on supermarkets

When you step into any supermarket in Bangkok, there will always be a cooked food section -- kind of like a fastfood minus a counter, or a carinderia minus the flies. Apparently, Thais aren't slaves of their kitchens. Unlike Filipino families who have busy kitchens, Thais will prefer buying cooked meals rather than going thru the whole process of preparing it.

One luxury that I have gotten used to is buying fruits that have been peeled, cored, and cut in serving pieces. In Thailand, you need not worry about peeling and slicing apples, pears, watermelon, cantaloupe, dragon fruit, and grapefruit -- you buy them in little plastic containers, complete with the salt & sugar seasoning and fork. Now who wouldn't want that?!

Tesco Lotus offers free cleaning and cooking when you buy seafood -- yes, free cooking! You have fish weighed, then you give it to the person there and tell him what to do. As in anything in Thailand, giving instructions is a bit of a hit and miss thing -- just hope that the person in the counter understands what you want. I tried having the fish I bought steamed and after a few exchanges with the fish guy, he gave me a fish that was cleaned. (Ha! Why am I not surprised. LOL.)