BKK GTG 12/26/05, check out the thread Who's in BKK and When?
 

FYI:
BKK Get together on 12/26/05.

Check out the thread
"Who's in BKK and When?"
for further info.

Isis
I was going to suggest a separate thread for this announcement! Looks like you were reading my mind. Do have a great time in BKK at the GTG.
I'll be there in spirit. (I'll be just about on my way to SanJuan Puerto Rico for some sight seeing and a 7-day cruise)

Carol

BKK GTG
Mon 12/26/05 6 pm
FACES RESTAURANT
#29, sukhumvit road,Soi 38 prakanong
Tel: (66)-2 713 6048
http://www.facebars.com/bg/main.htm
map included

Attendees:
(2) Lyndie
(2) IsisMnroe
(1) Jim0884
(?) Rizzuto
(?) Guenmai

Gpanda & James A, hope you can make it!
Where’s Orgy? Anyone else?

Any additions, corrections, revisions?
All are welcome to the party!

Read on the Fodor’s Face thread that at the Face Restaurant you can bring your own wine and corkage fee is 500 baht per bottle.

Hi Isis. Great idea to BYO wine & pay the very reasonable corkage fee.

In Thredbo, Australia's best known ski resort, and at Christmas 2001, we ate the most amazing twice cooked duck from Victoria & BYO'd a bottle of pinot from Tasmania. (Crowne Princess Mary of Denmark territory). Some of the best pinot available here, comes from Tasmania and we also took a bottle of our world famous Grange 1980. The Thredbo Alpine Hotel charged us $A20 per bottle to bring our own and we thought it was a bargain price for corkage.

I wonder if Faces would cellar our wine for us? I 'll email them. We arrive BKK Nov 30 and would love to bring a fine bottle of Aussie red with us, but I don't want to lug it all the way to Sri Lanka & back. Pity we can carry only one bottle. The legal drugs I'm taking weigh the same as a bottle of wine! A drug for every occasion.

Wine is so cheap (apologies Craig!) here. e.g. a good bottle of cab sauv, shiraz or a merlot blend which compares favourably to a similar quality bottle in, say, France, would retail for around $A30 here now and around 40 Euros in Paris. There's been a glut of quality grapes & therefore a glut of quality wine here & first rate stuff is available for AUD15-30 a bottle. Anyways, I'll email them.

It's a great idea to BYO. We do it here often. Some would say that's cheap. I think it's common sense.

Thanks for the re-cap Isis. All the best.

Lastest list of
Attendees:
(2) Lyndie
(2) IsisMnroe
(1) Jim0884
(?) Rizzuto
(?) Guenmai
(?) Orgy7

Sorry I can't be there to join in the fun - will have to wait until February. Even I would agree that wine is ridiculously expensive in Thailand (and in most places in Asia). But more importantly, most wines do not go with Asian spicey food anyway. There are some exceptions of course but I generally stick to beer, which as you know, is relatively "cheap".

Sorry - unlikely to make it - I find bubbly goes reasonably well with spicy Thai and Indian food so you are covered for both kinds of cuisine at Face...

I'm sure the info is around somewhere, but can someone estimate the distance (walking time?) from the Thong Lor skytrain station to Face?

Here's an excerpt from Divediva and her daughter on directions to the Face

"Author: divediva
Date: 10/15/2005, 01:13 am
my daughter and i had dinner at the thai restaurant Face on Thursday nite. we were staying at the asia hotel so it very easy to get on the BTS sukhumvit line and get off
at Thong Lo station. exit at exit 4...walk down the stairs to the street and turn right to go under the skytrain stairs and you will be on soi 38. there are no signs that say soi 38 but many buildings have a big 38 painted above their business signs.
turn left...walk about 10 minutes past small businesses, large residential estates...down a small street and look for the FACE logo and tiki torches...
what a beautiful place...it was sprinkling rain when we arrived...and we were greeted with an umbrella. there are many stairs with no hand rails and it was slippery. we did not make reservations but arrived early 6:30pm and there were only 2 other couples.

the architecture is northern thai lanna...it tooks like it could house a temple ...all teak...hand carved sculptures and the womens bathroom was quite interesting.

we ordered massaman curry, pineapple fried rice, phat thai, an appetizer of leaves, lime, coconut, ginger, peanuts, onions, chilis and sweet and sour paste...absolutely beautiful presentation and the food was fantastic. total with 2 rounds of sprite $1400 bht plus tip.

Author: divediva
Date: 10/16/2005, 08:18 pm
I am Divediva's daughter, and I have to make one little correction. The walk to face is only about 3 to 5 minutes, very easy to get back and forth from the skytrain station. (almost 5 months pregnant and the walk was cake!)"

I'm in process of making reservations at the Face to make sure they are open Monday 12/26/05 and to find out more about the corkage fee for wine and beer.
Will keep you posted.

Is this for drinks in the bar or dinner? Happy Travels!

I'm trying to make reservations for dinner and for the corkage fee for the dinner also.

Afraid I'm out if it's a sit-down dinner at a reserved time. (I can meet at a bar when there's a window for arrving and leaving.) Cheers,

Hey rizzuto, I'm not necessarily staying for dinner. I thought we'd see how the drinks go first. Is this OK with you, Isis. I'd rather not be committed to dinner. For me, personally, I'd like to remain flexible about where we eat. I'm bringing wine because I prefer to drink wine rather than spirits.

Why not just do drinks in the bar from 5:30-7PM and dinner, for those who want to stay, from 7PM on? Happy Travels!

If I can meet the group grab a beer or two. Then I should be able to attend.

The majority rules!
Thank you for your input.

BKK GTG
December 26, 2005
5:30 to 7:00 p.m (drinks only)
FACE BAR

Attendees:
(2) Lyndie
(2) IsisMnroe
(1) Jim0884
(?) Rizzuto
(?) Guenmai
(?) Orgy7

Gpanda and JamesA, hope you can make it.

And dinner from 7 pm for those who want to stay on.

fyi---there is a large room next to the spa building where you could meet if there are quite a few of you....you might ask them about this room..

Any changes, corrections, revisions to the above?

Thank you!

Please accept my apologies for getting the dinner vs drinks mixed up!