Bangkok Trip - Day 3 (April 30th 2008)

Time flies really fast when you're having fun doesn't it? The third day of our vacation arrived in a blink of an eye. How did we occupy our second last day? More shopping of course...

Warning! This is a picture heavy post! =D

Our first stop of the day (after getting delayed for around 30 minutes due to some MRT technical issues) was the famous Chatuchak Weekend Market. Now if you were paying attention you would have noticed that we didn't exactly go on a weekend. Fret not, some parts of the market remain open all week long, especially the flora section. Of course for the complete experience you'd have to go during the weekends. I guess there's an excuse to come back to Bangkok again right there! LOL!

Exit from Kampheang Phet MRT station

Closed...

But this section's open!

Water lilies! Pretty aren't they?

More plants!

Our staple drink in Bangkok, besides green tea that is...

A note about the drink above. It's made some kind of mandarin orange and it's available almost everywhere in Bangkok (especially in areas where one tends to get dehydrated from walking around too much). Why do we love it? Coz it's cheap and good!

Flowers...

More flowers...

And even more flowers!

Nice heart shaped wreaths

Lotus pods

So that's how they transport the plants...

Another type of water lily...pretty no?

Busy bee

Some of the pet accessory stalls are open too!

Grilled pork, another staple food!

Hot grill action! =P

Grilled pork (and other meats) on sticks are also widely found around Bangkok. In fact our very first meal in Bangkok consisted of a stick of grilled pork...LOL! In Chatuchak itself there were several stalls. Besides the grilled stuff one can find roasted pork and various other edibles. During the weekends one could probably spend the entire day here without the need to step out to grab a bite. Good news for shopaholics! =P

Next stop...Pratunam Market!

Pantip Plaza...the Low Yat Plaza of Bangkok!
We passed by here on the way to Pratunam Market

Pratunam Market is known for its cheap clothes, textiles and fabrics. The concept is similar to Suan Lum where they have both street side stalls and proper retail shops. Bargaining seems to be a little bit difficult here, maybe because their prices are already low. Still this is the place to go to for clothes if you missed out on the whole weekend Chatuchak experience.

Check out the amount of clothes!

Check out the amount of people!

Inside Pratunam City Complex...a mall located within Pratunam Market

By this time us guys were exhausted but there was still one more mall on the 'must go' list. Luckily Platinum Fashion Mall is just across the street...and it was just about time for lunch! But not before the lady did more shopping...

The interior of Platinum Fashion Mall

Lunch at the food court was pretty good. Can't get enough of them beef balls! OH YEAH!

Beef balls! We want more beef balls!

Tasty takoyaki!

Chicken satay, Thai version...just average

Roast duck, grilled pork and roast pork

The roast pork was the best of the lot...real crispy crackling!

We did not skip dessert

With all the shopping finally done (at least for me) we took a cab from Pantip Plaza all the way back to our hotel. Too exhausted to use the BTS and MRT...LOL!

Farewell Poseidon!
(picture courtesy of Tracy)

Since we had a pretty late lunch, I decided to skip dinner and head straight to Poseidon for one last massage session. Then it was back to the hotel to wait for the married couple who were spending their last amounts of THB at Suan Lum (yes they were there three nights in a row).

Where did we go for supper then? Yes we paid Aunty another visit!

The abundant vegetables in my spicy seafood noodles

The tom yum looks spicy but it's not

The tom yum was the only 'disappointment' this time around as it was just average. Not much different from the ones that we can get in Malaysia. Maybe we should have ordered the tom yum goong instead...but hey the noodles were still great!

We then headed to what is apparently the best burger stall in all of Bangkok, at least to the tourists. It's located at the entrance of Nana Plaza and there's a never ending stream of customers waiting to sink their teeth into a hot, dripping, tasty...burger. =P

Check out the size of that patty!

The basic beefburger (meaning just the patty and condiments) costs THB70. Yeah that's RM7. Before you complain hey I can get a Ramly Double Special Cheese (which means two patties, an egg and a slice of cheese for the uninformed; Ramly refers to the commonly used patty by almost all burger stalls in Malaysia & Singapore) for that price, let me just say the patty used here beats Ramly flat in size, texture and taste.

You can add on egg, cheese and a bacon strip for THB10 each. We went for everything...thus we got ourselves a THB100 (RM10) burger. Was it worth it? Oh yeah...in fact in hindsight maybe I should have gotten two...

Tasty? Tasty!
I know the picture doesn't do the burger justice...LOL!

With our tummies filled, we all settled in for a good night's sleep. Not without some tinge of sadness though as tomorrow we'll be leaving this fine city and returning to our mundane lives in Malaysia.

One more day...