my love for food

Looking into KY's recent blog post, really make me so so so jealous! Look at the places he been to.. the things he eat! All the nice restaurant that serves good food! I wish I'm half as lucky as him. With friends to cari makan with, and most importantly, have enough to pay the bill! Can see that he likes beef too... yummy yummy~ Sometimes KY don't even have to pay for all the yummy food. Because he's a blogger pro in makan, sometimes restaurants and hotels would invite him for a food review. That's when he get to try the best from the outlets! Jealous-nyerr!!!

I enjoy reading his blog. He would talk about every dish he tried, and he'll explain it in a very detailed manner, and sometimes describing the restaurant too! Gishhh... I wana join, I wana join!!! I'm a food lover, but only with passion. No money to hunt for good food. Sobz..

Those interested can view KY's blog from the link of blogs I read.

Adios~

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Bangkok - Day 3 & 4

~ Welcome to Suan-Lim Night Bazaar! A fantastic shopping place, for me & you ~

Day 3 @ Bangkok - SHOPPING TIME!!!

Seriously, I’m not a shopping-kaki. Many people brag about shopping in Bangkok, some said it's like heaven. UH?!! REALLY?!! ... I was almost convinced, and prepared myself with extra pocket money for shopping-spree.

We set shopping as one of our program, and we allocated 1 day merely for shopping. But after visiting few of their shopping malls, I started to question myself about what people said about shopping in Bangkok. Cheap? True. But but.. it's just not my type. I wasn't keen about doing alot of shopping after that. Shopping mall such as Platinum & Pratunam Center offers wholesale price only if you buy at least 3 pieces of clothing. Every time when the salesperson say their price, I said “pheng ah!”. It means “expensive ah!” although “pheng” in Cantonese means cheap. Haha! And sometimes the salesperson can be very stuck-up. They will not negotiate, and just ignore you if you said the price they offer is too expensive. They'll just wait for you to walk off... Snobbish eh?!

So I just bought a few T-shirts with funny messages printed on it, and few other pieces of apparel because I didn’t bring enough baju to Bangkok. Bernard said that I don’t have to bring so many clothing there since shopping at Bangkok is cheap! Keke… so end up buying few pairs of clothing just to have enough to wear while I'm in Bangkok.


Pratunam Center - wholesale market (opens daily from 10am to 4pm)


Siam Paragon - High-end shopping mall - not the right place for Alicia & I
.. Sells luxury brand apparel, jewellery, electronics, musical instruments, exotic super cars etc..


Lunch @ MK Gold Restaurant in Siam Paragon




Price - A bit too expensive
Quality - Average
* The roast duck @ MK not bad.. worth a try*


@ Eastin Spa

And yeah, after a long hot day of shopping, we pamper ourselves with spa and massage. It’s my first experience being so ‘bare’ with Alicia. Haha! We took a Jet Lag package that pamper us with sea sand body scrub, milk and flower Jacuzzi bath, and aromatherapy full body massage. I felt like a queen in that 2 hours time, wish I can afford to have spa every week here in K.L. Too much to ask? Keke~




Masseuse preparing our milk bath


... with rose petals and orchids


Somboon Seafood

Affordable & yummy. Didn't get to snap any picture of the dishes, too hungry ady. Haha!




Dessert! Sticky rice with yam & ginkgo seeds


Suan-Lim Night Bazaar

Suan-Lum is the only place where Alicia & I can negotiate and look for nice things to buy. That explains our second visit to Suan Lum on our 3rd night there. We also did a self-portrait in a glass which cost us 1,000 Baht. It's a remembrance that last forever, no regrets!






@ The Tank Pub & Restaurant. Cheap beers.. try the banana shake. It's yummy!


Patpong & Surawongse

Patpong is a place where most of the guys would go to at night.Besides the popular night market there, Patpong is where many exotic clubs are situated too. What we saw there was pretty ladies wearing bikini, pole dancing in the clubs. And they would do many different type of 'performance/tricks'. This is the type of clubs that Patpong has. There's whole stretch of clubs for you to choose! Teck Sheng also brought us to Surawongse, popular with the many gay clubs they have there. Myself & Alicia go "eewwww!!!" when we saw club's name such as Hot Male, The Bangkok Boys, Dream Boy etc. Interesting uh?




Day 4


Leg massage in the Pratunam Center

Had our last meal in a seafood restaurant which offer very nice superlicious dishes with supercheap price! This cheese baked scallop cost only 200 Baht!


So this is the end of our Bangkok trip. We didn't waste any time going to places that not worth remembering... all the places we been to, is places of interest. We had great food there too! Thanks to Bernard & Teck Sheng! We had a great time there, and looking forward for more get-away together!

