Makan and Shopping Trip to Bangkok

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Some of my colleagues have been buying these Luk Chup back whenever they visited Thailand which according to them are very good to eat. Me I don't like them, found it to have a slightly bitter taste and the thick waxy skin outside seem so elastic.

Assorted Thai Desserts which included Khanom Tom, Thong Yod and Khanom Tako.

Thong Yod - Thong Yod (The Egg Drop Coated in Syrup) is an ancient Thai dessert served in auspicious ceremonies. It made from the mixture of egg Yolk and flour boiled in syrup. It is in popular family of desserts consisting of Thong (meaning Gold) in all of the names. Thong-yib, Thong-yod, Foy-thong, all mean to wish everyone with gold; much money and treasure, and to spend forever.

Assorted Flavoured Tea

 

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The usual Green Tea and Vanilla flavoured Ice Creams are all here. Can't remembered what was the other flavour.

Condiments for Ice Cream

Mango was only available at this level, you won't find it at Taste.

They only served the white Dragon Fruit and not the sweeter red flesh version.

 

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Honeydew

Watermelon

Lets now proceed down to our third and last restaurant for this Three Restaurants, One Great Sunday Lunch buffet.

 

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Zest Bar & Terrace occupies a truly relax atmosphere with dramatic 8m high space and open-air Zest's Terrace offers an al-fresco experience unique in Bangkok. Energize and elevate your spirits while experiencing the sights, tastes and sounds of this magical metropolis from a new perspective - perched above the city lights below.

 

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Zest Bar & Terrace provide all the desserts you can eat for this buffet.

Assorted Desserts

Assorted Thai Desserts consisiting of Luk Chup, Khanom Tom, Thong Yod and a couple of others which I have no idea of their names.

Caramel Custard

 

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Cheese Cake

Drink Counter also doubled up as the dessert table.

Blueberry Cheese Cake sat inside a large glass dish.

New York Chocolate Cake with a dark chocolate sauce over it.

 

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Same White Chocolate Mousse but this one was topped with a layer of passion fruit gelatin and drizzled with the same fruit sauce.

Caramel Mixed Nut Tart - Almonds and walnuts embedded in a gooey sticky liquid sugar.

Zest Bar & Terrace's waitress posing for us. Aren't she as sweet as the desserts?

Assorted Desserts

 

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Assorted Pralines - Most buffets in Singapore only have a few varieties but here they have nine types of praline, ten if you considered the chocolate dipped dates.

Dates dipped in White Chocolate

 

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The Chocolate Fountain only came with three types of fruit and marshmallow.

Fruit Juices - Starting from left was guava, orange and fruit punch.

Movenpick Ice Cream - They gave you Swiss ice creams wor. Mövenpick’s ice cream has a "no artificial additives or colours" policy so it's all natural some more. :thumb2:

 

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Movenpick Ice Cream - Let see if I can remembered all of the flavours. Passion Fruit & Mango, Raspberry & Strawberry, Tiramisu, Maple Walnut, Chocolate, Vanilla, Creme Brulee and Espresso if my memory did not fail me.

Condiments for Ice Cream - If it's toppings you wanted, you are spoilt for choice here. From sauces to syrup soaked fruits to dry topping like preserved fruits, nuts, Chocolate candies etc... you name it, they have got it.

 

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Condiments for Ice Cream - Chocolate candies, raisin & sultana and gummy bear.

Drizzle some of these sauces on top of your ice creams.

Preserved fruits, chocolate rice and almond flakes

Steamed Thai Dumplings - Steamed soft rice flour sheet stuffed with minced pork, peanut and turnip pickle.

 

[Beno777]

Seen like go this buffet, eat continual a few days also cant eat finish

As usual, thumb up for the food FR

 

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Khanom Tom - Glutinous rice flour dumplings stuffed with sweet coconut. Could be a variation of the Ondeh Ondeh we have locally though their size was much smaller.

Add-ons for dumpling - I guess you're supposed to eat these with the Steamed Thai Dumplings and Khanom Tom.

Now you know why it's called Zest Bar & Terrace. The narrow open air terrace overlooked the busy streets below and offered a view of the Bangkok skyline.

Given Bangkok's notorious warm and humid weather, most of us wouldn't want to be out here except when you are a smoker.

 

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Cigarette Ashtray - It's windy out here so this ashtray will prevent the ashes from being blown all over the place.

A view of Bangkok Skyline and the BTS Asok Station to the left.

Colourful taxi on the road - These multi-coloured taxi are all very new and clean compared to those in Malaysia which looked like they are about to fall apart anytime.

BTS Asok Station is just a stone's throw away so it's relatively easy to get here. Or you can take the MRT and alight at Sukhumvit Station, a little bit further away.

 

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BTS Asok Station - As I stand at the terrace watching the trains zoom in and out of the station, I noticed their arrival timing to be quite frequent unlike our SMRT which even during peak hours was not so frequent.

It was so warm outside, lets get back to our foods.

Assorted Sashimi - From clockwise we have Amaebi (Sweet Shrimp), Yellowtail (I think), Tako (Octopus), Hokkigai (Arctic Surf Clam), Pickled Saba (Mackerel) and Salmon belly in the center. A rare find in a buffet was this Hokkigai which had a delicate texture and unique fresh-sweet taste. But none was as sweet as this Amaebi and the flesh was firm, not mushy.

 

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Doesn't this fatty Salmon Belly look tempting to you?

Salad - Thai like to use peanuts in a lot of their dishes.

If your kids does not want to stay in the Kids Club upstairs then let this Balloon Sculpting Clown entertain them instead.

 

[flanker27]

twtan,
after seeing your 2 threads, i have alot of ideas for my upcoming trip. lord jim is a must, together with the 3 restaurant one from westin. then yim yim and the chinese restaurant in china town! hehehe!!!!! any other good must eat ones? any good tom yam hot pot buffet or ala carte?

 

[twtan14]

twtan,
after seeing your 2 threads, i have alot of ideas for my upcoming trip. lord jim is a must, together with the 3 restaurant one from westin. then yim yim and the chinese restaurant in china town! hehehe!!!!! any other good must eat ones? any good tom yam hot pot buffet or ala carte?

BKK have a lot of Japanese restaurants in shopping centres, should have no problem finding tom yam hot pot buffet. My previous thread we went to this restaurant in Chinatown, foods not bad. In fact Chinatown have many places to eat though I haven't got chances to try them yet. My colleague told me, when you pass by a restaurant, any restaurant, just check if there are a lot of people eating inside. If yes, just pop in and try the foods, you will never know unless you try.

The Taste restaurant the buffet only on Sunday lunch, other days don't have.

 

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Balloon Sculpting Clown

This boy was very courteous, when he received the balloon, he thanked him with a slight bow and the palms pressed together in a prayer-like fashion.

Someone left a Balloon Sculpture on the chair.

 

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Sashimi and Sushi

I love all the four Sushi below especially the unagi one although both the seared sushi are also very good too. Somehow the vinegar rice open up my appetite so I have no issue downing many of them but this being a buffet, I'll just have to stop at a few pieces else I will not have enough space in my tummy for other foods.