Bangkok Trip Day 3: 6th April 2012, Friday
曼谷之旅第三天：4月6日2012年, 星期五
Third day already. We woke up for the hotel buffet breakfast as usual. Then we ventured around the maze of shops all around the area of our hotel. Every little nook and corner you can squeeze into is nothing but shops selling all kinds of clothes, accessories, you name it. We eventually wandered off into an area next to Shibuya19, another shopping mall. We'll get to that later.
曼谷之旅第三天：4月6日2012年, 星期五
Third day already. We woke up for the hotel buffet breakfast as usual. Then we ventured around the maze of shops all around the area of our hotel. Every little nook and corner you can squeeze into is nothing but shops selling all kinds of clothes, accessories, you name it. We eventually wandered off into an area next to Shibuya19, another shopping mall. We'll get to that later.
Somehow we managed to stumble upon this noodle restaurant. They sell chicken or char siew rice too, if I remember correctly. The wanton noodles were recommended by some website introducing things about Bangkok. Since we were already there by luck, we decided to go in and try out the noodles. Nothing fantastic really. A bowl costs THB 50, which is roughly $2, so it's not too bad lol.
Not bad, but not really something you can't miss.
SabX2 (Wonton Noodle)
Opening Hours: 10:00 – 18:00
Location: Soi Petchaburi 19 (right beside SHIBUYA19)
Cuisine: Chinese Noodles
This rather new fashion mall called SHIBUYA19 is just right beside the wanton restaurant. Every single floor contains shops all selling the usual clothing, accessories etc. The ground floor has McDonald's and Starbucks and the top floor contains their food court. Not very big though, and there weren't (m)any customers, probably cos it's still new. We visited every floor and browsed through almost every shop and finally ended up at the food court. Time to eat again! Decided to try the basil pork with rice. Not too bad at all. Also ordered the egg pad thai. Looks yummy though but tastes quite normal. Only cost us THB 80 for this meal.
Food court stuff such as these are actually much better than those from roadside stalls.
Looks good! But tastes rather normal lol.
This building's floors are named after Japanese places.
The 7th floor seems to be the reception to the hotel called GLOW Pratunam by Zinc. The rooms look pretty well-furnished and it's situated at the main road and surrounded by all the shopping malls. I'll probably try this hotel next time if I go back to Bangkok.
It's the Thai Songkran Festival soon. Everywhere and everyone starting to prepare for it.
Lotsa interesting food along the roadside.
No idea what these are.
We walked along and ended up at Central World yet again. Went to the food court for the awesome fried kway teow again lol. Also ordered some chicken chop rice. Then it's another round of shopping at Platinum Mall.
Some Korean music festival holding a mini concert here I think.
This is really awesome! The mouth-watering taste still lingers in my mouth as I see this pic.
This is great too!
Then we spent some time walking around Central World (it's just too huge!) and by the time we were out, the sky had already turned dark. There were plenty of roadside stalls outside CW and Big C and we scanned through them for bargains. Then we also explored Big C, another shopping mall opposite CW. Wanted to look for a Citibank ATM but couldn't find one anywhere. End up it's hidden in some part of CW. Finally we managed to find the Citibank branch and hence got some additional cash cos we were running out of THB lol.
City lights in Bangkok. (took on the bridge linking Central World to Big C)
Finally found a Citibank branch!
And what do you do when you have more money? Spend more of course! We went to the supermarket at CW and got some food for ourselves as well as bringing back to Singapore.
This is one HUGE mall.
Momo Dear opens a restaurant in BKK.
It's already 11pm or so when we finished our shopping and we haven't had dinner! Well we had a late lunch so it's not so bad. We walked past several restaurants and finally agreed on this Thai-Asian restaurant: Mango Tree Bistro. They were playing all the popular Thai, Korean, English hits when we were there. There was also a huge projection screen above where we sat, where MTVs were being displayed. Atmosphere was great, with the high-energy sound system, cool decor and mouth-watering dishes to pacify our hungry tummies. It was a great way to chill, as well as to rest our tired feet from all the walking.
We ordered a few dishes for this dinner/supper. Sweet and sour pork, Tom Yum soup, some chicken satay with interesting sauce and some white rice, plus some fruit juice. What a finale for the day! Yumzzz...
Thirst-quenching fruit juice.
Sweet and sour pork! Simply marvellous!
What's a Thai meal without Tom Yum Soup? Slurp!
Thai satay! The gravy and cucumber and pineapple mixture is damn good!
Wonderful ambience and decor.
The other side is an outdoor area where you can see the Bangkok citylights.
The entrance area also has several tables.
Mango Tree Bistro
Unit A706, 7th Fl.,
CentralWorld Zone Atrium,
Rajdamri Rd., Pattumwan,
Bangkok 10330
Tel. 0 2252 0972
e-mail : mgb@coca.com
Open Daily : 11.00 am. - 11.00
After we had our fill, we slowly made our way back, through the then almost empty streets, to our hotel. Well...not before I finish off the wonderful third day of our trip with a nice cold bottle of Chang Beer from the trusty old 7-11 muahaha!
What's a night in Bangkok without some Chang beer?
What's a night in Bangkok without some...Japanese MV? No porn though lol.
So many channels to choose from. How to sleep? LOL
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