I AM SO PISSED WITH BLOGGER AND MY PHONE. GRRR. TYPED OUT A WHOLE DETAILED BLOGPOST AND THOUGHT IT WOULD BE SAVED BUT IT'S NOW ALL GONE AND I HAVE TO RETYPE ):
Woke up early in the morning for breakfast at the hotel lobby- courtesy of glow hotel ;)
Baked beans, sunny side up, pineapple jam on toast and grilled cherry tomatoes. Apple juice at the side //round 1
Fresh seasonal fruit- really juicy and sweet and plain yoghurt //round 3 (round 2 was a salad but no one likes looking at pictures of veggies right)
Following this we went for a walk at the adjacent Pratunam market until it closed (strange opening hours: 4am-9am- like who would wake up at the crack of dawn to shop for clothes?!)
Custard apple bought from a street fruit stall//darn good
Snapshot of mom and dad holding hands strolling down the streets of Bangkok; heheh. (Edited)
Following that we went back to the hotel and dad and the bro decided to rest while mom and I went shopping :)
Dragon Beard Candy: DIY! Wrap your own candy floss in the popiah skin; bought from a street stall //20 baht
Then at about noon we took a taxi to Chinatown, where I had read online about a good dim sum restaurant. The traffic was horrific, makes me glad I don't live here haha.
Finally after a long walk, we managed to find the restaurant- Canton House!!!
Oh joyyyyyy
Drinks that we bought: (from left to right)// lemon grass, tamarind, and 2 identical glasses of chlorophyll juice (which is basically wheatgrass and does not magically make people photosynthesize or anything amazing like that ): )
Pretty good kway teow//
About 1/2 of the spread! We ordered practically everything (except fried food hoho) from the rather limited menu (in the sense that they didn't have common dim sum delicacies such as egg tart and xiaolongbao). It was really cheap, about 20baht per long (~<$1) and we ordered like 17 altogether!
Steamed custard bao// not to be confused with liushabao, this is made with pure custard and isn't meant to flow . This was soooo good eaten when warm , I think I've fallen in love guys ;)
Black sesame bao// the sister of the custard bao! Not as amazing but still pretty yummy.
This was well worth the money and though there weren't much choices, the food was fresh and served steaming hot :)
Chinatown had a few shops selling bird's nest so dad decided to let us try the well-known expensive delicacy!
It was really good! The bird's nest bits taste like jelly. However I don't think I'll be willing to pay such money (the price for 2 bowls was about 5/6 of our dim sum meal O: ) for something that won't be make me magically grow boobs or thick shiny hair or things like that.
We took a tuk tuk to Siam mall from there and walked around for a while..
#boss
Following that, we walked back to our hotel and decided to buy crepes that we've been wanting to try from a street stall nearby. And oh boy I'm so glad we did....
BECAUSE THESE CREPES ARE FREAKIN' AWESOME. Look at the spreads and fillings available! Customers are allowed to customise their own crepe fillings, ranging from pork floss, crabmeat etc to more common ones like Nutella, peanut butter and various fruit jams.
Our selected combination 1// Pork floss with raisin, drizzled with mayo and chilli sauce. Fantastic combo; don't judge.
Served steaming hot with the edges still crispy.
Quite a sizeable portion!!
Our second combo was more of a sweet one// pineapple jam with banana and cashew nuts. Again, don't wrinkle your nose in disgust cos this was the bomb. The crunchy cashews were a nice contrast to the otherwise too-sweet nature of this combination.
Give me a crepe a day and I'll be happy for the rest of my life :)
Pardon this gross shot; but this is just to illustrate how thick the fillings in the crepe are!! This was taken in the hotel room when we were more than halfway done eating it.
After resting in the hotel room and doing more afternoon snacking, we were off again!! Walked around a little to wait for our stomachs to settle before going for - yup you guessed it- MORE FOOD. We went to an apparently famous chicken rice store which was packed to the brim with people //sorry no pictures// and we managed to find a seat out of luck.
Fried tilapia served with a sweet and sour sauce. Fried food never tasted this good.
Spicyy thai green papaya salad!!! I loved this.
Le spread. I honestly wasn't very hungry but damn, these were good.
Half a chicken// which was so juicy and succulent// and (don't freak out girls) the dark stuff is jellied chicken blood. And yes I dared to try it!!! Tastes like tau kwa hahaha. Rather flavourless otherwise. The rice that came with everything was also very flavourful, but other than that it tastes like any very good chicken rice.
The national dessert: Mango glutinous rice!!! Bought from a nearby street stall (pictured below). Generous portion of mango and sticky rice drizzled in a rich coconut sauce. Couldn't stop eating this even though I was stuffed to the gills, the mango was SO JUICY AND SWEET AMD AMAZING.
Went back to the hotel cos my brother had business to do and visited the gym which was so posh. I want a gym...
//side note: everyone's mugging like hell while I'm playing here haha. Sigh needa start asap when I get back, but for now I'll just enjoy myself ;) //
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