Saturday, January 26, 2013

Bangkok ChinaTown Famous Street Foods

Eating - Bangkok ChinaTown Famous Street Foods

Bangkok - Chinatown Street Eats along Thanon Yaowarat

1) Kapoh Pla Rert Rot (fish maw soup) stall – amazingly tasty Teochew-Chinese-influenced fish maw soup (กระเพาะปลา), served hot in a claypot and delicious to the last drop. A small note on the location of this stall located along the busy Thanon Yaowarat – if you’re standing on Thanon Plaeng Nam at the intersection with Thanon Yaowarat, turn left, and walk about 500 metres – the stall’s parked in front of the Seiko Watch Shop.

2) Guay Teow Lod - noodles with dried shrimps, minced pork, mushrooms, beansprouts, cuttlefish, chopped green scallions and crisp, golden fried garlic. The flat-rice noodles were embedded with dried shrimps, giving it a nice salty tang. I wished I could get this back in Singapore!!
3) Kuaychap Oun Pochana – similar to Singapore or Malaysia “koay chiap” (粿汁) , but the Thai version (ก๋วยจั๊บ) was kick-ass peppery!! Very good wide noodles, and the generous helpings of roast pork or “moo krob” (หมูกรอบ)remained crisp whilst floating in the sharp, pork broth. My friends told me that the stall had been operating there since when they were little girls – a long time indeed as both are now in their 60s. Anyway, the stall is insanely popular, and I can see why_ I'm still dreaming of their Kuaychap now!

4) Pork satay skewers, from a stall near the Kuaychap Oun Pochana - beautifully-textured, subtly-flavored and perfectly-grilled, served with a delicious peanut sauce. One of the best satays I'd ever tasted in South-East Asia - I actualy enjoyed this more than any satays I had in Indonesia during my extensive stay there last year.
Thanon Yaowarat comes alive each evening after dusk, and is one of the most exciting destinations for street food I'd ever encountered - definitely breathing down the neck of Penang for having the world's best street food, and almost certainly surpassing Ho Chi Minh City in terms of variety, if not in taste.
Warning: Many of the stalls (e.g. Kapoh Pla Rert Rot and Guay Teow Lod stalls) are closed on Mondays. Sunday evenings are busiest, and it can be a challenge to get a table/seats.
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Kapoh Pla Rert Rot
Yaowarat, Bangkok 10100, TH
Guay Teow Lod
Yaowarat, Bangkok 10100, TH

Kuaychap Oun Pochana
Yaowarat, Bangkok 10100, TH

Wednesday, January 23, 2013

Bangkok - Famous Restaurant Part 2

Eating in Bangkok Part 2 - Famous Thai and Seafood Restaurant.

Cabbages & Condoms (C&C) Thai Restaurant

Somboon Seafood RestaurantBangkok
Nam Sing Bird's Nest Shark Fin Restaurant (in Chinatown)

Laem Cha Reon Seafood Restaurant @ Siam Paragon, 4th Floor.

Laem Cha Reon Seafood Restaurant @ CentralWorld 3rd Floor.

Bangkok has a lot of seafood restaurants and Laem Cha Reon is popular ones frequented by both locals and tourists. Laem Cha Reon branches in most of the major shopping malls like Siam Paragon and Central World.

“Best fried fish in sweet sauce.

most of the dishes we had are the recommended ones in the menu. Moreover, the locals are having them as well so I feel we should have done fine.
Deep Fried Marinated Snapper with Sweet Fish Sauce @ 420THB, fish cakes and big prawns is a specialty here.

Cabbages & Condoms (C&C) Restaurant -
Cabbages & Condoms (C&C) Restaurant located in Metropolitan Bangkok, has attracted international attention. Restaurant was conceptualized to promote family planning and support various development activities of the Population and Community Development Association.
a handicraft shop on the left hand side where Thai products including souvenir. Interesting objects made of Condom.

below partial menu, visit website for more info: http://www.pda.or.th/restaurant/

Dress made of condoms

Getting there:
Cabbages and Condoms is located at 10 Sukhumvit Soi 12, Bangkok Tel: +66 2 229 4610 open daily from 11am to 10pm
http://www.pda.or.th/restaurant/

Bangkok China town Yaowarat -
Bangkok’s Chinatown is a popular tourist attraction and a food haven (shark fin, bird nests and etc) for new generation gourmands who flock here after sunset to explore the vibrant street-side cuisine. Packed with market stalls, street-side restaurants and a dense concentration of gold shops, .

Nam Sing - Famous Sharkfin,Seafoods and Birdnest restaurant
you can't leave Bangkok without drinking Bird's Nest, for increasing vitality and for achieving crystal-clear complexion.

best birdnest in thailand i have taste, they are authentic
recommend the minimally the 300bht choice, as the 100bht is actually the lowest grade avail. The best is the 500bht "blood bird nest"... Have it cold or hot...you can't go wrong.

Chinatown roadside Shark fins stall

How to get there:to avoid heavy traffic - would be to take the underground (MRT) to Hualamphong station, and either a taxi or tuk-tuk from there to chinatown.

Somboon Seafood Restaurant, Bangkok
many branches in Bangkok, some are "fake". often taxi drivers will take you to these imitations.Excellent Food and the quality is great and you get everything fresh, but the prices are expensive. before taking a taxi make sure you the address of the hotel and its logo because the taxi drivers takes you to a different place which is also called seafood market, just because they get commission and the food is bad if these...

WARNING: many fake Somboon Seafood Restaurant
Somboon Seafood is a very famous restaurant in Bangkok, specially famous with their “Bangkok’s best fried crab curry”, so it’s a place that must no be missed when visiting Bangkok. The restaurant is so big that it spans 3 floors of seating. The dinner was awesome and love the curry crab.

Bangkok Foods - Foods Courts

Eating in Bangkok (Foods Court and Stalls) -
What to Eat and where

Food Court in Bangkok- Terminal 21 Food Court
- Central World Mall Food Court
- Siam Paragon Mall Food Court
- The Emporium Mall Food Court

Terminal 21 Food Court

Opening Hours: 10:00-22:00
Location: Sukhumvit Road (between Soi 19 and 21)
MRT: Sukhumvit
BTS: Asok (direct access via Skywalk)

Terminal 21’s food court is one of biggest in the city. Popular everyday Thai meals such as pad Thai and steamed chicken and rice, but also Chinese-influenced roasted duck on rice (bet yang), Indian tandoori, Japanese style vegetable sukiyaki, and chicken steak and French fries. There are also great vegetarian options from stalls that pre-cook dishes and keep them warm in large metal containers. A personal favourite is the vegetarian massaman curry, which is full of delicate flavours, not overpowered by spice like some other dishes and thickened with coconut cream which complements the fluffy chunks of potato.
customers must first exchange cash for a stored value card which is then used to pay for food. Any remaining credit can be refunded before you leave.
Thai Ice Cream - Siam Paragon Mall

Made with coconut milk rather than cow’s milk, Thai i-dtim is both sweet and refreshing, and locals often take it with kernels of boiled corn or gingko biloba sprinkled on top. Available in most mall foods court. Siam Paragon has many ice cream stalls.

do not forget to try this tasty coconut ice cream at Chatuchap Market and in Bangkok

Coconut Ice Cream at Bangkok Floating Market

Famous Bangkok Ice Cream - Nuttaporn Ice Cream94 Phraeng Puthon (off Tanao Road), Bangkok
T: (022) 222 686
Open Mon-Sat, 08:00 to around 16:00
Chao Phraya express boat: Tha Chang pier (plus a 10-minute walk)

Nuttaporn’s ice cream comes in only a handful of flavours — coconut milk (kathi), mango (mamueang), chocolate, coffee (kaffe) and Thai tea (chaa yen). Coconut is the most common ice cream flavour found in Thailand, but all of Nuttaporn’s varieties are made from the milk of fresh, young coconuts.

Nuttaporn is tucked into the south side of Phraeng Puthon Square just off Tanao Road, about a kilometre south of Khao San Road and a half-kilometre east of Sanam Luang (see map). A host of sites are within walking distance, including the Grand Palace, Wat Phra Kaew, Wat Pho, Wat Saket, Baan Bat, the Giant Swing and Rattanakosin Exhibition Hall, making Nuttaporn the perfect midday sightseeing refresher.

Coconut Crepes can be found in most part of Bangkok

Khao niew mamuang (coconut sticky rice with mango):

this popular dessert can be found in Thai restaurants all over the world, but it always seems to taste better in Thailand. One reason is the quality of mangoes - there’s just nothing like the golden sweet and amazingly cheap mangoes in Thailand.

my favourite place for mango sticky rice is stall selling mango (the mango is ripe and tasty) 120 baht. Before boarding plane, can purchase at Bangkok Airport at 180 Baht

Bangkok Shopping - my favourite places

my favourite shopping bangkok -

Honey Factory

Leather Factory
Big-C Hypermarket (formerly Carrefour)

Many branded toiletries such as NIVEA, Colgate and etc are made in Thailand.

Below Factories included in your FREE half day city tour:

1300 baht about SIN$52

more info at www.ilikehoney.com

Bee Pollen
Bee Pollen is the reproductive spore of the plant. it is incredibly dense with plant nutrients. The phytonutrients found in bee pollen include bioactive compounds like enzymes, bioflavonoid, phytosterois and carotenoids. Bee pollen also contains free amino acids, fatty acids with a good proportion of Omega 3’s, naturally chelated minerals and whole vitamin complexes.
Usage:

Dietary balance: taken with food in the morning / a natural vitamin complexes
On diet : as breakfast preferably taken with lime juice or a piece of fruit. The fruit fibers reinforce the activity of the fresh pollen.
Menstrual problem // incretion disorder: Enhance the skin well being, reduce fleck, hair-lose.
Intestinal transit problem, constipation.

Storage:
dry and cool place, avoid long time exposure to strong light.

1000 baht about SIN$40

Description

Special pure honey collected from the herbal flowers in Golden Triangle Mountains. clinically proven for treatment of mouth ulcer, stomach ulcers, external ulcers ( arms, legs etc.) also used to treat insomnia.
Usage:

Sore throat or chronic sore throat: take one spoon of honey into the throat and hold it until minutes. Take a few times a day. Or, drink honey water in the morning and evening regularly.
Wound / or Burns : apply honey to wounded area for treating inflammation and avoiding scar.
Lose of voice/ Hot and dry throat : drink honey water with lemon juice.
Insomnia or Neurasthenia : drink honey with warm water, drink before bedtime.

Constipation and intestinal disorder: drink honey with warm water