To actually receive the news, a place where I had lunch, had dinner, got to know new colleagues and superior got burned down. For me, is for no apparent reason at all.

Not only it got burned down, it collapsed… All that remains are the ruins..

Never in my dream I would imagine this would happen to Bangkok.. Whatever happened to the land of smiles?

Bangkok is always associated with Happiness, Shopping, Fun, Laughter, Friends, Serenity, Temples,  Awesome times, Trying funky street food, great time laughing at friends…

Now, everyday we fear something will happen to friends, colleagues and innocent citizens.. Hope everything return to normal soon. Although it will never be the same again :(

During happier times at bangkok ..

Where you can find everything under the sun!

Literally under the hot hot sun

All sorts of people as well.

As much shopping damage had been done the day before at Platinum, my trip there was kept to the minimal and more focus on souvenirs hunting. Dressed for the heat that I’ll be combating.

But once I knew I’m going Bangkok and obviously that will include JJ, I wanted to try the famous boat house noodle.

It’s quite good, but the wait was quite horrible. Only 1 person was making the noodle, the rest of the staff was just standing around, taking orders, ushering people to sit here and there…. =____=

Would have helped alot if those people make themselves useful.

The noodle is sort of like glass noodle but not quite. They have it in beef or pork. I had beef, nidnoi’s pork with a huge fishball. The soup would be the essence of the whole dish. So remember to drink up! although it’s fucking spicy.

*Updated* Forgot to mentioned the location. Okay, it’s practically quite easy to find. Along the main street inside Jatujak, somewhere along the midsection there’s like a tiny food court. Walk all the way pass the food court, then you’ll reach to few soi/lane with air-conditioned restaurants or shops. It’s just at the corner. Impossible to missed unless you can’t see, hear or even smell -__-

Secondly, I wanted to see the huge pet section that I missed on my first trip there. I’m so glad I found it this time!!

The puppies all are toooooooo cuteee!!

Puppies are perpetually cute, no matter what breed.

Look at how the seller will put tiny ribbon on their head…to heighten the percentage of people buying them on the spot. People like me *shifty eyes*

Of course I couldn’t buy any :(  Just look at the cute and stupid faces on the first and second photos on the left…

I’ll end the post with the a busker which is scattered like pepper in the market. ASIAN STYLE!

The paper reads ” For Education” FYI

Anyway, the market is always filled with busy buzz and sound of people bargaining. The only time everything and everyone stood still, was when the speaker suddenly blast their national or king’s anthem.

Quite a sight to see giggling tourist or lost looking tourist thinking “WTF??!!”

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Was having dinner with Nikki and DivaLisa at Gardens last sunday. The wait to our table was 15mins long which prompted us to pop into the cake/muffin bakery – Delectable, that we had heard so much about.

The owner herself personally came up to us and appears to be super chirpy. What’s left for the day, vanilla and chocolates flavour with chocolate > vanilla. However, Sue (owner) strongly recommend us to take 2 chocolates as she puts it ” I assure you they are as tasty as they look good”

3 muffin for RM28 is quite steep…

We (3 of us) prefer the vanilla much more than chocolate flavour.. The sugar paste/icing on the muffins are really thin compared to the rest we had tasted and that is why its not as sweet too. I like.

The vanilla had some lemon zest taste in it and make the taste “fuller”. While the cream under the icing for chocolates are coffee.

Icing + Cream + cake base = delectable taste! I’m not a huge fan over cakes and sweet stuff, but overall it’s good!

Delectable things in my life of recents.

Instax mini I took in Bangkok.

In front of Platinum Mall

and me at Jatujak Market

Back to Pulau Pinang for Merdeka Long weekend! Hooray for long weekend!!

*most photos are quite shitty because I try to take them discreetly. I dont want to look noobish -___-

I frequent this place every morning the whole period I was in Bangkok this year. Bangkok always seems to have something up her sleeves, delightful surprises for those that visits..

Apart from the Parisian inspired interior, plus some quirky deco such as the blue penguin;  part of the charm is the location. A quaint little place tucked at in a corner of busy Sukhumvit 23, you might just miss it if not observant enough. That offers the little privacy that celebrity or famed people craved for..

In the short time period I’m there, we share the place with famous local models with Birkin bags, and Japanese actress holding private functions there. Even groups of pretty young people with Prada and LV sipping cocktails or sangria… Which makes me look quite out of place most of the time… =___=

I was definitely filled with infatuation towards this place.

Conveniently located next to the hotel I was staying, it was a great excuse to just chill and have our dinner there. They have their specials menu scribble nicely across the huge glass partition around the place.. that’s if you can see in below photo (-_-||)

The very first time I was there, I ordered the Petite Burgers. The burger patties were juicy and made fresh when we order. Most of their food takes about 20-30minutes to be serve, rest assure the quality is excellent, else, just scream at the people there….

