Trip to 7-Eleven

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Trip to 7-Eleven

Posted on 05 July 2009 by Mike Behnken

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According to Wikipedia there are 1,500 7-Eleven stores in Bangkok which only 77 less than Tokyo. Consider the fact that (according to some websites) Tokyo has up to 4 million more people than Bangkok and you will know that there is no shortage of 7-Eleven stores in Bangkok.

When you’re walking down the main streets in Bangkok you can count on a 7-Eleven every couple hundred meters. There are also a 7-Eleven clones such as Family Mart which have some of the same stuff as 7-Eleven.

These convenient stores are usually open 24/7 and are very handy to get a bottle of water, Red Bull or snack. 7-Elevens in Bangkok are more than just junk food. You can live off of stuff you can buy at 7-Eleven which includes everything from eating utensils to pirated DVDs to milk to some of the snacks which I enjoy on a regular basis.

7- Eleven Snacks in Bangkok

I can’t really remember if there are any 7-Elevens in San Francisco. I do remember there being very many in Tokyo where my friend Bryan would get a Pizzamon which is like a pork bun with pizza inside every morning! In Tokyo they had onigiri as well as other Japanese style foods. In Bangkok they have full frozen and “fresh” TV style microwavable dinners w/ tons of preservatives I’m sure. They are good at first but quickly get old. What doesn’t get old is some of the snacks.

The above picture is of my latest purchase which I will detail below. I will list the price, a brief description and how much they cost with a few details. I will blog about my favorites in more detail at a later time…

6 Pack of Non-Fat UHT Milk ($58.50) $1.70
UHT milk tastes just like fresh milk.

2 Containers of Mixed Fruit Yogurt
Tastes just like any kind of sweetened yogurt I’ve had in California.

2 Packs of Nori (40 baht)
Nori is Japanese fried seaweed. It comes in regular and spicy flavored.

2 Packs of Cocori Nuggets (40 baht)
My new favorite snacks. These Japanese cheesepuff like snacks come in 2 flavors, squid and sesame and are both crunchy and tasty.

1 Pack of Chocolate Almond Crunch Pocky (25baht) 73 cents
Pocky is a staple sweet at all convenient stores and grocery stores in Asia. If you’ve never had it, it’s cracker/cookie sticks with chocolate coating and assorted nuts/sprinkles with different flavors.

2 Packs of Nuts (50 baht)
The almonds are from California and the cashews are from Thailand and they are very very very very addictive as they are almost impossible to stop eating. I can only buy one pack at a time.

4 Cartons of Mixed Juice (57 baht) $1.67
The juices are delicious. The bigger cartons are 13 baht and have 40% mixed juices with different mixtures of carrot/prune/apple/vegetables/beats and more. The small cartons which actually cost more (18 baht) have 100% juice.

Total

276.50 baht $8.10

Considering you can get a good sized meal of rice & one of many flavors of chicken and vegetables with a drink for 35 baht ($1.02). Spending almost 8 times more on mostly junk food which I finished off in a night Not only can the price of the junk food of 7-Eleven add up and cost quite a bit it can add extra, unnecessary calories to the diet.