Bangkok Visual Diary - Part 2
Posted on Monday, September 1, 2014
Hello all! The adventure continues from our Bangkok trip haha.
View from our hotel while enjoying the complimentary drinks. Nubbad! For those of you who didn't read Part 1, we were staying at the Chatrium Riverside Hotel (60% off, thanks).
After that we navigate our way to Rod Phai Market! And by navigate I mean take a taxi to the place lolol. It's a first time for me at this market despite having been to Bangkok lots in my life (oops).
Saved our dinner tummies for some STREET FOOD! They have a little food market when you first walk in to the market. This grilled chicken / pork shoulder store is ah-ma-zing. So amazing we go back again for another portion after walking and eating our way through the market.
Sights and smells of street food. Mmmm.
Fried chicken cutlet chopped up and tossed in a sweet yet spicy thai salad. Tons of onions and sweet sauce which is quite biting, but interesting!
Tip for Rod Phai Market - skip all the Chatuchak-like junk in the front and head straight to the furthest part of the market which contains all kinds of vintage treasures! I swear they sold all kinds of cool things like old typewriters to American diner style furniture to actual vintage vans. The amount of space and thought put into the stores is so kitschy and cool, we swore we could literally just buy and furnish an entire hipster cafe from here!
Ok i didn't take a lot of good photos cause the place was a little too empty so you get shop keepers staring at you the whole time, but really a great visit and recommended visit from the usual Chatuchak kinda thing!
Hahaha glad he is not THAT fat.
The next day we hit Chatuchak! Which seems a lot less diverting after having visiting Rod Phai. We only hang for about half a day before heading back, and our timing is impeccable because the moment we return back to the hotel, it started raining!
Hmm why didn't i buy anything from this store.
Definitely a highlight - coconut ice cream. Don't laugh, but this is my first time trying it despite being to Chatuchak quite a few times. They let you choose up to 4 ingredients to add on top, but you must, must MUST choose the sticky rice. It sounds crazy - rice + ice cream, but the sticky rice has this sweet pandan flavour that perfectly matches the ice cream in an unexpected way! So will try this again the next time i come :)
Hehe matching bracelets with Jiehui <3 We wear it religiously throughout the whole trip!
So our hipster cafe idea is actually possible with 50 baht/kg shipping from Thailand to Singapore. No shit! Of course you have to buy a crate's worth, but it's pretty possible, right?
More food we see but do not eat because we are saving for the... best meal of the trip!
The funny thing is, I actually walked past this "restaurant" before the last time I came and remember it being chocked full of people. It still is. I don't think it has an exact name, but here is a sign of the street it was on:
It's near the Chatuchak MRT station + the toilets too! To me, this is what eating in Thailand is about. Dodgy street side shacks that are full of people. Food that tastes amazing that you don't mind that your stomach MAY pay for it later. Here's why:
I'm an enormous fan of hum (cockles) - and I can't believe I almost gave these a miss. Luckily Renhao also likes hums so I didn't have to be "embarrassed" to eat one whole plate just for myself (though now i wouldn't mind...). Hum is really dirty, but the reason we decided to take the risk was because a) Justin saw that they cooked it for 45 seconds, which is really quite long and thorough b) the basket of hums above looked too inviting c) we saw locals eating it, so it should be ok... right?
Best dish ever on this trip, hands down. I still daydream about the sauce that came with it - not something you can find in Singapore. It's a mixture of fish sauce, chilli padi, coriander, sugar and parsley and some sprinkle of rainbow magic sauce or something. It's sweet, yet sharp and distinctively Thai. Ahhhhhhhh. Need. To. Eat. Again.
And yes, no tummy problems after. Hurrah!
We ordered tons dishes and it all added up to around 700 baht in total ($6.50 a person???) Here's the fried chicken and papaya salad.
Tom Yum soup has so much ingredients inside there's actually not enough soup! We also order veggies just cause we are trying to be healthy. Not.
I love how seafood is essentially like free in Thailand. Giant clams cooked in a spicy broth. But the hum still beats all, sorry.
The fried omelette comes last, and I'm a bit too full to enjoy it. Personally, I find it a bit too oily, but that doesn't stop us from gobbling it up.
Great, great meal. The menu was honestly more extensive, but I think we sampled a good part of it. A definite visit to if you go to Thailand! (Ahem: Yu Qi and Janine to note!)
So after we beat the rain and had a little rest and freshen up in the hotel room, we head out again in style to Lebua State Hotel!
Not my first time here, but it's a great place to come at the end of a trip to Bangkok to really tie things up nicely. It's more than 60 stories high, but the good part is that going up the elevator is free. I believe that other places charge to get a view like this:
Hellooooo Bangkok!
Only setbacks are that drinks are a little pricey (450 - 600 baht for the cocktails), but I call it elevator costs? Oh and these weirdos who were playing around with the weird floor lighting.
A really nice way to end our last night in this bustling city and our trip :'(
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