Bangkok’s Walking: Traveling, Day 2!

After an entire day of walking, we retired into our rooms watching ftv which is our nominated best free channel that Thailand has. Catwalk 24/7 from Milan to Paris to Sao Paulo. In the morning they serve Fbreakfast and at night they serve Midnight HOT. After that we would sit on the bed having a few rounds of card games before falling asleep. Waking up at 8 we got ready for breakfast before going to Chatuchak Market. Chatuchak is a weekend market that sells everything a market does! It is also claimed to be the worlds largest market!!

Justin tries to be Harry Potter to complement his drunk attitude of reciting movie lines from various movies he watches repeatedly every off and on~!

Lol!! Sorry Yobi but must post this picture hahHA! Yobi tries a skirt and the Thai lady is impressed lol. Ok just joking! They did not have a dressing room so the big sarong is just a makeshift changing room! On a side note, your face is gay!

Justin posing @ Chatuchak Market :)

 

The market was really fun. I liked the clean feel it had throughout. It is difficult to find such cleanliness in an Asian country unfortunately. Most of the time it is wet and smelly. Also this market sells pets! Omigosh! So cute la wei the pets. They have Pomeranians, Shih Tzu, Westie, Miniature Pinscher and many more! They also have many decorative furniture and Buddhist ornaments for sale! Awesomeeee! After walking through the maze of Chatuchak, (Yes! It is a crazy big maze!!) we decided to get creative with our food!

Not sure what all the inscriptions mean lol. Maybe Jim or Eric can help me translate? haha

We ordered some noodles soup which seems to be popular among the locals. It looked a little scary and I’m really not quite sure what is inside it! The soup was reddish and felt a little powdery! So I’m suggesting that they might have used some kind of animal blood in it. Oh but the taste of spices was so wonderful that I’m not bothered even if blood was used to make it! Slurpssss!!

Guys and noodles! lol

The noodles were really super duper cheap! We paid 116 baht for 3 bowls of noodles and one large bottle of mineral water with ice! And the quality of the ingredients is so good! Better than Malaysia x10! On the downside, the serving was miserably small! So we proceeded to the store next to it!

Master chef doing his thing!

The stall’s main chef is called J-Eung? :S No idea! But his food is divine!

50 baht fishcakes? I can start rolling all over the floor thinking about it. These fishcakes tasted better than the one at The Side Walk and are loads cheaper for the amount we get which is either similar or more!

His seafood tom yam is the BEST I’ve had during my entire trip there. He asked “Spicy ok?” I said “ Spicy? No problem”! OOOOKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK it did not take long before Justin and Yobi had their buttholes on fire! But ooo~ The glory of tom yam in full heat. His soup was superbly flavorful. The soup felt rich making other tom yam around feel stingy! His ingredients were plentiful and his price is INSANELY CHEAP!

We also ordered the dish above called Grilled Pork “SALAD”! laugh out loud in this case. I’ll definitely eat salad every single day if that is called salad! With 80% of the plate filled with tender grilled pork in thai sauce, this is my “salad”! If only Australia has this available from the cafe instead of the lame Caesar or garden salad! I will be so “healthy”!  The meal only cost us 190 baht! TAKE THAT MAN! RWARRRRRRRRRRRR!! it is 20 ringgit or 8AUD. And 8AUD only buy me 1 lousy plate of Pad Thai back in Broadyway :(!!

To cool of the spiciness of the soup, we walked a meter or two before reaching our next destination which changed my perception of GOOD juice for LIFE. Read it again people, FOR LIFE! So what is the deal of those normal looking juice? Well, it is 100% pure MANDARIN Orange juice. And this man is smart not to use lousy large oranges! Instead he insists on using small tangerines. Oh the concentration @.@!! This drink put in me in difficulty choosing between coconuts or juice! Each bottle costs us 13 baht each @.@! Double kill I tell you!

My day in Chatuchak ended with some Coconut Ice-cream! It came served in a shell with coconut flesh and a cup of coconut juice! Yummy max! We then took a taxi to the mall and got myself a pair of Jack Purcell’s and chilled in the hotel till it was about 6 before we get ready to go from ragss to RICHES!!

All of us got dressed up only to realize we did not take a group picture at the end of the day as the battery had died lol. Lameeeeee!! We got ready and went to Baiyoke Sky for dinner. We’ve book ourselves for a buffet dinner on the 79th floor of Baiyoke Sky! The place was simply overwhelming! I enjoy being in high areas! Feels so on top of the world! Especially when all the other buildings around you is so much lower allowing you to get the clear view of the city! It feels legendary to be higher up than other people for some reason. Some kind of weird sense of satisfaction!

