BKK Day 2-2: Chinatown / Asiatique,

Right now, I'm currently on the train in Seoul heading towards Bupyeong station for some shopping. And no, I typed this whole chunk (below) one day before I flew to Korea.

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BKK Day 2 (part 2):

This continues from where I ended my previous BKK post: here...

Headed back to our hotel to put the loots that we bought and then we were ready for the 2nd part of our journey - Chinatown. After we alighted from our cab, I thought this place looks a lot like Hong Kong.

Bought some finger food and we settled our dinz at a road side stall. I rmb perspiring like some girls who just ended their run (not a lot though but sticky enough) and plus the seats were rather cramped. But the food was good. 4 thumbs up! 

These are the food that we ordered: fish maw soup, oysters omelette and kway chup.

Fish maw soup

I nvr liked fish maw until one day my Mum decided to have that for steamboat. Maybe bcos I didn't knw that it's fish maw and nvr knew it could taste so nice. The texture is nit smooth but it didn't felt disgusting. Just, maybe an edible sponge in my mouth. I was so happy when I saw this bowl of fish maw being served to our tables. I didn't knw they ordered this. We shared, anyway. I was happily eating most of it because Sylvia doesn't eat. So it's left w only Martin, WJ and I eating this. Guys being guys, always generous! :D Oh yes, the amt of pepper and vinegar added into this dish completed the bowl of fish maw soup! It was so perfect! 

Oyster omelette

Say no to oysters because it's seafood. Don't ask me why I can eat fish, abalone, sharks fins but not prawns, lobsters, oysters... Idk why either but I just can't consume those. I can only eat the cripsy parts of the eggs that didn't come in contact with the oysters. Hahah!

Kway chup

This is super duper spicy but... I love the shiokness. I'm not one who can take spiciness. Not even a bit. But, this dish is worth the risk. I think the spiciness comes from pepper and not chilli, that's why I could still manage the spiciness even though there's' fire' in my mouth. The kway over there was very thin unlike the ones in Sg. Best part of this dish is: pork liver! Again, I didn't like it years ago until my Mum (again) who told me the benefits. I'm don't eat fruits on a regular basis so my mum would always say "eat this!" whenever there's pork liver in my bowl of food. Mums are always the ones who urge us to wat healthy. Of cus, Dad as well but perhaps Mum is the one who takes care of our meals most of the times.

Anyway, pork liver isn't as bad as I thought it would be. I started liking it after awhile. However, one can tell me to eat pork liver BUT NOT THE KIDNEY!!! For this, Baby and I are the opposite. He eats kidney but not the liver.

Walked a lil further down the street after dinz and we decided to head down to Asiatique River by tuktuk for the first time.

My first experience on a tuktuk was: SCARY! Esp when the driver was making a turn. I was hoping that he would slow down or at least step on his brake a lil when making a turn. But no, that turn was quite sharp and fast! T_T 5 years of my lifespan gone. Oh, it adds up to 15 because friend was leading us the way and we had to J-WALK!!! People who knw me will knw that I DON'T KNW HOW TO CROSS BIG ROADS LET ALONE J-WALKING IN BKK!!!! But, that was a fun experience! But no, I was telling them that I wanted OHB after that experience.

Cute ah: Doraemon!

Reached the pier and q-ed for the boat for less than 15mins. And here we are: Asiatique the Riverfront.

Then they decided to go for fish spa (incl. me) for 15mins. I wasted money for the first 10mins bcos I didn't dare to get my feet down and I kept lifting my legs up. That was my virgin try anyway. That ticklish yet not ticklish (more of painful but not painful) feeling... Idk how to describe the feeling of having fishes arnd your feet biting your dead skin (sometimes the hair). I didn't like it at first until 10mins plus ltr. HAHAH! Waste money. But it being only 150 Baht, I guess it's not expensive at all to waste the first 10mins away :/

I was holding onto Sylvia's hand so tightly and even abused her. Hahah! I knw she will be reading this blog somewhat or somehow - you're awesome, Sylvia! :D But, also no fish came to my feet even though I've alrdy relaxed T_T

Then we met this friendly couple who are from Australia and have alrdy been living in BKK for a few months. The lady works in Chinatown here in Sg as well.

