a search, not linked to my flickr account? Maybe I've got this all wrong. Aaron Dan
Thanks for your reply. This is a really interesting issue actually. I can understand the pull of doing things the way everyone else is doing things on the internet. I know that sometimes it is hard or impossible to site a proper source. But if you know where something came from, from someone in basically the same blog community, doesn’t it make sense to do what you can? Or did that photo just show up on a search, not linked to my flickr account? Maybe I’ve got this all wrong.

Aaron

]]> By: BangkokDan http://absolutelybangkok.com/soi-arab-a-crossroads-of-two-cultures/#comment-1109 BangkokDan Wed, 23 Jul 2008 19:48:02 +0000 http://absolutelybangkok.com/?p=812#comment-1109 Hey <em>aaron</em>, no ill intent meant. I've seen my texts and images used at so many sites without proper references, so I usually give it a go with images available on the net. But I'm more than happy to take the shot down and replace it with an own one. I like though this shot's combination of the two worlds. Really appreciate your comment and "alert," thanks for getting back to me on the matter. <a href="mailto:absolutelyBangkok@gmail.com" rel="nofollow">BangkokDan</a> Hey aaron, no ill intent meant.

I’ve seen my texts and images used at so many sites without proper references, so I usually give it a go with images available on the net.

But I’m more than happy to take the shot down and replace it with an own one.

I like though this shot’s combination of the two worlds.

Really appreciate your comment and “alert,” thanks for getting back to me on the matter.

BangkokDan

]]> By: aaron http://absolutelybangkok.com/soi-arab-a-crossroads-of-two-cultures/#comment-1107 aaron Wed, 23 Jul 2008 17:09:23 +0000 http://absolutelybangkok.com/?p=812#comment-1107 Hey, that's a familiar picture: http://www.flickr.com/photos/aaroncaley/2212367088/ And it has been written about here: http://dishaday.blogspot.com/2008/01/dish-day-2008-snack-22-shawarma.html All you had to do was ask. Aaron Hey, that’s a familiar picture:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/aaroncaley/2212367088/

And it has been written about here:

http://dishaday.blogspot.com/2008/01/dish-day-2008-snack-22-shawarma.html

All you had to do was ask.

Aaron

]]> By: Markus http://absolutelybangkok.com/soi-arab-a-crossroads-of-two-cultures/#comment-1098 Markus Wed, 23 Jul 2008 03:54:49 +0000 http://absolutelybangkok.com/?p=812#comment-1098 You forgot to mention the Bamboo Bar on Soi 3, in my opinion the best Arab food in town. Try the grilled chicken pieces and the hummus, its delicious. You forgot to mention the Bamboo Bar on Soi 3, in my opinion the best Arab food in town. Try the grilled chicken pieces and the hummus, its delicious.

]]> By: max http://absolutelybangkok.com/soi-arab-a-crossroads-of-two-cultures/#comment-1089 max Mon, 21 Jul 2008 22:00:19 +0000 http://absolutelybangkok.com/?p=812#comment-1089 Are they so rich? Really? Are they so rich? Really?

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