Day Time! (Not my pics!)

At night (not my pic)

After that comes the dining part! The food is not the best I’ve tasted but generally when the food blends with the atmosphere, it simply tastes better than it should! The variety was satisfying and I was satisfied. The price we paid? 47 bucks! It would have been 100 if we were not hotel guests! Glad we stayed in Baiyoke!!

Time to check out the food! They had Spanish, French, Italian, American, Indian, Thai and Japanese! I think I missed something out, but not quite sure what :(!

Jap food first

Justin’s food

My food

Some prawns

Dessert

With all the food pictures I’ve posted, I can still say that is barely half the food we ate! They had sashimi, sushi , roast beef and many other food I did not get to try as I had already over-eaten by then! Not to mention pasta and soups were available. They also had murtabak @,@! A full array of fresh vegetables were available as well. Fruits were plentiful! And OMG! I just realized I did not eat ice cream ~.~

We had some picture taking around the area after finishing our meal.

Justin and I

Yobi and Justin!

Yobi and his apprentice Justin doing some old school calculation on abacus!

The meal was definitely enjoyable! In fact I would not mind going 2 floors up to sample the other buffet called Crystal Grill which costs 50 baht more only! And after that go up 2 more floors to have a little alcohol on the 83rd :) Anyone up for Bangkok round 2?

To finish up : The seat no filled! A picture to show that our friends ffk us on this trip! Evil Zhan Sheng and Ziyan!!

Day 3 should be soon!

WenY

Bangkok’s Walking: Traveling Day 1 End!

After the meal we headed back to the hotel, not before a couple of shots of the surrounding though :P!

This is one of Thailand’s main attraction for tourists! The “tut tut” they call it. But with them charging about 150 baht one way, it really is a “tuuuuut tuuuuut”! Who would pay that much money for such a poor ride? A ride in an air conditioned Toyota Altis would not even cost half as expensive in some circumstances!

This is a random picture of a Thai kid playing along the road while his parents handles the clothing store! He somewhat reminds of me when I was young @.@ I kind of look like him man! OMG lol!

After a good shower in the hotel we checked out some of the shopping places in town. The shops really impressed with their designs and quality. Most of them would put the t-shirts on a large display wall making it look real cool too!

After buying some shirts we were out to discover the uncharted.  Uncharted for us at least ahah!Walking through a side alley filled with stall selling products ranging from clothes to dvds to food.

Quiz : Can you spot the tranny? lol! :D

leave answers in the chat box on the right!! ehehe!

More busy streets along the adventure. And wow! I was amazed by the buses which were super old! You will only find mini buses in M’sia in that kind of state.

And then I decided I needed a refuel. So we stopped by one of the shops. And automatically, the lady started talking Thai to me! YEAAAAAA! WenY looks like a THAI lol. Let me tell you what the board says ok?

Drummets – 10 baht, Wings – 6 baht, Wings & Rice – 6 baht, Additional Rice – 5 baht!

Chicken fryer in action! The chicken was hot and tasted beyond superb! And the drummets were as big as drumsticks! I definitely enjoyed my bite into the chicken. The batter was done with simple marinade if you’d ask my superb tongue. But being charged only a dollar for a large piece of tasty meat is definitely a steal.

I definitely don’t look like a stationary car when I’m refueling! :D

Later on we walked, walked and walked. I think we walked like 40 kms that day. Maybe even more :S! Thailand’s main religion would be Buddhism! Every where I walked I saw lots and lots of little prayer places like these. And almost every single time there would be people doing their prayers!

We were definitely knocked out after walking for such a long time. Justin bought a corn and we just chilled in front of Siam Central. One of the larger malls you would find in Bangkok. We also Plat-num Mall that day. And also went to Siam Paragon. And hmm I think we went to other places as well. Just that I cannot recall!

Yobi and Justin @ Siam Central!!

At night we went back and diner at Side Walk cafe because we got lost after walking for about 2 hours along Thong Lom road @.@ We totally died already!! Paying 100 baht got us from there to the hotel. We were stuck for about an hour in the car though. But okla! 10 ringgit is damn cheap.

The main difference for the dinner was the Thai Fishcake! A 100% thai styled delicacy! Tastes like heaven! Never be fooled by it’s looks! This was definitely the food for the well tongued! Lemon grass flavor that wasn’t to heavy neither was it too weak! Killerrr!

Day 2 should be up soon!

