Travelogue: Bangkok Bound (Day 1) (11th March) Part 2
If you have missed out my previous post:
After resting at our cosy hotel to regain our energy, we thought that we should start to move our feets to our next destination without wasting any further. Our next destination was Siam Paragon but we made a stupid mistake to agree with the tutuk driver to stop us at one of the shop so that he can earn his petrol tickets, He came up with this deal,,200 baht or 50 baht with a stop at a tailor shop and we have to stay in just for 5 mins. Yes, we came to a conclusion to go for the 50 baht fare, thinking that we can save more and help him with his petrol fee.
He dropped us at this tailor shop and the minute when we stepped into the shop, we were not welcomed by the owner of the shop. They are fucking rude to us! So sorry that I have to use vulgar word at this post but I really cannot take their dirty attitude, not even a respect for them, We mainly walked in and tour around the shop but this boss came to us and shouted "All customized clothes, belt, shoes. SO WHAT YOU WANT?'' We chose to ignore him and continued to walk our own because we need some time to look around and he began to lose his patience and yelled "YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND ENGLISH? CUSTOMISED CUSTOMISED? OKAY, PLEASE GET LOST!''. LIKE WTF?! This is how you chase your customer away!
While boyfriend went to try out their belt and returned back to them because he thinks that the colour doesn't suit him! This ass owner replied ''WHY NOT SUITABLE? YOU NEED TO GET A COLOUR IN YOUR LIFE!''. What's up with him? Eat wrong medicine? No doubt that their shop has ZERO customer patronizing in! I shall wish them goodluck for their business, hope it folds up earlier.
We grasped our breathe and left the shop! It was a torturous stay of 5 mins in, Im not blaming the tutuk driver for quoting us this price and drove us to such nasty place but I blamed ourselves for having to save that 150 baht and got our pride thrown down by the tailor owners. Its like our pride was thrown and fed by a stray dog! But in the end, we claimed ourselves down and proceed on to our destination. Its a lesson learnt by the way!
Lets just hope that this dessert could make me happier and indeed it did. We managed to find After you cafe after a long search as it was hiding at the corner of basement 1. I have always see people posting about the Shibuya honey toast on instagram and told myself that this will be "must try" dessert. I definitely went home with this satisfying craving. And guess what, my carbo Boyfriend was nice to agree to have honey toast for dinner. Thanks B (:
So upon reaching, we thought that we have to queue to get our seats. But with only the two of us, we were escorted immediately into the shop and just when I was flipping through the menu, the staff gave me a table number to sit in. HA, how confident was she thinking that I will enter in. But of course, since I'm already outside the shop, there's no harm to try!
As it was a walk in order, you have to proceed to the cashier to place your order. From the menu itself, there are pictorial pictures to show you what are the flavours and how is it look like. English version of caption are there too so you do not have to worry about not understanding anything from the menu.
Shibuya toast came in different sizes. Both Boyfriend and I ordered two petite size to share. With the over-whelmed of Honey Shibuya Toast which costs 155 Thai Baht - SGD $6.60 for petite size, we ordered another flavoured one which is found new in the menu- Ferror Rocher Shibuya Toast.
Its amazing fast! We were served after 10 mins and the toast bread was still pipping hot! Don't you feel like eating it? The famous honey shibuya toast is the cafe's signature and also one of the most popular item that customers would order. As simple as it is, basically, it's toasted bread topped with honey sauce, ice cream and whipped cream. They do applied margarine onto the toast itself.
While Ferror Rocher flavours, it was coated with Nutella, Hazelnut crunch, chocolate flakes decorated with Ferror Rocher with whipped cream and ice cream. Sinfully chocolaty but we just gave it on.
No doubt it was sinful, my low toleration of sweetness Boyfriend even complimented that this was the best toast bread he has eaten so far (My recommendation not bad right?) I guess those calories that we had was nothing but a smile on our face.
After You Dessert Cafe at Siam Paragon
Ground Floor
Tel No: 02 610 7659
10am-10.30pm (Daily)
Some selfless we-fie we have after our dessert! Too high and needed to move about.
At Siam Paragon basement, they have alot of dessert stalls and I really mean 10 over stalls lining side by side. Too much competitive to fight on their business. Some pretty cupcakes that was spotted by me but don't expect the price to be low. They can be the same price as Singapore dessert. Feeling itchy inside my heart when I walked past every of the store.
Guess where are we going next? To BTS>>>>Saphan Taksin. At Siam station, we have to follow the Siam Line to get to Saphan Taksin. It wasn't difficult to follow the route as the ticket card will indicate where you are and the station that you have to ride on. Although both Boyfriend did take the wrong side of station at several times but that happened when we were very exhausted after a day of walking.
So BTS Saphan Taksin, the last station before crossing over the Chao Phraya River, connects with the Chao Phraya Express Boat at the Sathorn Pier, as well as the many shuttle boats that connect many of the top riverside hotels to the Skytrain line. It is the perfect launching point for exploring the riverside on both the Bangkok and Thonburi sides. Our motive is to travel across the sea to Asiatique and I followed most of the blog closely that you could take a free shuttle over without paying any fees.
Not easy to locate as they have signal for you to follow. The waiting range waits about 10-15mins and the ferry can take in alot of people. If you were lucky enough, you will be able to get a seat but standing would allow you to enjoy the breeze and scenery,
Row row row your boat, gently down the sea. We went ahead at around 7pm and therefore you could see the night slowly appeared. Didn't manage to catch the sun set but we witnessed a orange skies while on the way to Asiatique.
Can you spot the Ferris Wheel? Asiatique favourite icon and once you see that, it shows that you are nearer to the location that you want.
Hi Asiatique! This was the second time that I am here. The first time was not a good experience though because we came here late and most of the shops were closed. But the second trip to here, I told Boyfriend to arrive early so that we can shop more.
Apparently, I told boyfriend that there weren't many things that you can purchase at Asiatique and encourage him to save the money for Platinum or Chatuchak but I was wrong, there are more uniquely fashion apparel here and I have already eyed on many pieces but the price prohibited me to get it and I have to convince myself that Chatuchak or Platinum mall would sell a better price.
In the end we toured around the whole market place and settled down for some small snacks since we only had honey toast for dinner.
To end off the night with all the fried food. Boyfriend got attracted by this finger food stall: MAMA MONKEY and the food that they sold was special. For example, we got oursleves this banana fries which they really cut it from a peel banana. With adding much cooking flour, the staff had to fry it under a hot temperature so that the banana will not look soft. We were asked to choose two different dipping and we went off with Tom Yum and Honey Mustard.
French fries doesn't make him full so he went on to order crispy chicken from Splash, A korean kind of fried chicken with alot of sweet and spicy marination.
Well at 9pm, we took the ferry back and hopped over to BTS to return to our hotel for a great rest! This pretty sum up our Day 1 at Bangkok.
Till then for the next post (:
