My Very First Blog

Right after my visit to KL Bird Park with my Filipino friend, I decided to bring him to Sri Suria Curry House for a late lunch.


Located along the same street with Sri Shakti Eswary Temple in Kelana Jaya, this Indian restaurant offers banana leaf rice which I thought would be something that my friend had never eaten before.


Personally, I really love banana leaf rice! We had white rice with the assortment of vegetable dishes all placed on the banana leaf.


I also ordered their nasi briyani which was really delicious!


I had lassi (an Indian yogurt drink) and my friend had rose syrup.


I also asked for rasam, a kind of sourish Indian soup that really opened up our appetite.


We also had some fried chicken.


And so this is how our spread looks like. Yummy! I am feeling hungry now just looking at this!


I have forgotten how much the total bill came to, but I remember it was not expensive.


Will I come here again? You bet!

Sri Suria Curry House
No. 3A, PJ21 (SS3/39),
Kelana Jaya,
Selangor 47300
Tel : +603 7865 7771

After leaving HuaLamphong Station, my friend and I went to Pratunam where we did some shopping.  I wanted to buy a cap there but did not find one that I like.

We then ended back at Central World shopping mall which we went the day before. I managed to find a cap that I like at this more upscale Zen Department Store. Sorry, no photo of my new cap.



I think all the shopping made us hungry so we had an early dinner at The Terrace Restaurant in Central World. I had this Pork Loin Steak with green curry sauce served with fried Sang yod rice and butter. Sang yod rice is a type of healthy rice grown in Phatthalung province.



My friend ate Pad Thai (I did not take any picture of it).

After that, we just walked around the shopping mall. I thought the decoration at this part of the mall was interesting.



Gigantic floating book!



This is the SF World Cinema on the 7th floor of the mall, if I am not mistaken.



No, we did not go and watch any movies there. I don't fancy watching movies when I travel.



This is an interesting art piece.



We spotted the popular premium frozen yogurt store Buddhi Belly and decided to get ourselves some dessert.



Art decoration on our table.



Colorful decorations on the counter tops.



We chose original with toppings of mango, strawberry and pineapple.



That's medium size cup and costs us about 100 baht.



It was yummy! I should have ordered a whole cup for myself. Lol.



Words written on the cup explain most of it so I do not have to describe anything.



After finishing the yogurt, we walked around some more. It would be my last night in Bangkok. We would be leaving the next day, so I wanted to explore the mall a bit more.



Took some more pictures.



I like the decoration here.



I think we only left when the mall was about to close. Lol. It was a good third day in Bangkok.

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On my first day in Bangkok, I met up with a Thai friend for lunch. No, you are not going to see him here as I did not take any photo of him. Haha!

Anyway, as soon as I have checked in to my boutique serviced apartment and settled down a bit, I left the hotel to meet him somewhere in Silom. Outside, I saw these red vehicles lining the road. I wondered what they were as I have not seen them in Bangkok before.



As I walked towards the nearest BTS Skytrain station which is Surasak Station, I came across these bicycles.



It was my first time seeing bicycles for rent in Bangkok! I found out later it is known as the Pun Pun Bicycle Sharing Scheme. How nice if Malaysia has a similar system!

First, you need to register at the Pun Pun website (www.punpunbikeshare.com) and collect your smart card which you can then tap on this machine to key in some kind of verification code.



Then you choose the bicycle that you like and tap your card on the dock to unlock the bike.



It seems that if you fail to return the bike by the end of the day you will be fined a certain amount. Not sure how that works though. Maybe they could track you down using your address or something. Wonder if tourists are allowed to rent these bicycles?

I did not try it as using the MRT, BTS, tuk-tuk and boats are more than sufficient to get me around Bangkok easily without much hassle.

I met up with my Thai friend at a restaurant along Silom Road (not sure what's the name) to try khao moo daeng or red pork rice.



The dish is actually red barbecued pork with some sausages and egg with rice covered in a type of slightly sweet red sauce. It tasted good, but not to the extent that I must eat it again. LOL! But I don't mind having it again, of course.

This is the restaurant where we ate. Notice the Chinese characters?



After lunch, we walked over to Starbucks for some coffee. My brother had, before my trip, asked me to get the Starbucks card from Bangkok, as he wanted to collect Starbucks card from different countries.



However, I (or rather my brother) was in for a disappointment as the Starbucks card in Bangkok was nothing special. I did not even bother to get the card.

Anyway, I ordered coffee and my Thai friend ordered tea.



We chatted for some time, before we said good bye and went on our way. That was half a day gone. I spent the remaining part of the day window shopping at Siam Paragon. But let's talk about that in the next post, shall we? :)

Looking for some authentic Thai food in Bangkok at reasonable prices? Try Inter Restaurant!

After finishing my yummy mango dessert at Mango Tango, I walked to Inter Restaurant to meet up with my friend for dinner.  Located at Siam Square Soi 9, it was within a short walking distance from Mango Tango.

