So back in March this year (more specifically 19-24 March), the bears went for a short trip to Bangkok, Thailand, the land of smiles 🙂
So in this post, only food will be discussed, (for sight seeing part, wait a bit!)
Without further adieu, let’s bring out the first meal the bears had in Bangkok, …..and it’s McDonald’s 😀
Now, you may think that the bears were really idiotic, going all the way to Bangkok for McD?? No no… they are special, why? because they serve pork in Thailand 🙂
McDonald’s
This is the famous McD Pork Burger! It tastes great, no wonder it’s famous among tourists to Bangkok from Malaysia!
Besides pork burger, they also serve Bento there, this is Kapraw Chicken rice, tastes sweet, sour and spicy (black pepper type spicy), yes, it tastes really good as well ! Notice that the receipt, McD is now McThai, such a cute name 🙂
Terminal 21 Food Court – Pier 21
This food court is located on the floor of San Francisco in Terminal 21 mall, it hosts a variety of food choices, at an amazingly low price, below is a list of food the bears took there.
Spicy seafood rice – quite nice
Black pepper seafood pasta – nice 🙂
Mango Sticky rice – nice 🙂
Wat tan hor (broad rice noodles in thick gravy) – very nice 🙂 🙂
Tom Yum Gong – very spicy, tastes okay. Not recommended for people who are not used to hot food.
Duck noodles – not good 😦
Cranberry juice – cheap, filled with real cranberries, it won’t get any better than this! 🙂 🙂 🙂 This is the thing that WB missed the most of Bangkok, if only this is available at the same price in KL 😦
Platinum Mall Food Court
There is also a food court on the top floor (if I’m not wrong) in the famous Platinum Mall. The bears tried only a handful of food there as lunch, but there is one thing that is incredibly memorable of WB there 🙂
Pork rice (chinese dish – difficult to translate) – not very good 😦
Kuey Teow soup (broad rice noodles – especially popular in Thailand) – this was ok…
Fried Kuey Teow – the best kuey teow WB has ever eaten! til this day, WB is still mumbling about how good this was, definitely one of the memorable dish in Bangkok! 😀
Chinatown Rut and Lek Seafood (R&L)
This was a planned event for the bears, they went there after a lot of research and tried the more popular dishes. A piece of advise, first, come early (eg. around 6pm); second, the charges were a bit overpriced (expected considering it’s so popular among tourists).
It’s only a stall at the side of the road, but the crowd was incredible.
Seafood Tom Yum Gong – very hot, but it was qutie nice, filled with fish, prawns, squids 🙂
Crab Fried Rice – nothing really special except that there was crab meat in the fried rice.
Crab cooked in Egg gravy – a bit spicy, but it was juicy and nice, when taken with the fried rice, was heavenly 🙂
Grilled River Prawns – there were three here, although their heads were ginormous, the real meat on the bodies are quite little, tastes OK, but quite pricey.
Pomelo Juice – much needed refreshments to put out the fire in the bears’ mouths…..
A picture to commemorate the aftermath 😀
Silom Mall – Hachi-Ban Ramen
This is a good ramen shop! and affordable prices too 🙂
On the left is kimchi soup, on the right is regular soup, both was amaziiiinggg…!
The bears ordered a plate of gyoza, and they were not disappointed.. a thumb’s up for this small ramen shop!
Burger King
Burger King serves pork too, a BBQ pulled pork burger.
This burger had nothing to shout about, the meat was too chewy and dry.. 😦 McD’s was much much better.
Royal Palace street – small shop
This shop is located along the busy street in front of the palace main entrance, even though with the magnitude of tourists, the price for this shop is quite cheap.
Fish Ball Rice Vermicelli Soup- Nice fishball and fish paste, more to BB’s taste, he liked it 🙂
Chatuchak Market
Wantan noodles – Breakfast in Chatuchak, inexpensive and taste really good, especially the dry one!
These two dishes, not worth mentioning, because these two dishes cost RM70, eaten at a stall in Chatuchak market. This was the only time the bears ever felt cheated in Bangkok (probably a lot more times but did not realize). A word of caution for readers, beware of these vendors in Chatuchak.
Street Food
Coconut Ice Cream – heavenly, bought this near the royal palace, it’s sweet and tastes salty at the end of a bite, amazing! both bears love this ❤
Thai Pancake Sausage wrap – bought from a stall in Silom, costs only 10 baht, includes a pancake wrap, minced pork meat, and a sausage, this is oh-so-amazing and cheap! Some other version contains egg.
Pork sate (if i may call it sate) – the one on the right tastes sweet and tender, very good, the one on the left that resembles taiwan sausage, was weird and sour, do not buy this one! These two can be found at a lot of places.
Chicken Rice – (sorry for the grainy picture, taken in hotel room) bought from a stall near Silom, the bears asked the seller to mix the chicken (roasted + steamed), they were wonderful, and was one of the most memorable dish of Thailand! A must try! 😀
Don Muang Airport – Silom Village
Before the bears depart from Bangkok, they tried to finished off their Thai Baht, so they headed to a restaurant in the airport and ordered a myriad of dishes… (many people were staring at that time 😀 )
Wantan soup – a lot of wantans, quite nice 🙂
Wantan noodles – BB didn’t like it, but it was ok to WB, yum yum!
Curry Kuey Teow soup – gawd this was spicy!
Pandan leaves chicken – WB ordered this because they didn’t get to try any of this on their trip, but this dish was not good, meat was dried and looked like they were patched and stick together with flour…
The only thing that the bears regretted, was not having the chance to try an amazing pot of Tom Yum in Bangkok, next time, they are determined to find the best Tom Yum in Bangkok!
Too Fat Bears 