WenY

Bangkok’s Walking: Travelling Day 0.5

The weather is scorching, the roads are dusty, the people are loud, and a year long plan for a visit to Bangkok has been made reality. Oh and the food? GLORIOUS! Rwarrr!! On Saturday Yobi, J and I made a trip down to Bangkok. We stayed in pretty cool place called Baiyoke Boutique located just behind it’s big brother Baiyoke Sky which is the tallest building in Bangkok.

The modern and fancy decor in the hotel lobby! Liked the glassy and shiny feel of the interior! The bedrooms where simple and comfortable! If I had a complain about the rooms, it’ll probably be the super small LCD television as well as the poor lighting in the room which did not seem so suitable.

The best thing about the hotel will have to be the F.O.C things they provide! We get a bottle of mineral water EVERYDAY. As well as NEW toothbrush and toothpaste EVERYDAY! Beat that mate. You can practically come here empty handed and still feel clean!

After checking out the rooms, we were definitely starving! I wanted to have the Nasi Lemak onboard the flight but it was sold out! How unfortunate :(! Bangkok city is really busy all day long, the roads all jammed up even at 8 in the night. Walking down the road I had a couple of pictures of the city which I have to say is not a beautiful sight. In fact the city looks a little rundown and slump. Needless to say though, tourists were everywhere to be seen.

The street outside the hotel.

Justin equipped with his 10 pocket khakis with used tissues in one pocket, keys in another pocket, hands in another pocket, wallet in another, hand phone in another and oh of course his Ipod I’d believe.

Yobi leading the pack down the busy street! Mind his Fatass thank you lol.

Our first eatery for the day was The SideWalk located less than 10 minutes walk from the hotel. The place served good food at holy smoke cheap price!

Hehe, first proof that we’re in Bangkok! Coca cola everywhere you go!

Yobi is all excited about the food. Who would not be? Thailand with its scrumptious food. Anyone would go gaga over this.

Justin and I have a picture before the meal too! Courtesy of Yobi!

Tom Yam Kung filled with 4 halves of large prawns with Thai specialty, fried egg with oysters! And heck? Where are my other pictures of this cari makan event :S!! We had two more fried rice that meal which was wahh!! So satisfying! Loved it!

This meal costs us less than 40 ringgit for the soup, fried rice X2, fried egg with oysters and a 1.5l Coke! On the way back, we felt totally roasted by the heat. Add the dust and I think Bangkok naturally feels like the dessert. The air is dry! Nonetheless, the Thais have just the remedy for that! And that would be;

hohoho!! Fragrant coconuts were all over selling at just 20 baht each! Such a steal! The natural sweetness accompanied by the nice smelling fragrant of the fruit was sooo good! I had at least 7 or more of these during the trip!

After that we headed back to the hotel for a short chill out session! I jumped into the shower for a quick cool down and before I realize it, we were out on the streets walking again! I think I’ll stop here just for awhile! This post seems very long already!!

Till then ;-) Cya!

WenY

SunBurst KL 09 Opening: Sucked :( Cari Makan!: Ngau Kee @ Changkat Tong Shin :)

Yesterday was a fun a fair in many ways! Earlier part of the day, I spent my hours with Jian and Freddy (boon). Jian was late because his was running errands for his mom. After picking me up at 2 we headed over to Freddy’s place before driving to Pavilion using NPE followed up by Smart tunnel haha. Pay toll non-stop ahaha! Had Madam Kwan for lunch! Nasi Lemak was quite a treat even though the curry chicken meat was not as tender as desired! On the downside the chendol was horrible!! Pictures are on Jian’s new 8mp hand phone and not mine haha. He got new high tech toy wei!! After that we braved 2 hours of jam before I reached home! I wonder how long more did Jian take to get home! LDP was such a biatch !@@#

 

Later at about 8 Ziyan picked me up before getting Homie and Yobi. We headed over to Pavilion again! We were going to see which artiste would attend Malaysia’s “big day out” called Sun Burst. We were quite punctual reaching there at 9pm. But finding the place was a pain in the neck! After a long and tedious search, we found the place only to find we were NOT ALLOWED IN even though we were INVITED.

 

F!CK THE FAKE SHIT MAN! What the hell is wrong with Malaysian organizers!!@ After 30 minutes of waiting we were allowed in though :S. Not everyone were allowed in even then haha. Just a couple of us. We were given headphones to experience Malaysia’s Silent Disco. Such a sad night :( The crowd were so chatty instead of having fun. Yobi asked, “hey why can’t we have fun like them?” I’m like “How is this fun :(?” Homie had his hands in his pocket and Ziyan was sitting down by the side. We had this pose for an hour or two for the night before we got the artiste list and seriously bored as well.  It was down hell boring!@#$ Not to mention there were several fake shits with that weird accent in their speech. We looked at each other and put up the “what the hell” eye. THIS EVENT I WOULD DESCRIBE AS EPIC FAILURE!!! Nonetheless we would have Cold Play doing their stuff in this coming event as well as Prodigy. These two are the “thing” for me if I actually attended Sun Burst KL!!

