Bangkok: Eat and Shop

This was an impromptu trip. As in we were chatting about shopping and then decided to make a weekend trip to Bangkok 3 weeks prior.

Departure on Friday after work and return on Sunday night. Practically, we only had 1 full day in Bangkok. So, it was just SHOP [verb: visit one or more shops to buy goods.]

Though it was only the three of us. (Previous trip had more friends joined)

We were targeting Platinum Fashion Mall, so due to proximity, I picked Berkeley Hotel Pratunam. (Actually, because of last minute planning, this was the cheapest offer in Agoda.)

In our opinion, Glow Pratunam Hotel that we stayed previously had better room design and ambiance (this time, Glow Hotel was fully booked).

Bangkok, as always, high traffic volume, vehicular as well as pedestrian. It was scorching weather too, but luckily we just wanted to do shopping, by foot.

Here (above), we did what tourist do- snapping away. It was taken at the roadside of Ratchadamri Road, on our way from Berkeley Hotel to Big C Supercenter. We wanted to buy some local tomyum instant noodle (we bought a carton!) and snacks.

Before that, we passed by some food outlets and we decided to try this 莊益成 (not sure its name in Thai, not seen any English translated name either), the roast duck noodles looked very tempting to us.

And it was REALLY yummy! With 3 cups of local coffee, the breakfast meal of three bowls of noodle costed us just THB200! We went back the next day for lunch, which cost us another THB250.

These (above) were us eating again, at Yum Saap, Level 6 of Platinum Mall. It was impossible for us to leave the mall (so much to shop!) if not the grouchy tummy. Two plates of basil minced meat/prawn with white rice and one Tomyum noodle and a coke cost us THB355.

The Mall has 2000 plus shops and things were so cheap to buy (after conversion), though many of them were not allow to try on prior to payment. That's why shopping with friends in this case was more than fun- we consulted each other and gave honest opinions. My friends have very good fashion sense and understand body figure and shape well, they bought much much more than I did. I confess, I love shopping, but I don't buy thing impulsively and I am aware that I don't need a lot of clothing. This trip, for me was more than just shopping, it was another meet-up with my old friends, another chat and another good time together. We don't see each other as often as we used to be but we are forever friends.

See my yellow bag of purchase versus my friend's (blue plastic bag and another hidden behind me) in the end of the day... lol

Anyway, the Mall closed at 7pm. Thereafter roadside stalls started to open business which similarly offer wide range of fashion merchandise. We shopped till we dropped...

Love the photo below of my friend, who is a doting mum, deciding what design and how many to buy for her son.

For that long day of shopping, we ended it with a good foot/body massage. It was almost midnight.