Now in Thailand, there's a lot of 7-Elevens and they're like everywhere!
They're as ubiquitous as McDonald's and Starbucks in the United States. Just this
block alone, there are three (7 Elevens). One there,...
...one there...
and...
one there. When you're traveler or a tourist and you really don't know...
you know, you need kinda like "survival snacks" or drinks then 7-Eeleven is the
obvious way to go! The have similar things (to the West) in terms of you know,
your toiletries and snack foods, drinks... stuff like that, with a Thai twist!
There's a fair amount of whitening chemicals in a lot of these
products and snail extract in things tends to be pretty popular these days. I
think with just Asia in general.
This is a collagen drink.
I've gotten these. I don't know if they work. They're like magic potions... like 38 baht.
I do not know what little gel-like things are in these. Like tapioca?
Thai tapioca... with black beans.
Sweet mung bean porridge with taro and coconut cream. Oh, this looks interesting!
Oh, these are my favorite! These are like little yogurt drinks - they actually, I think they even
sell them in Korea. These are nice and kind of sweet. The Thai love sweet things, so everything has
got a little bit of sugar in it. Or a lot of sugar in it. So I'm going to get this.
It's interesting to note about the 7-Elevens here is you can pay your water bill, your electricity...
electricity bill, your phone bill and you can top off your SIM cards here. So
the 7 Elevens here are kind of like the one-stop shop for a lot of things!
They handle kind of a lot behind that counter. This is the processed meat section.
Shrimp dumplings.Like instant dumplings at home.
Life wouldn't be Southeast Asia without the dried seafood snacks. It's like
seaweed.
Look at this! It's like the one big wand. This is a foot long roll of seaweed. I think I'm
gonna have to get this. This looks interesting.
Squid flavoured. And of course your dried squid.
Okay so here are their three-in-ones... I like these. These are like-- coffee with
cream and sugar? Well, three things in one and it's like a little package mixture.
Just pour it into your hot water and mix. These are yummy. I've taken some home for
souvenirs.
Milo is one of their brands.
They give you these little stamps when you make purchases sometimes. I'm not
sure if there are certain items that kind of ...I think they have these little
deals every once in a while. You'll see like little placards that show you
these stamps. These are ...they act like baht, so you can actually pay with some
of these stamps. That is so cool! So with my purchase there, I think I
spent 85 baht which is around three... well you can do the math! Anyways I spent
around 85 baht in there buying things and they gave me five of these stamps. I
can essentially pay with these little cute stamps. That is so
cool!