Travelogue: Bangkok Bound (Day 4) (14th March)
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Time travelled very fast when you are having your honeymoon. In a blink of an eye, its our Day 4 which is also on Saturday. On every weekend, the best place to head down is to their biggest market at Bangkok. This is none other than CHATUCHAK! Chatuchak is not a stranger place to me. I remembered having here for the first time, my friends and I shopped from morning to their turnover which falls in the evening. I think we managed to cover all areas and definitely had a leg sore at the end of the day. Not going to say about boyfriend who travelled frequently here so we timed ourselves to shop around for 4-5 hours.
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How to get there: Take the Skytrain (BTS) to Mo Chit station, take exit no. 1, then walk towards the nearby markets. Or use the subway (MRT) to Chatuchak Park station (exit no.1), then walk to the nearby markets. We took a cab from our hotel since there were 3 of us. Since it was the week-end, there would not be much of traffic jams on the way there.
I have blogged about Chatuchak during my first trip, maybe you all want to check it out for more information and pictures as I did not really take alot of photos this time round.
As usual, things over there didn't change alot ( prolly they have increased the selling price due to the demand of tourists visiting here). As the weekend market is big, we didn't follow the map accordingly and thus walking around aimlessly, round and round, cutting lanes at each point, We skipped all the antiques, paintings, storybooks and mainly focus on apparel. As quoted by boyfriend " Come Chatuchak is to have the taste of getting lost!'' And yes, indeed we were lost, lost in where we last gone to so the key is to keep going and going until you reached the exit.
My boyfriend is really a good shopper when it comes to weekend market! I can't believe he bought more things than me?! He got everything in set ( tops, pants, shoes, belts, caps) all checked in his list. One funniest and impressed thing is how he can manage to stuff everything inside his canvas bag?
Lets not forget about the street food they sell. I don't know about you but if you have a weak stomach, I urged you not to eat their street food ( just be safe than sorry) but if you are a person who are immune in everything, then TRY it! You will never regret! Street food taste better than restaurant. Just a reminder to choose the food wisely, choose those that were cooked on the spot and not left it there for many hours. If not request them to reheat the food for you so that more germs will be killed during the heating process.
Boyfriend and I came across this toast bread which have 4 different kind of flavours. He chose garlic, butter milk and butter sugar. Not only the staff pan the toast bread on the spot, they even asked you to sample it before buying. We tried and all the toast bread are so YUMMYYYYYY! I will definitely head back to get it if I have the chance to be here again.
One of the must try food! Coconut ice cream!!! The weather was so unbearable that we need something cooling to cool us off. Coconut ice cream came in the good place to calm ourselves down. I went back to the same shop that I once patroned. The uncle was generous with his portion and he added sticky rice for me. This was the first time I had coconut ice cream with sticky rice! Special indeed,
The last thing I requested Boyfriend to do before we left the market was to ask the artist to draw a portrait for us. I wanted to bring back something memorable for this trip and I felt that portrait drawing portrayed a good souvenir. It costs 200 baht to draw a piece on a A4 size paper but no doubts, with the skills he has, he managed to draw Boyfriend alike but mine? Not really! HAHAHA
At night, Boyfriend and I went greyhound cafe at Chidlom central to celebrate my birthday! Greyhound Cafe is a popular Thai restaurant which have an extensive menu of Thai and international dishes. A well posh restaurant but the price stated was so affordable that we don't feel like we are at an ATAS restaurant. Ignore my Boyfriend not proper attire. One glance look, the local knows that he's a tourist.
We were first served with bread. I was surprised and told the staff that we didn't order any bread but the staff told me politely its FREE! Deep inside me, im like I have to pay for the bread loh ( GST claimed!) HAHA! Anyway, the bread was ridiculously delicious. Just the bread without any magarine taste already nice! As I tore the bun apart, it was soft and fluffy within, with lots of air pockets. Best bun ever!
We over-ordered and definitely looked scary to have 5 plates of dishes which consumed by 2 humans. Anyway,
Crispy Sweet Corn w Crab Meat (220 baht) : These tasted as good as all fried food do. Its like a YOU TIAO which stuffed in corn. I appreciate the thick batter within its crunchy exterior and the sweet sweet corn. To add on to the flavour, pair it with the Thai sweet and sour sauce.
Thai Kurobuta Pork w Spicy Thai Hot Sauce & Sticky Rice (250 bah) : So tender and well-marinated, it was a dish that the chef should be proud of. Lightly seared, the pork did not lose its juiciness to heat.
We also ordered the popular Greyhound Famous Fried Chicken Wings. With a hint of fish sauce and something else. Although it looked skinny and doesn't has alot of meat, it had a the taste of chicken cooked from home that you just want to eat and eat!
Chidlom central
4th Floor
Tel 0-2255-6964-5
To end off the night with Boyfriend (:
Till then
