Shamrock Bar
25.08.2006
There was nobody there when we got there except the 10 or so staff who were all Thai people. We got ourselves some local Chang beer (6.4%) which came in 650ml bottles so would prob be the equivalent of drinking 2 pints at home. Then it was time to try the food. The menu was in English as well as Thai thank god so I ordered my old favourite Chicken & Cashew, and Bamboo shoots. It only cost 2 euro for this and it was a pretty big portion.
After that we continued on the Chang beer, and played some darts and some pool. The staff kept hanging around us like flies, they poured our beer for us, picked up the darts when they fell to the floor, and racked the balls for us when we played pool. At one point, I was being massaged in between shots on the pool table. And all this for only a few Baht in tips which they were so grateful for, it was unbelievable. At first though, it was just them being over-helpful, but then it became a bit annoying and I began to feel a bit sorry for them. They were only ever polite and very grateful for anything we gave them but at one point I remember paying them to just leave us alone for a bit.
There was a Thai band on in the bar that night, playiong European music, and they were actually pretty good.
After a really long night in the Irish Bar, it was off to bed. After all that travelling and boozing, it was no surprise that we slept right through the whole next day. We only got up to get some food that night, and then literally went back to bed.
Posted by Dufflecoat 4:13 PM Archived in Round the World | Thailand





