Food in Bangkok

Yes, it has been a long time since I've updated here... and I'm still not done with my Bangkok trip, which was more than 3 months ago... hehehe... but oh well, I shall head off to what most people would be most interested in.... FOOD...

Anyway, one of the places I love in Bangkok is MBK, which is a shopping complex which kind of reminds me of Sungai Wang Plaza. Bought 2 pairs of shoes, and would have bought more if the shops there accept credit card as we ran out of cash... *sobs*

There's a wide choices of places to eat while you're there too, and there's a food court right up on the 6th Floor, which was where we had our dinner on our second day after a long hot afternoon at the Grand Palace.

From corner left, clockwise: Pattai with prawns; some noodle dish; Vietnamese spring roll; another noodle dish

And while shopping (or more like getting lost wandering around aimlessly, asking people where's Siam Center) around Siam Square, me and ah ya stumbled into this restaurant called the Noodle House. As ah ya was hungry and I think it was waaay past lunch time, as usual we tend to lose track of time when shopping, she had noodles wrapped with omellete, but I just call it Pattaya Noodles as it reminds of Pattaya Rice.

As for me, I ordered a platter with various snacks like fried wantan, siew mai dim sum, spring rolls and potatoes covered in bread crumbs, which is actually coroquet...

For additional flavouring, you can add in sugar (yes, I'm not blind, it's sugar, not salt), dried chili flakes, preserved chilis or soya sauce. And it's all nicely provided in a cute tray!

As for drinks, I had an iced latte as I wasn't able to get a proper sleep during my trip, which was pretty sweet and if I say it's sweet, that means it's super sweet for people with normal taste buds! And ah ya had cold green tea, which was sweet too... nice...

Anyway, when I was there in Bangkok, I definitely tried their Mcdonalds there and I love their Fillet O Fish!! I LOVE IT! I LOVE IT! I LOVE IT! And their Samurai Pork Burger was absolutely delicious, it has a sweet sauce that reminds me of char siew and I'm getting hungry now just thinking of it... dang... must go have McDs breakfast tomorrow....

Chatuchak Weekend Market

Note: Finally... I had time to edit all the photos for Xell. Lots of photos ahead!!! The food looks really yummy la, I feel so hungry when I am editing the pictures. Anyway... sorry for not having any post in a veeerrry loong time, will update loads before CNY. :D

The moment we touched down in the new Bangkok Airport, we separated into two groups. I was with ah Ya, my sis and YP and we wanted to head off straight to the Chatuchak Weekend Market as we arrived in Bangkok on a Sunday evening and we didn't want to miss it. So, H and his wife went to the hotel to check-in and to inform the hotel we will be checking-in late, as well as bringing all our luggage to the hotel... I don't think we can drag our bags around the market....

Anyway, the market was super packed with people, and I heard that the crowd is the worst in the evening and poor me... I felt like fainting just shoving my way through the crowd, it was really difficult for me to even browse through the shops as the crowd behind me kept pushing me to the front. And I even got separated from the rest many many times, thank goodness I brought my hp along and I could still sms out.

Shot of the crowd...

A rare sight to be seen in the market.... a deserted alley...

The market do reminds me of the 'pasar malam' (night market) we have here in Malaysia, but more on a large scale. It's terribly huge and we were quite lost in there as we didn't get a map of the place until much later. Therefore, I highly recommend that you get a map before entering the place!

Street performances by children... it was tearful listening to the boy playing his violin, it was a sad piece...

And the shops in the market.... oh my...

We had something to eat there too... I can't remember what was the name of the dish I had, but it's like fried kuey teow except the noodles were bigger than kuey teow...

My sis had rice noodles soup, and the dish sounded something like kuey teow.... hahaha

The famous pattai dish... this actually had more taste than the rest...

And you can add in extra stuffs for additional flavouring...

Along the way, ah Ya spotted this shop, which sells this sweet desert that reminds us of ice kacang, but it's just ice shavings (but it was more like ice chunks) with santan, sweet syrup, sago and red ruby...

And we had ice-cream too... in a paper cone... I had lemon-flavoured ice-cream....

Along the streets of the market, there's loads of stalls selling finger foods and more food....

Check out these sites for more details on the market....
http://www.bangkok-city.com/chatuchak.htm
http://www.asiatraveltips.com/ChatuchakMarketBangkok.shtml

BANGKOK BANGKOK BANGKOK!

Note from Zen: Sorry for no post lately. Some mad woman aka Xell gave me sooo many pictures to edit, some protrait, some landscape... Trust me... I wanted to give up. My god... *puke blood* Anyway... done... here you go, go read!!!

Just came back from Bangkok and I absolutely love it!!! We (me, ah ya, my older sis, ah ya's colleagues - YP, H and his wife) left from LCCT, KLIA on Christmas eve and our flight was delayed for 15 minutes... and it was a smooth landing in Bangkok too! A complete opposite to our flight back to Malaysia! Our flight was delayed twice!!! From 3.15pm to 5.15pm to 6.20pm! Oh goodness, thank goodness I brought 3 story books along and my mp3 player too! And by the time I reached home, it was almost midnight and I had to go to work in the afternoon the next day too! And the landing was so horrid, my ears were horribly block...

This is the plane we took to Bangkok...

Scenes from the new Bangkok airport... it reminds of me KLIA actually...

How to take a cab from the airport...

Anyway, during our stay in Bangkok, we resided at the Menam Riverside Hotel, a four-star resort hotel, which has a spectacular view of the Chao Phraya River as it is situated just along the riverbanks.

Exterior of the hotel and the swimming pool

The lobby and reception hall

For smokers, the hotel has a designated area for smoking, which is just by the swimming pool

The view of the river from the hotel's restaurant, where we had our breakfast

The hotel has a free shuttle boat service, where its lovely boat (it's very romantic taking the boat at night) will bring you to the Saphan Taksin station, which is the 1st stop along the BTS Sky Train (equivalent to Malaysia's LRT/Star line).

The hotel's jetty and boat

The jetty as the sun is setting and a delightful pigeon which doesn't seem to be afraid of humans

My room's all the way up on the 12th floor and it's got a magnificient view of the river!

The corridor leading to my room...

Welcome to my room, room 1252!

I love the deco of the room, especially the headboard above the beds

The bathroom is wonderful too, but then the water pressure from the shower wasn't strong enough...

The rest of the room...

Anyway, one of the few reasons why I love my stay in Bangkok was because of the hotel. I would definitely come back to stay here, even though it's pretty far from the city, but the boat services are pretty reliable and the train's easy to take to.

And how I love the hotel staff, they're the best! They're extremely helpful and patient handling my silly questions, even though sometimes I know the answer but I still want to ask them... For instance, when I was out shopping on a Monday, I noticed loads of people wearing yellow. Turns out it was because the people are showing their love for their King whose birthday was on Dec 5th, and he was born on a Monday. Therefore, every Monday during that month, the people would wear yellow! Actually, I managed to figure that out myself but I still wanted to bother the hotel staff bout it... hehehehe

http://www.menamriverside-hotel.com/website/index.asp