What is the shopping like?

Bangkok is a shopping mecca. There are well-known areas for almost anything you can imagine and if you can't buy it, you can probably get it made. Ask for recommendations and talk to people who have lived here for a while. The Bangkok Guide has an excellent section devoted to shopping information for all commodities.

Food shopping is well catered for in both the large supermarket chains (Carrefour, Tesco Lotus, Big C, Foodland, Tops ) and in the smaller independent food stores such as Villa and other smaller importers such as Food Glorious Food. Use the Bangkok Guide as a reference point.