My Egg Noodles

Last weekend was one of the best I’ve had in ages… a couple of mates were in town so we hooked up for some lunch at the Garage burger restaurant in Central World – not bad grub. I was a bit surprised we were able to order beers as the Bangkok governor elections were on which meant all Bangkok restaurants and bars were not permitted to sell alcohol. One beer followed by another, followed by a few more – I was feeling pretty tipsy. I haven’t drank heavily during the day in years… in fact I only seem to do this when I’m with friends in England :)

We then went onto Patpong in hopes they would serve us more beer, and luckily they did… in plastic cups! Anything is possible in Thailand! One of the guys who I was with had never been to a stripper’s joint before… it’s always fun taking a first timer I think.

After a few rounds of pool, I called it a night, picked up the missus and treated us to a really nice meal over at Zanotti – The food was good, not as good as Biscotti, however the atmosphere was great. Resturnats that have really lively/buzzing/classy atmoshphere are very rare. I’m not sure how they create it, I guess it’s to do with the decor mixed with loud clientel? It’s hard to explain – but Zanotti definatly had a real “buzz” about it that no other resturnat in Bangkok I’ve been to has had. It reminded me of the downstairs room in Langan’s Brasserie restaurant in Piccadilly, London (If you’re in London, Langan’s is worth checking out – Micheal Cain used to own it a few years back).

I got home, switched on the PC and my mate come on chat asking if I was up for a beer. Still a little pissed from the beers I consumed during the day, I was game. We headed over to Cowboy, which was closed. Next stop was Nana, which was open but no alcohol was being served. Back to Patpong. I never used to like Patpong, but after that day I was pretty impressed.

While having a few beers in one particular bar, a guy stopped me on the way back from the toilet and asked me if I own this blog. Wow… strange feeling. Thinking about it, I have gotten to know many people based in Bangkok through this blog – most of them I consider good friends. I think that’s one of the biggest advantages of having a personal blog.

This week has been pretty uneventful really – working. I got an amazing job offer in London, have been taking some client work on and am in talks with a potential investor interested in FeedZa (even though I was very tempted to sell FeedZa at the beginning of the week – It was a bad day and a stupid idea) .

Check out Base Sites if you are in need of any development work as I have a spare week or two next month that I plan to use to take on some extra work. On the flip side, if you can code or design and are looking for extra work, get in contact as from time to time I receive projects that are either to big or two small to fit into my schedule.

Today I joined the gym and went for a swim – one of the great benefits of working from home :)

One last note, and one that’s very important if you are like me, and simply adore good pizza. I ordered a Pizza from the same management as Zanotti the other night and it was by far the best Pizza I’ve EVER eaten! Serious, the Parma ham pizza is excellent. You can find the menu here.