The famous meaty crab cakes. This is under appetizer but  by the 2nd day, we were cozy with the waiters there and we had free garlic bread!! So we were quite filled up even by ordering appetizer. Hehehe. The crab patties were lightly pan-fry served with home-made dressing.

Simple yet satisfying Fish and chips. My colleague had this and she’s been thinking of it until today!! She just told me that she’s dreaming of the fish and chips…and she had F&C at Alexis yesterday but it’s not good enough…The effects of Minibar on people that visits them..

This might look like shit, but it’s a rib and prepared tastefully too..hehe

I forgot what this is already. Photos with flash, obviously taken with haste. I think I was very hungry by that time.

Croque something something. Virginia ham and plenty of cheese. Takes 20mins to prepare and totally worth it!! My indon colleague had this 2 nights in a row~

Night time, they have fairy lights lighting up the whole outside garden with vintage fans. Very nice ambiance.

Minibar Royale  also specializes in cocktails made with sparkling wine. There is an entire page in their drinks menu dedicated to them, with half of the drinks listed signature sparkling wine cocktails.  Apart from that, they have draft Hoegaarden. IN BANGKOK! To my delight!

For the many nights, we tried their Lychee Martini, Bellini, Hoegaarden, bloody mary, HOEgaarden (of course).  On the last day I was there, I ordered the Mini Royale cocktail which is a simple combination of pomegranate juice and pomegranate seeds with sparkling wine. For my case, the bartender added some vodka for me for some extra kick     I like it so much. It’s pink in color (important!!) and sweet with a bit sourness in it. A little fizz from sparkling wine makes its the perfect drink for a lady like me!

This post took me so long to finish and finally its done and up!

I want to remember. But human brains are selective on memories. As time goes by, it will be tampered with what we conjure up, what we want to remember instead. I hope I remember minibar for many years to come Hope to bump into you again…not in 3 years nor 5 years time…

Getting There
Address : Citadines Bangkok Sukhumvit 23
37/7 Sukhumvit 23 Bangkok 10110
Tel: 02 261 5533
Open: 11 AM – Midnight, Daily

Price: All above dish are less than 350Baht inclusive tax and service, except for the ribs.

Nearest BTS-> Asok
Nearest MRT -> Sukhumvit

Today most trainess went to this very good place recommended by the local. Health Land Spa & Massage! They have 6 branches and we went to Ekamai branch, which is nearest to the hotel

Never have I seen such huge and grand massage place in Thailand!!! Upon entering, first impression was “Are we at the right place? Is this a hotel?!?!”

The waiting or receiving area. After paying first, we sat at the receiving area until the room is prepared. They have rooms and rooms, alleys looking like karaoke and 3 storeys high.

Overall, the price is reasonable for the place and massage. Thai Massage -450bht for 2 hours, minus all the dodgy spa and cowboy girls…I will go back!

It was 930pm and we were starving!! Walking aimlessly down the soi, we just went to the first shop that we saw. Ottoya japanese restaurant is the lucky one

Salad..something Yoshiko ordered. Vege is never my thing =.=

KATSUDON IS LOVE! <3 <3

Potato Korokke too (i dont know how to spell)

Total price for my korokke and katsudon is around 230bht. Not so bad isnt it

Here’s a new addition to my blog. A yellow turtle. Yet to be name…so please suggest:D

Once checked in, we rushed out in search of food. Should we have this?

or this, Samurai pork Burger with cheesy fries with ice cold latte that give Starbucks a run for it’s money ~!

but we choose to have nice vermicelli noodles by the roadside, with extremely spicy economy rice, so spicy it made the MEN of the trip cry; and aunties that lives up the friendly reputations of Thais.

Poor fat dogs that ppl used a marker pen to “conteng-menconteng”…

The typical thing to do after a long day in Thailand… Thai MASSCHATTT~!!

After the massage, we went for a perfect thai dinner. To dine in the same place as the Thai Princess and ex Japanese Prime Minister, Koizumi… well worth the wait. Coincidently, the place ( Somboon) is no more than 10minutes walk away from our hotel. How wonderful can it get  :love:

You’ll notice a lot of Japanese dining there as well. We had very nice eggy crab, omelet oysters, Siam Style steam fish, NICE mango sticky rice, “tang hoon” with crab claw and obviously tomyum kung!

After dinner we felt like just passing out on our beds, but the ever enthusiastic tour guide, Nidnoi already have plans for us. “Get ready!! ” She asked us..so kinda reluctantly, we got dressed.

Took a cab to THE PLACE.

and never look back.

It’s seriously one of the best clubbing places to be. The name to remember when you are in BKK -

RCA

We did not took much photos, because we left the cameras back in the room thinking it will be short trip. We have no intention to leave that place at all after standing in awe before the clubssss… @_@

So best we wanted to go there again the next day and the day after… so best I did not feel like clubbing in Penang nor KL for months… -.-|

I must finish blogging about Bangkok!
I must finish blogging about Bangkok!
I must finish blogging about Bangkok!