Bangkok Day 1..

1 Dec 2010

Bangkok, Thailand~ My first fully self-financed trip overseas :):):) booked tickets since almost half a year ago and been anticipating for just as long.. shoppingggg!!!

All my Baht~

Got up bright & early to get to LCCT (LOW COST Carrier Terminal), took a bus to KL Sentral then took a one hour Aerobus ride to LCCT, bought the tickets online for only RM14 per person both ways.. quite cheap~ :)

Our check-in counter.. no luggage to check-in so it just had to collect our boarding passes...

really very 'low cost-looking' terminal.. very minimal decor...

Our plane, flight no. FD 3572~

very lucky to get a window seat and mum and i got adjoining seats on the flight over.. coming back was another story... The clouds looked like cotton puffs that day :)

After 2 hours on the plane, we reach Bkk and the outskirts still look flooded from here...

Guess what's this?? train tokens!~ cute eh.. just have to tap them like our touch n go card to get in then just drop them in the slot when you go out..

Airport Rail Link from Suvarnabhumi Airport to the City~ 30 mins for RM1.50! We spent the time by looking at the various buildings and billboards on the way..

Searched high and low for this at the airport cos we were hungry but couldnt find it.. finally found it right outside our hotel, yippee~! Corn pie is super yummy! wish we could have it here...

Samurai Pork Burger, something we will never get here :(

They have 4 types of sauce to choose from: Thai Chili, Chili, American Ketchup & Tomato, tho i have no idea whats the difference between the latter two @.@~ Thai Chili + Fries = Yums!

McDonald's in Thai :D

Our hotel (not the pyramid shaped one with the miniature Eiffel Tower, the square one): i-Residence Silom~

They conveniently provide durex (2 boxes some more!) for customers.. hehehe...

our bath mat~ :)

our hotel was conveniently located near the Chong Nonsi BTS Station, so after checking in, we wasted no time in exploring the city by Skytrain~

Beauty Buffet at Chong Nonsi station, sounds tempting.. but its all skincare items...

First stop we went to was Siam Paragon, bunnies as x'mas decor.. :)

Bunny x 2

very fake looking models.. hehehhe.. they look too perfect.. kinda weird..

We left Paragon after taking a look round the place, nothing to attract our attention cos most shops were selling branded stuff, not mere mortal stuff, nothing for us to buy.. so we decided to walk ard the area outside the mall.. since Platinum Mall which is highly recommended for economical shopping looked very near on our map, we decided to try to make our way there by foot~

many of these shrines all over town..

Supposed to visit the famous Erawan Shrine but ended up at the Trimurti & Ganesha Shrines..

Finally found Platinum Mall after abt 15mins of walking~ :) Shopping heaven, here we come~! No pics from here up till dinner time, cos we were busy bargaining & buying the whole afternoon.. :D

Dinner at the 6th Floor food court.. Fried oyster Omelette!!!

Giant, giant oysters and only RM7 a plate... definitely impossible to find back home... :)

Pad Thai~

This woman damn unnatural when posing with food.. :P

Dessert: Glutinous rice + mung beans in coconut milk~ super guilt inducing :S

After dinner, we made our way to the night market near Lumphini Park~ and again it was bargain, shop, bargain shop.. until we had to sit down and rest a bit before going back to the hotel.. :D

before that, my first tuk-tuk ride.. Its both exciting and scary at the same time... you feel like you're going to fall out anytime soon, but still its quite fun to have the wind blowing in your hair as you zip round the cars and buses.. :S

trying to take a pic while holding on to the railing and bouncing around... hahahaha

the red ones are the brake lights.. cute~

Live performance at the beer garden where we rested our feet and arms... :) they had all the nice english songs from the 90s to cater to the mat salleh market :):)

Tried Chang beer, a Thai product and local coconuts of course! dunno why they never give spoons in thailand.. i like to scrape the flesh out.. so wasteful to throw the whole thing away like tat T.T~

Day One hauls... lots of T-shirts for for bro and some souvenirs.. some clothes and bags for me oso :D

Unbelievably priced genuine leather goods~ :) can smell them from miles away.. hehehhe.. the green bag is my favourite buy of the lot~! *hearts*

Dragged ourselves out and took a taxi back.. we were supposed to take the BTS, but we were too lazy to search for the station while carrying so much stuff.. got back, took a long shower, rolled around in bed awhile before turning in for the night.. quite a fruitful first day in Bangkok~ :)

RM2 Sushi Again~

12 October 2010~

Staying in one place for too long, things tend to repeat themselves.. Unbelievably, its been half a year since the last Sushi King RM2 Bonanza in April and as usual kiasu ppl like us will rush there for RM2 salmon, prawns & unagi etc :) After queuing a short while, we got a table to ourselves at a secluded table right at the end of the restaurant near the kitchens *when i say near i mean very, very near :S

First round: grabbing everything in sight as usual...