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Bangkok - Day 2 @ Cabbages & Condoms Restaurant

The name of the restaurant gimme the musshhyyy musssshhy feeling for Alicia

The highlight in Day 2 is definitely our dinner at Cabbages & Condoms Restaurant! It’s listed as one of the most unique restaurant in Bangkok. This restaurant is one of a kind! So what do they have to say on this unique idea of a restaurant?

First of all, Cabbages and Condoms Restaurants were established in part to support the activities of PDA, promoting the health and safety aspects of condom use and birth control pills in an amusing manner.

Their justification? Cabbages are a common food in Northeast Thailand, in fact they are a staple part of the diet, they are grown in all villages, there are everywhere and everybody uses them. Now, if condoms could be as common and used as often, then some of the population and health problems facing Thailand could be overcome! (obtained from their website)

And the theme nothing else but... CONDOMS!!!!!

My jaw was wide opened right from the moment I enter the Restaurant with a big signage of Cabbages & Condoms.. until I left! There's too many interesting thing to see, and I was busy snapping pictures like nobody business!

The food is just average though.. but the place is just amazing! There's many section, from the beer bar, open air, air-conditioned and to upper level (tree-house like).. that explains why I'm so busy with Alicia bro's camera uh? And because I'm not familiar with the night mode function, I used Bernard's Olympus.. and not satisfying enough, I persuaded Teck Sheng to use his Canon - which is remarkable! It work like wonder for such dark places!

Enjoy the posted pictures. Remember that you can always click on the picture for a larger version *wink*

The tree-house like section up there

Nice ambient uh?

Should have get one of this T-shirt

Presenting.. creative artwork.. all made of condoms

100% made from oral contraceptive pills and more condoms

.. never knew condoms come in so many different colors..

A closer look on all the stretched condoms..

wonder if the condoms will melt? or burnt off?

free condoms to take..

Notice the shape in the center.. ??

Menu.. decorated with condoms.. like I always say.. Bon appetite!

Alicia - Bernard - Teck Sheng @ Coffee & Condoms..

Computer & Condoms.. behind is the Internet & Condoms section

yay~ reach for the condoms!

the different type of condoms available..

..not that I know where to get it.. :P

Any Reason, Any Season... by Four Seasons!

Imitating the 4 condoms from Four Seasons?

Unlimited condoms for grabssss..


Showing off our free condoms on our way out! Hahahah~

That's about it for 2nd day in Bangkok..

Am thinking about blogging about my previous trip.. To Perth, Brisbane, Sydney, Gold Coast, Phuket, Pattaya.. but then again, I'm actually started to get bored blogging about Bangkok. Haha!

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Bangkok - Day 2

Day 2 (Morning - Afternoon)

Alicia during breakfast at Eastin Hotel

Second day in the itinerary indicated – SIGHT SEEING. There are many temples and monuments in Bangkok. In fact, there’s 9 Royal Temples that worth visiting! However, with limited time and hot sun, we only manage to visit Wat Phra Kaeo (Temple of the Emerald Buddha) and Wat Arun (Temple of Dawn).


At Wat Phra Kaeo - Temple of Emerald Buddha & Grand Palace


I love this picture..








The really gold stupa.. so full of gold! Kaka~


Hot sunny day that burn our skin..




Alicia being patriotic and me giggling over a solder who are not allowed to move - how if I tickle where I'm pointing?


The Grand Palace (I suppose.. there was no tour guide with us) Haha!




Canal Tour along Chao Phraya River


Alicia & I on the long-tail boat


Me & my 'dad' Bernard
People in Thailand said he has got a beautiful daughter! Wahahaha~
Look at our boat man with this typical Twisties hairstyle!

The only sampan we saw in the floating market.
The real floating market (the big one) is 2 hours away from where we were..
Bernard bribed the boat man with that bottle of Coke, but still, he did not wait for us when we drop-off to Wat Arun. Wasted lah the 20 Baht!


Hie there! So cramp ar?! Too bad.. there's only 3 of us in this boat! Wahahahaa~


Feed the fish?! Where? Where?


OMG~ so many of them! And all of the fishes are sooooo biggggg!!! Still need to feed meh?!


Me & Bernard feeding the fishes with bread


At Wat Arun (Temple of Dawn)




They finish wrapping us up in less than 3 minutes! Amazing...


~Sawadee-ka~
..we were 'over-accessorized'


In front of Wat Arun

After the sight-seeing, we venture to a place that deserve an individual posting in my blog. Ngek ngek ngek~ Look out for Day 2 - Night!

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