A Taste of Thailand

Generally the portion of Thai food is small compared to Malaysian food and the price is cheap too, especially hawker food.

From a restaurant called I-taste cafe

My sister's Thai colleague bought us to this cafe near Standard Chartered Bank. I can't remember which street but it's where all the local people frequently visits. We also found out that after being served, most of the pretty 'waitresses' in the restaurant are actually 'waiters' when they said "Sawatdeekaa".

Prices are reasonable. For 3 of us, the total bill came to 600 baht on these foods ...


Tom yam kung (nice)


Green curry chicken (heavy on coconut flavor but lack spiciness)


Fried calamari (dip with their special chili sauce ... yummy)


Pineapple fried rice (delicious with chunks of pineapple pieces, shrimp, cashew nuts, egg and ham)



Stir-fried veg with pork salad (this is good stuff)


Thai tea (too sweet for me)

From MBK Food Court
Daily coupon system. If you are having dinner there, make sure you get your refund before 9.00 pm as the counters will be closed after the specific time and you can't get your money back the next day. We nearly miss the timing by 5 mins!


Pad Thai with shrimp (can't eat much because of the sweetness in the noodle ... my cousin sister had Pad Thai for 2 days in a row and end up having the "Pad Thai feeling" stuck in her throat!)


Pork noodle (not sure what they use for the soup but it's so good)

From Chatuchak Weekend Market
There are a lot of flies in the food court area because of the presence of fish sauce on every table (very irritating). We had to use the batteries-operated fan to chase them away! Most of the food vendors can't speak English, so we communicated using international sign language!


Beef noodle - 20 baht


Mini pancakes - 20 baht for 1 box

From Damnoen Saduak floating market
You can buy the food from the boat or dine on specific areas on the platform.


Pork noodle - 20 baht (so so only ... the soup tasted like plain water but luckily also because then we will know that they didn't use the water from the Chao Phraya river as main ingredient)



Grilled chicken wing - 10 baht each (absolutely delicious)


Spring rolls - 20 baht (surprisingly good)


Mango with sticky rice top with coconut milk - 30 baht (the mango is so delicious and sweet)


Coconut with cream pancake - 20 baht for 4 pc


Fresh coconut - 10 baht each


We didn't have 5 meals in a day as we are more keen on shopping.


This is my last entry on the Bangkok trip. Overall we had a fantastic time and highly recommend Bangkok as an economic and fun holiday destination.

Tourism in Bangkok

Damnoen Saduak Floating Market

We booked a 1/2 day tour to the Damnoen Saduak floating market for 700 baht per person.


We have to pay extra 150 baht for a canal ride paddled by ladies (above is our taxi driver). 4 passengers to a boat as 1 seat occupy 1 person. Saw a lot of boats with more than 6 passengers and the ladies having a hard time paddling. Luckily, the 3 of us occupied the whole boat to ourselves.


"row row row your boat ..."


"fruits fruits ... 30 baht ... no? 10 baht"


"cheap sir ... cheap madam ... buy"

The 1/2 day tour also includes a visit to the Elephant farm, snake farm, wood cravings factory and a jewellery outlet.


Elephant ride for 600 baht ... we didn't go for it as we noticed the poor jumbo look so exhausted from all the non-stop rides and the only treat they got is an empty coconut shell!

Wat Arun (Temple of Dawn)

After the tour, we paid a visit to Wat Arun on our own. The temple is located in the Bangkok Yai district, on the west bank of the Chao Phraya River. The full name of the temple is Wat Arunratchawararam Ratchaworamahavihara.


The ferry ride is 3 baht for one way and the entrance fee is 50 baht per person.


The steep steps lead to the two terraces. My legs nearly gave up on me climbing up the steps and my heart nearly stops looking down the bottom after reaching the top!





View of the Grand Palace taken from the top of Wat Arun.

After spending less than 15 mins on top of Wat Arun, we have to hang on the rails before slowly climbed down.

to be continued ... A Taste of Thailand

Chatuchak - 'Mother of All Markets'

You have not seen Bangkok if you have not been to Chatuchak weekend market. It is really a 'mother-of-all-markets' which covers over 35 acres and have about 15,000 stalls. It is estimated that the market receives between 200,000 and 300,000 visitors each day. Opens every weekend from 8.00 am - 6.00 pm.


The easiest and fastest way to reach Chatuchak is to use the MRT subway to Kampheng Phet station as it takes you directly to the market itself.


It is very very crowded with locals, tourist and traders. You basically have to 'squeeze' your butt while walking between people and stalls! My advice is to go there early before all the chaos begins (usually the crowd will starts around 11.00 am).


Get a map from the information kiosks and play your adventure through the never-ending maze of crowded and narrow alleys. At least if you are lost, just show the map to any traders and they will tell you where is your exact location.


Stalls are too small to have any fitting room, so you have to put it on top of your clothes to try the sizes.



The painter and her work


Puppies for sale ... all breeds


Any taker for this cute fella?


Flowers and plants


Arts to be appreciated



Funny tees


We bought a lot of souvenirs from Chatuchak as it cheap. There are ATM's scattered around the market but not easy to find. So take enough cash as most stalls don't accept credit cards. Oh bring along a small batteries-operated fan if you have one ... it comes in handy when the heat gets to you.

to be continued ... Tourism in Bangkok