 

Nonetheless, the night has not ended yet. I was famished when we left, so we did a little driving and ended up at Jalan Alor and Changkat Tong Shin area. In this cari makan event, Ngau Kee noodle shop became a contender in the battle for the best beef ball noodles haha!

 

You won’t accept the fact that this humble store by the side of the road was actually one of the  best of its kind back in the good old days! Nonetheless, competition and modernization has somewhat toned the quality down a little and now this place is second when compared to Soong Kee beef ball noodles!

 

Why is that so? well if you’d ask me, I very much prefer the minced meat (chu yok sui) topping at Soong Kee because it is cooked much finer and taste holy smoke! The one at Ngau Kee though is still tasty but not as good only. Truth to be said, this opinion would really differ for different individuals.  Like Ziyan’s dad prefers Ngau Kee compared to Soong Kee.

 

After enjoying a hearty meal, we left feeling rather satisfied. A large bowl of noodles @ $6 was a little on the pricy side when compared to Soong Kee. Furthermore, only 6 balls were given in contrast to 8 ball by Soong Kee. I also had a coconut water drink with some coconut flesh in it for $1.50! So enjoyyy! See? Even bad times can be good! Damn Sun Burst 09 love Food :)! On the way home the ipod had old tunes from the early year 2000 days playing. LFO was on with SummerGirls, Girl on TV and  Every Other Time. 98 degrees as well. We felt nostalgic back then. We also questioned the credibility of current boy bands. Why? Why? Why? Nonetheless we are all appreciative for what we enjoyed before! One weird thing is that I do not listen to much music back then haha.

 

Disclaimer: PICTURES ARE NOT MINE! I took it from several blogs:

Sixthseal.com

 Live to eat or eat to live

 

WenY

Buddy Meetup!: Cari Makan @ Bumbu Bali, Puchong

Wahhh I really should be sleeping now :S!! But after having more than 12 hours of sleep earlier today, my body still feels so hyper! I guess I’ll just watch the Liverpool match at 4 and probably catch some sleep after that at about 6! So sien got dental appointment at 10 later :(!

 

Today the guys decided to go for dinner after not seeing each other for less than a week lol. Wohoo gays united!! Met up with the usual peeps for dinner @ Bumbu Bali in Bandar Puteri, Puchong. This unfamiliar eatery among the PJ crowd is fast becoming a popular dining place. Occupying two floors which are usually packed during dinner, this place serves good food in a Indonesian environment at a price I would deem fairly expensive.  Most meals here are priced between $20 to $40. Nonetheless the quality of the food is uncompromised although there were instances where they would serve you uncooked chicken according to Pauline! @.@ Nonetheless they would make up for it by replacing the dish as well as a complementary dessert on the house!!

 

My drink :D, Bumbu Bali’s house specialty the Barley Lime drink. Sounds common but the taste isn’t!

 

Two fat boys & two fat meals! Yobi and I! And ohh the beer! Corona @ 16 bucks wtf? It only costs 2 bucks back in Aus!@! Only Zs and Ziyan so generous to pay for such expensive beverages.

 

Justin a.k.a Homie still hiding under his cap even at night.  Why man Justin? Whyyy!?

 

Speaking of gay united , the three of us ordered Nasi Campur Bumbu Bali which cost us $30 each hoho! This dish is served with squid, prawns, fish, “kangkung belacan”, some awesome satay and also your choice of Chicken Rendang or Beef Rendang. Justin and I had chicken while Yobi had beef. The Chicken Rendang is soo delicious! Next time I might request for a switch. More Chicken Rendang and no squid!

 

Also joining us that night was Zi Yan and this girl whose name I still don’t know despite going to Zouk and the same high school with her!! haha.

 

Unknown girl’s burger! Who orders a burger in Bali mannnnn! Really so ang moh kia! But don’t pray pray wei! She says the burger is nice! Even Yobi and ZS agreed!

 

Burger Meal @ 20 bucks? I think this is more worth it than Carl’s Junior! But the burger got no bacon on it making it look less tempting compared to Chiliz.

 

This was Ziyan’s meal. Half a serving of grilled chicken with rice. He said he loved the chicken at the start haha not sure about the end. Despite only having one choice of meat, he was bloated by the time he finished his meal. He did complain though that his chicken was a little overcooked!

