To show that I listen to all you helpful expert travellers out there I am listing the restaurants you have recommended for Bangkok and Singapore. Please comment - I appreciate your advice.
SIN - Indochine, Les Ami Au Jardin, Doc Cheng's, Swee Kee, Red House(UDMC Seafood Center); BANGKOK, Gallery Cafe,Lemongrass,Spice Market,Cabbages & Condoms, Crepes and Co., Harmonique; Thai rests. in Grand Hyatt, Royal Orchid and Marriott. I feel like a little kid whining "Nobody told me there was going to be a test!!" Thank you all.

Skaye,

here's another SIN restaurant for you....Ah Hoi's Kitchen in the Traders Hotel (yes, believe it or not in a hotel).

Its not cheap by local standards (there are a lot of great inexpensive meals to be had in Singapore), but its not expensive either.

Menu is primarily seafood and house specialty is a yummy Sri Lankan Chili Crab.

Located at the Traders Hotel with both indoor as well as outdoor dining (adjacent to the pool area).

I stil think going to MK suki is kind of fun. it is a chain or restaurants in BKK where you make your own suki on the table.

it is where the locls go for a casual meal..

there are many suki chains and you could feed 4 people for about 500 baht ..

I heard the RED PEPPER is kind the IN place too get contempery thai food.

sharon---you are really getting efficient now....
bob

Yeah!! And thanks in great part to you!!

hi. would like to add a few more to the singapore list: my humble home-in the esplanade complex for fusion chinese/japanese food, vansh- indian food presented japanese style, mango tree- east coast park, doc chengs-i think thats already mentioned here.