Back to the pier for boat ride back to where we came from. The q was super long after us. Luckily we went there earlier.

Can you spot Nichkhun?

Till then, Asiatique the Riverfront...

Day 2 was definitely more tiring than Day 1. We covered 3 places in a day and back to hotel in between. Fell aslp fast as well.

That was how we ended our Day 2 in BKK.

Artistry,

Met up w Shiyu ystd and we were supposed to have our brunch at A for Arbite. But the killer weather stopped us after finding for 5mins. We decided to go for Artistry which we walked past earlier. No fate w A for Arbite. Walked back to Artistry and we had to wait for quite some time before having available tables as it has limited seats in the air-conditioned area. But it does look a bit like some art museums due to the art pieces on the wall.

Then their menu (which I didn't take any photos of it) was very heavy! Hahah. We ordered two mains to share.

Big brkfast

Duck confit pesto linguine

Big brkfast... It reminds me of Library Cafe I visited with Baby in HK. There's vegetable served tgth and not cold salads and such. For this, I like the scrambled eggs. It isn't as watery as the previous ones that I visited. It didn't give me the "sick of it" feeling at all. We regretted ordering Duck linguine. It was rlly nice just that we both cannot take spicy food well. Hence, we wasted almost half of it. It was too hot for us to handle ;) It will be better if it's not spicy because I like linguine and the duck slices aren't rough or dry at all when chewed.

We decided to order desserts to fill our tummies because of the unfinished linguine. The variety of desserts available in Artistry.

We came to a decision of Red Velvet.

I thought this would taste as normal as other red velvet cakes. But no, this is really good. We dk what's the white thing though but I like it too. It tastes a bit like icing sugar yet a bit like coconut related food. Hahah.

Had our shopping trip at Bugis Street and I spent $70+ in just an hour -_- Spending my hard-saved money T_T I regret buying the black pair of shoes on the right. It is also the most expensive one among these three! But I'm happy because I of the other two pairs: my happy buys!

Yes, I do have a pair of small feet.

Goodbye!

BKK Day 2-1: Chatuchak Market,

BKK Day 2 (part 1):

According to the itinerary, we were supposed to reach Chatuchak by 930am. But by this time, we were still in the hotel enjoying the aircon. Reached our destination and most of the shops weren't opened yet. So we decided to start our journey by having our first meal at Sunan Shop. According to the friends, the phad thai wasn't that nice. I ordered a fried rice to share which was better than theirs. LOL!

It was a blazing hot day at Chatuchak. Luckily I applied my sun block before leaving the hotel otherwise I would have gotten burnt by the scorching sun! Not much photos taken at Chatuchak bcos the battery in my camera was burning due to the heat. Exaggerating but yknw what I mean. I was interested in the cold food and drinks than shopping over there (but I still shopped quite a bit over there). The merciless Sun...

Then, we were at this shop where the shop owner/staff was being rlly nice and obliged to give discounts. We bought quite a few watches from her, okay! The watches are pretty but I've yet to wear mine bcos it was loose T_T

We saw this huge teddy bear sitting at the shop entrance and I was so tempted........ If only I could bring it home with me.

With Leanne

Then it was the food in Chatuchak. As it's rlly warm, hot and humid there, all the food and drinks that I could think of is "cold please" though it was rlly unhealthy. Saw this ice pop lady and I was quite fascinated by the way she made the ice pop. No photo of the ice pop bcos it melts rlly fast.

Then it was this small lil shop in the middle of our shopping craze. The girls ordered this maccha-smth to share. 

This! It caught our attentions while we were standing nearby. It's banana coated with melted chocolates with sprinkled rainbow rice/peanuts/almonds/cashew nuts. We bought two with rainbow and almonds. Of cus, I didn't try the one with almonds.

The recommended pork chop and coconut ice cream in Chatuchak. IMO, the meat was a bit rough. The coconut ice cream was nice but me being me. I couldn't eat a lot of coconut related food else I'll get bad stomachache. I had a bit of it and most of the corn was mine and Martin took nata de coco.

Headed back to our hotel to put our things and left for second part of our Day 2. 

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Going out after this to return my grad robe before meeting Baby. Still thinking if a tripod stand is needed for our Korea trip. T_T Goodbye.