No pics while eating cos the variety was much much better this time... and we kept disturbing the guy dishing out sushi to the conveyor belt, a certain Mr Susumu who kept talking to us in his Japanese accented English.. I think we all could only understand 50% of everything he was saying, but we still managed to have quite a conversation... He was telling us that he was the one who came out with the original Sushi King Bonanza concept, and since we kept him entertained as well, we did get rather good service :D

With Mr Susumu~

Eddie Chua and Si Yuan~

Esmei & me ^^V

We managed 40++ plates this time.. i think i broke my personal sushi record as well, muahahaha..

The stack of plates looks so low cos somebody *Leh Si Yuan hint hint.. forgot to watch over the plates and when the waitress swooped over to clear them, grr... We were so gila and high by tat time that we practically were begging for our plates back cos we hadnt taken a photo of the whole stack, plus my yelling to my friend at another table (met Turtle Jeff & his gf) the whole restaurant was probably filled with our laughter and voices the whole time we were there~ all we got for our efforts was being told to come again the next day and eat the same number of plates =.=

I personally think this is a nice, colourful pic which makes me happy when I look at it but somebody asked me why i was taking a pic of such ugly stuff T.T~

We were so near the kitchen that waiters used our table as a pit stop *double T.T~~

Definitely an improvement from last time cos they didnt stinge on variety and quality so it was rather worthwhile going :):):):) next bonanza in April, wonder if there'll still be ppl to go with me or not~

Food Foundry @ PJ Section 17~

Know whats a mille crepe? Its actually a type of cake made with layers of crepes and cream.. Yummy! Been wanting to try it since ages ago, but after failing to try it when I went to malacca last year (it was sold out by 3pm) I kinda forgot about it, until Jo told me it was available in PJ at a cafe called Food Foundry, located at the Happy Mansion flats in Section 17~

Told my roommate abt it and as she's also a big fan of good food, we'd decided to look for the place... hehehehhe.. Finally got to have lunch there today after planning for ages...

Its located at such an unassuming place, its amazing how ppl even know abt the place~

Octopus on a tree??? @.@~

The cafe occupies 2 shop lots but the side with the cute bird mural on the wall was rather quiet, so we decided to sit at the other end where the fridge displaying all the cakes was situated :D

the very prehistoric looking menu.. if you want something fancy, this is definitely not the place for you!~

After doing much research on the Internet, the conclusion we got was that the mille crepe at Food Foundry is to die for but the mains are nothing to shout about, so we came up with the genius idea of sharing one main and trying 2 types of mille crepe.. muahaha~

We had dessert first!

VaNiLLa!!!!!

ChoCoLaTe!

Notice the many exclamation marks behind vanilla?? Tats cos it really tastes so heavenly that we immediately felt like melting in our seats once we tasted it, serious~ I dont know how to describe the taste but its like smooth, creamy custard and its not overwhelmingly sweet, after that, the chocolate one just paled in comparison... I strongly recommend the vanilla mille crepe if you ever get the chance to try out the place~ RM9.00 per piece, its worth every bite!

The main we ordered: Chicken Cordon Bleu~ RM17

I agree that its nothing to shout abt, in fact I've tasted much better chicken cordon bleu elsewhere.. The portions are huge however, so if you have a small appetite, i recommend this to be shared.. lots of chicken breast + mashed potatoes + vege drizzled with some creamy sauce... a bit disappointed with the filling, the ham was kind of tasteless and it wasn't cheesy enough.. Overall, i think it left a very bland taste in my mouth... :S

Food Connoisseurs~ LoL

RM3 peach tea that someone forced me to take a picture off.. I had warm water which cost me 50 cents...

Since the main course was rather disappointing, we had another bright idea and realised that we could always come back just for high tea next time... muahahahhaha~ Would love to try the other cakes if there's a chance...

I wanna try chocolate dream..

and strawberry mille crepe and almond tiramisu and baked cheese cake etc etc etc @.@~

There's also brownies, bread and butter pudding and moist chocolate cake, if anyone is interested :P Will definitely need to run up a hill after that! :S

Crazy thoughts of the day~

1) I wish i knew what I want....

2) There's an inspirational quote contest at work. Dunno whether mine is inspirational enough or not?

3) I'm going to have swollen eyes tomorrow :S

4) How to not look so aunty-like in an ankle length dress????

5) So many things to buy, so much food to eat, i need more $~

6) Having a blocked nose makes it harder to breathe :(

7) Vegetarian food for lunch all week, am I up to the challenge?!

8) I think i'm addicted to Tap Tap Revenge 3, LoL~

9) Had a serious bout of PMS today.... @.@~

10) I'm loved after all................ ^^