 

This is noob Zhan Sheng hahaa! No good picture of you la ZS! Sorry man! The rest all so grainy or too dark or blur :(  ZS ordered Kambing Bumbu Bali but alamak! Eh zs no comment on your food ke? I did remember him saying “Damn big man!” Nothing more nothing less. But I tasted some of his mutton. Tasted like the Hong Kong salt and pepper style in which I had at China Bar the last time I went Melbourne!

 

At the end of the day, the bill amounted to $200+ for the 6 of us. Felt very very satisfied!!!My lunch was of frankfurters and a hardboiled egg onlyyy haha. After dinner we went over to ZS house :) Played Risk but I was much more interested in ZS’s Maldoodle or Maltese crossbred with  Poodle puppy called Terry! Super duper cute wei!

 

But ZS is a bad master. Feed the poor puppy like 3 tablespoons of dog food only! And say he doubled it after getting some advice from Dr Lee yesterday! What in the world ZS!!@#! Give him  at least half a cup please! If not later I report you to SPCA! hehe jkjk! But really, Terry is all bones!

 

PS: And I know the reason why I still do not know the girl’s name!!! It’s because every time I ask, you all will forget to tell me her name because you were all too busy telling me “what the hell wei! how can you not know her name”  aahaha.

 

WenY

Cari Makan: Hor Fun @ Lee Tong Kee & Dim Sum @ Marco Polo

My cravings for food never dies and this seems to have taken a toll on my “diet” haha. Oh well, shedding another 1 or 2 kilos to achieve ideal weight shouldn’t be too hard :P After lapsing an impressive self measured performance in the pool I was feeling hungrier than ever! Dad and I decided to go pass the city centre to see whether we can get any good eats. After driving awhile, we passed by a half-century old eatery called Lee Tong Kee which was and still is famous till this day for its decent pricing and good noodles! Even Malaysian Newspaper The Star cannot resist putting it up on the newspapers! Take a look HERE.

Old as it is, the noodles still taste good and original according to my dad. He’s been patronizing this place for ages since the current boss’s father was in charge! Now her dad has gone with her sister to open one shop in Singapore! ^^

Significantly lower in MSG compared to most places in KL, the Prawn and Shredded Chicken noodles is a good eat! Especially to people sensitive to MSG. For me on the other hand, I think I would not mind a pinch of MSG in my noodles to give me the extra kick :D Also we ordered another dish to complement to noodles as there were no wantons to go with it because the supplier has not delivered the wanton skin yet. We had:

While steamed chicken skin is a put off due to the soft slimy feel of it (not to mention tasteless), the tender chicken meat served the classic way with oyster sauce dressing was really lovely.  The chicken meat was really nice! Smooth and not overcooked yet not traces of bleeding which is often evident at chicken rice stalls that can’t cook chicken properly!@#!

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Also another good eat in which I had today was Marco Polo restaurant located in Wisma Lim Foo Yong. This place is really good! Unfortunately I did not take any pictures for this meal :( The roast pork there is really one of the best I’ve had ahaah! At 16 bucks a serve of two long strips, this crispy and tasty skinned dish is heavenly! The dim sum there was quite nice as well, they had this scallop dim sum which was very tasty! Oh and their steamed pork ribs dim sum is definitely one of a kind! Steamed with a variety of Chinese herbs and yam, the amazing way in which the flavors fuse made it really delectable!

This picture ain’t mine but it is the best representation for the roast pork I had @ Marco Polo today!

Marco Polo when I looked it up over the net, is one of the better eats in KL nowadays. Despite being overshadowed by other famous franchise like Overseas, this place still lives through all the competition. A worthy try which does not cost too much in my opinion. The pricing is considered normal these days and the peaceful atmosphere will definitely give you a peace of mind while enjoying dim sum, a meal once considered a Chinese fine dining in the older days.

On my recent chinese eats!~

Overseas Restaurant @ Jaya One sucked real bad in service and the roast baby pig/ suckling pig or Yue Chue had a porky taste which spoils the taste.  Chinese New Year over population? Or poor management? On the contrary, I really liked the Lap Mei Fun!

Damansara Palace @ Mutiara Damansara was total ownage on the suckling pig on the other hand. Also, the awesome fish dish engaged me to into my second serve! Personalized service by the restaurant staff made the meal extra special too! Probably because my aunt knows the people there.

Canton I @ One Utama, the baby of Dragon I was not bad, the price as acceptable and the egg tarts were quite a treat! However, the havoc during lunch hours was quite a put off.

WenY