My first impression of the restaurant - nothing much to shout about, no lavish interior, nothing impressive. But it was clean. Service was just average. But wait...when the food arrived, I was sold!

I ordered the stir fried pork with basil and beef on rice (95 baht).





It was so delicious! Yummy!

Both my friend and I ordered their Thai ice tea with milk (40 baht). Love it!





My friend ordered the green curry with pork with rice and rice noodles (85 baht). I thought he would just order either the rice or the rice noodles but he went for both. He must be really hungry! LOL!





I tried a little of the green curry and it was oh my, so tasty!

I did not take any photos of the restaurant except for this one. I like the opaque glass partition between our table and the neighbouring table as it ensured adequate privacy for us. Haha!





It was already 9pm and it's the last call. So we decided to order something for takeaway to be eaten in our hotel for supper. What did we order?

Pad Thai with prawns! That cost us 90 baht.





Yummy Pad Thai with delicious prawns! Sinful supper all right, but we shared so it's OK right? LOL!





Will I return to Inter Restaurant next time I go Bangkok? You bet! There are so many more items in their menu that I look forward to try. The best part is, they are all priced cheaply compared to all those tourist traps in Bangkok. If all you want is good food, then Inter Restaurant is the place to go!

I am not sure if I should call this pork satay rice but the real name for this dish in Thai is Phra Ram long song, or Rama Takes A Bath. More popularly known as Swimming Rama, I figured it's the Rama King (pork) swimming in peanut gravy! LOL!





And that's also why I am sure it can also be called pork satay rice.

Maybe it's not very clear from the photo above (since it looks like a huge big mess!) but the dish is actually made up of thin slices of grilled pork, with steamed morning glory and white rice drowned in a sea of satay peanut sauce. Plus, a tablespoon of chili-garlic sauce (see that red oval shape thingy?) plopped on top! Oh my, are you salivating yet?

Where can you find this simple yet unique dish? At Cafe Boran Hat Yai opposite the famous Or Tor Kor Market in Bangkok.





Yes, there is no English name on the signboard. You just have to memorise how the signboard looks like if you plan to go looking for it.

So, after a long hiatus, I am back blogging and this time, I am going to blog about my Bangkok trip back in February 2014. Yes, that's how backdated I am in my blog posts. LOL!

This was a short 3-day Bangkok trip, but instead of starting from Day 1, I have decided to do it randomly this time, and start with Day 2. And in between, maybe I shall throw in some posts about my more recent trip to Taiping. Hopefully, you will not be confused between Bangkok and Taiping haha! (I really hope not, because they are so different)

Anyway, back to my story. It's Day 2 of my Bangkok trip and both my friend and I took an early morning MRT ride from our hotel to Or Tor Kor Market. It was my first time visiting this fresh market.





There's a Black Canyon Coffee restaurant opposite the market.





Although this post will not be about Or Tor Kor market, I thought I just share a little bit about it before we go back to that Swimming Rama dish.





My first impression of the market was wow! How clean! And bright! Looks more like a supermarket than a fresh market, don't you think?





The market is actually not very big but they sell fresh produce like fruits, vegetables and seafood. There is also a food court where you can eat to your heart's content. However, I did notice that the prices here are slightly more expensive than other markets in Bangkok. But then, the quality of the products sold here are better, so I guess it depends on what you want.





I almost wanted to buy the durians but my friend stopped me. Luckily he did, because honestly, I think Malaysian durians are nicer, although the durians at this market were very fleshy!

OK, that's about as brief as I can get regarding Or Tor Kor market. Do check it out if you have never visited it before. By the way, did you know that Or Tor Kor market is listed in CNN's Top 10 of the world's best fresh market? Read it HERE.

Back to Cafe Boran Hat Yai. To locate this cafe, just exit from the back of Or Tor Kor market and you will easily find this cafe along the road.





It was not lunch time yet, so there was no crowd. Only two or three customers when we were there. The cafe looks slightly more upscale than the average street restaurants in Bangkok but the prices were reasonable.





Some condiments on our table. I did not touch them as the pork satay rice we ordered were tasty enough on its own.  The cafe also sells noodles and buns but mostly had to do with pork as the main ingredient. We skipped all that, because all we really wanted to try was the pork satay rice or Swimming Rama as it is popularly known.





I enjoyed this dish as the pork was tender and the peanut gravy which also contains coconut milk was more savoury than sweet. Yummy! Price was reasonable at only 40 baht.





Cafe Boran Hat Yai (opposite Or Tor Kor market, Chatuchak)
Opens : Daily 8am - 5pm
Direction to Cafe Boran Hat Yai : Take MRT to Kampheng Phet Station, exit #3 (look for signboard that says Marketing Organization For Farmers), walk up the stairs and turn right to Or Tor Kor market. Walk inside market till the back and exit, walk across the road. Cafe Boran Hat Yai is one of the shops along the road facing the market.