Makan and Shopping Trip to Bangkok

[gohjlb]

Hi Question guy, any suggested place i should stay at bangkok for shopping massage, drinking?
Went sukhumvit and ratchadapisek before.

any suggestion?

 

[twtan14]

Banana Leaf Menu

Fried Chicken Wings with Herbs - Notice how small the wings are? They are akin to that of a spring chicken size and it was supposed to be very good. But we did not get to try it as our order did not get through to the waitress!!! Darn the language barrier as they don't understand a word of English.

The other two groups ordered the Steamed Cuttlefish with Lemon and I asked for a piece to try. Taste wise the sweet and sour sauce can do no wrong to this dish though the cuttlefish was a tad overcooked.

 

[twtan14]

Hi Question guy, any suggested place i should stay at bangkok for shopping massage, drinking?
Went sukhumvit and ratchadapisek before.

any suggestion?

Can't help you much as I am not familiar with Bangkok. For massage, actually foot massage we always go to Health Land. They have quite a few branches around. Do note for foot massage they do not allows booking in advance so it's just walk-in.

 

[Biogentic]

Hi Question guy, any suggested place i should stay at bangkok for shopping massage, drinking?
Went sukhumvit and ratchadapisek before.

any suggestion?

suhumvit soi 22, there is a hotel call citrus 22, good class boutique hotel though the room is abit small... nearby has many massage and drinking places but for shopping... it really depend on what kind of shopping u intends to do

 

[gohjlb]

ty for quick reply. okay noted. didn't know bangkok was so big. guess it pretty hard for me to explore during my 1 week trip.
Mainly I planned is go Thonburi ( Eat Bug/Ethnic Cuisine)
And ChatuChak Weekend Market-> Kamphaeng Phet.
Then find street food =) haha, Right now need a smartphone + Camera for trip photo taking =)

 

[writetodonkey]

Now then tell me jin ho jiak.

Cos u no stay with me so can't bring you out for breakfast.
Next time when we stay together than I bring u go jiak

 

[twtan14]

I think this was some Fish Floss dish. I did not eat it or managed to find out the dish name.

Didn't ordered this Stir Fried Glass Noodle too.

This Spicy Steamed Pork Tendon Salad was a surprise hit. The tendons was wonderfully springy and chewy yet not to the extend of making my mouth over exercise. Soaking up the spicy sauce and this proof to be an excellent dish with just simple ingredients.

Fried Smoke Braised Pork with Som Tum is your typical pork knuckle with a twist. Here it was served with Green Papaya Salad and a dipping sauce. The pork knuckle was however not the best I have eaten, it was slightly on the dry side and the skin is not the usual very crispy kind.

When the bill came, it was all in Thai and we couldn't understand a word out of it. This was made worst that none of the staffs can speak English so it took us some time to sort it out.

 

[twtan14]

Cos u no stay with me so can't bring you out for breakfast.
Next time when we stay together than I bring u go jiak

This is going to invite a lot of gossips.

 

[twtan14]

Lunch ended and time for shopping, so we split up again into different groups after agreeing to meet back at 5.30pm to go for dinner. Me and my friend went up to the food court level and chanced upon these titbits and snacks.

Khanom Tako - Sweet water chestnut and coconut cream dessert in pandan leave cup. I assumed there are a few types with different fillings in them since the colour dot on each kueh was different.

I wondered how this Crabby Snack taste like.

 

[twtan14]

Pickled Fruits - When we first saw these, we were like trying to figure out what fruits they are made from. Except from the obvious green grapes, the other three was a mystery to us, so my friend decided to buy a bag of them for taste test.

We absolutely have no idea what this fleshy fruit was. When asked, the seller could only managed to come up with a name in Thai to which is as good as not telling us.

Searched the net and it seem this was Pickled Santol with Dried Shrimps and Peanuts. Correct me if I am wrong.

We were debating if this was jackfruit's seeds but it turned out not to be after trying it. Anyone who have any idea what this is, do let me know.

After eating it, my friend confirmed my guess that this was Pickled Olives with Dried Shrimps.

When I asked him if this Pickled Green Grapes with Chilli was good, he could only managed a "not too bad" answer.

As we took a lift down to the first floor, he was still happily munching on these pickled fruits or so I thought. Till we reached a dustbin and the whole pack of fruits went into it. This concluded the pickled fruits taste test event.

 

[twtan14]

Mango Salad

Guava and Kedondong

Guava - I think that was chilli or hei bi (dried shrimp) paste.

Kedondong (Spondias dulcis) - Also known as balonglong in Singapore.

 

[twtan14]

Assorted Kuehs - They have all sorts of kueh kueh for sale but we just eaten lunch and then there is a buffet dinner coming up so never buy some to try.

Below desserts look like our Ondeh ondeh but comes in a many colours.

 

[twtan14]

Assorted Kuehs - Aren't they so colourful? Don't know if they are as good to eat as they look.

Sorry, I have no idea what this was.

Thai Crispy Crepes or Khanom Buang (some called it Khanom Bueng) in Thai is a crispy snack (khanom means 'cake' in Thai). Khanom Buang, a Thai street dessert is made from several ingredients including rice flour, pigeon pea flour, eggs yolk, palm sugar and a pinch of salt. All of these are mixed with water and beat well to form thin batter. The prepared batter is then poured on a flat hot plate in oval or round shape as crust. Once the thin crust turns brown, the thick coconut milk cream is plastered on it. Lastly, it is followed by various topping usually consists of grated coconut alone or grated coconut with small shrimps as topping. Sometimes, the luxurious savory toppings may come with strips of eggs, coriander leaves, chopped onion and sweetened pork as well. In the instances of sweet toppings, they can be golden thread (foi tong), raisin or persimmon. Usually the orange colored topping indicates the savory taste and yellow colored topping gives a sweet flavor.

 

[twtan14]

Thai Crispy Crepes - So many flavours, so colourful and so tempting but I just have to control my urge.

 

[twtan14]

From the upper floor we came straight down to the basement area where the supermarket is located.

De-Shelling Flower Crabs

Assorted Fresh Sashimi

These Lychees are huge!!! They are sweet with a hint of sourness. Nope, we did not help ourselves to the lychees on display but my friend's sister let us try some later at the hotel.

Apple Melon

 

[Bishio]

nice! more more more!!!

 

[twtan14]

I like the idea of the DIY Salad Counter which can be found in a lot of their supermarkets. If only they have this in our NTUC or Cold Storage etc...

Assorted Pastries freshly made from the oven. I will take the peach one please.

Assorted Donuts - Guess the Thais having sweet tooth would flock to the donuts like bees to honey.

Tree and Trio Donut

 

[RSKeisuke]

which mall is this?

 

[Because_ar]

wow, the snacks looked awesome man!! is it some kind of food fare or it's permanently there?

 

[backfire]

I like the idea of the DIY Salad Counter which can be found in a lot of their supermarkets. If only they have this in our NTUC or Cold Storage etc...

Assorted Pastries freshly made from the oven. I will take the peach one please.

Assorted Donuts - Guess the Thais having sweet tooth would flock to the donuts like bees to honey.

Tree and Trio Donut

If that kind of Salad Bar is going to be in our NTUC or Cold Storage you will see all those Yao Kui (Hungry Ghost) swampin around ("Tasting/Sample" already . In Thailand you will Seldom see this kind of people around , they will Take/Eat what is enough for them only . Definitely won't see any Kiasu/Yao Kui people around .