Backdated post. Actual event took place on 18 August 2006.
Yawn, I still want to sleep in but breakfast on the house is waiting for me.
There isn’t much variety but is good enough to get me going in the morning. They had some western, Thai and Chinese style breakfast food and beverages.
I had a lot of toast bread, sausages, and scrambled eggs with a good mix of Thai food like Stir Fry Kailan and some Curry Brinjal with Meat.
The Thai food were really favourful and so far, everything I have eaten in Thailand taste extremely good.
I must say, the hotel coffee tasted 20x better than Coffee Bean’s breakfast coffee ☕. And right after that we started our journey to Siam Square.
Siam Square is a one of the top shopping and entertainment paradise in Bangkok. Siam Square is similar to our Sg.Wang shopping mall.
Here, you can find a lot of themed café and local designer label clothing. The best part, it links to many other big shopping mall such as Siam Paragon.
My shopping spree in Bangkok has officially started. I manage to get some stuff here. But I was more amazed with lots of intersting store signages. There were also lots of stickers and grafitti at almost every corner of the streets at Siam Square.
We then continue our quest to Siam Paragon. It is an upscale shopping mall, similar to Starhill Gallery. It has been listed as one of the biggest shopping centre in Asia. It’s very spacious and without a doubt, very classy and elegant like.
Address:
Siam Paragon
991/i Rama I Road, Pathnumwan,
Bangkok, 10330 Thailand
Telephone: (662) 610 9000
Website: http://www.siamparagon.co.th/
I was busy shopping for souvenirs while Jimbo is looking for a nice and decent bag. I manage to get some local designer items as souvenirs, but Jimbo isn’t in luck.
Our stomach then start making noise, so we went to the lower ground level and search for food. There were lots restaurant and a very big foodcourt with lots of options.
Ging Kalpapruek was pick of the day! It was pack and busy where people just come and go during lunch time.
Here… let’s see, we have Fresh Spring Rolls (85 Baht) as appertizers then move on with Fried Mixed Vegetables with Oyster Sauce (85 Baht) and Fried Chicken with Chili and Cashewnuts (110 Baht). I also ordered Passion Fruit Juice (45 Baht).
The fresh spring rolls was served with special sauce, a stalk of spring onion, more chili and a dash of mustard. The sauced is salty and sticky rather than the usual sweet and spicy type we used to have over here in Malaysia.
The stir fried mixed vegetables is pretty standard and nothing can go wrong with this dish unless you overcook it
The Fried Chicken with Chili and Cashewnuts was spicy! While it looked harmless, it’s not. The Chili were pounded and mixed in to cook with the sauce and chicken. It’s flaming hot!
We continue our adventure from Siam station to Nana. We took the train that direct us to On Nut which I think was a rather funny name.
Nana is just a station away from Sukhumvit, so we decided to go sight seeing a little before we stop at Shukumvit to shop again!
After our sightseeing at Nana, Jimbo call a Thai friend he knew from a workshop for a quick catch up. While he is on the phone, I continue to take picture around.
After a tiring walk, we stop at Green House Terrace at The Landmark. It’s a good place for us to have coffee, lepak while enjoying some city sight-seeing and resting our legs.
I had Iced Cappuccino (90 Baht) while Jimbo had Iced Coffee (90 Baht). The feeling is just so nice when we get to chill and do nothing while everyone else is busy at work and I hope time will stay still!
Address:
Green House Terrace at The Landmark
138 Sukhumvit Rd.,
Bangkok 10110 Thailand
Telephone: (660) 2254 0404, (660) 2254 0424
Website: http://www.landmarkbangkok.com/
Being a “bully” I had to take a picture in front of the Bully’s cafe! And while we were busy complaining our petrol prices are expensive, take a look at other country’s price.
We continue to walk, thinking we were heading towards Sukhumvit, but we went towards the other direction and ended up at Phleon Chit. We then decided to take the train back to Shukumvit where we will meet with Jimbo’s friend at the Emporium.
Emporium is not as luxurious as Siam Paragon but still have everything needed.
Wee meet up with Jimbo’s friend for coffee at Starbucks next to the Emporium. It looked really classy and had a good view of sunset 🌇.
Jimbo’s friend gave us travel tips and must visit place from sight seeing to shopping. He even recommended us to visit Thai again during the “Water Festival” as it would be fun.
We then head to a place Jimbo’s friend recommended for dinner – Sonie’s. Sonie’s is a Thai-Japanese restaurant, and was a 10 minutes walk away. It is a small cozy and comfortable house looking restaurant that used to be packed as it is hard to find good fusion restaurant in Thailand.
When Jimbo’s other friends arrived, we started ordering so much food such as sushi, pizzas and salad. Sonie’s Pizza is a must order. It had loads of shrimp, crab, and flying fish roe crumbled on top of rice and seaweed. The fried crumbled rice in tempura batter gives the entire dish a crunchy texture and it gave a bad-for-you deep-fried rice cake.
On a contrast of texture, we had fresh sashimi, which was a typical Japanese dish. The Fresh Salmon Pizza was amazing and I totally love the fusion twist of Japanese with Italian flavours. The pizza was baked and topped with fresh salmon that added a depth of texture.
Address:
Sonie’s
59/1 Sukhumvit Soi 31, Bangkok
Telephone: (662) 258 4247
Dinner is on Jimbo, so I have no idea how much it cost. Thank you bo bo for the lovely dinner and nice meeting your friends.
After dinner, Jimbo’s friend dropped us at Silom for a short walk. This time we focus on exploring the around rather than looking for food. Finally Jimbo manage to pick up some deco lightings for his mum!