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Tips 1 - 2 of 2 Bangkok Restaurants
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Restaurant Name: Emporium food court
This new upmarket shopping mall is among the finest in Bangkok. For KL-ites, the shopping mall is rather like a cross between KLCC and Lot 10, but newer.
The food court located on the 5th Floor and serves excellent hawker fare at reasonable prices. There is a good range of various noodles and rice dishes and a great selection of Thai deserts. There is also birds nest and braised whole sharks fins (don't lecture me on this, please).
Try to get a window seat-as you will have a good view of the park down below. This is pretty rare because there is not much of a green lung in downtown Bangkok...although things are improving. You pay a bit more, but it is worthwhile to be seated in pollution free clean surroundings and in air-conditioned comfort.
Favorite Dish: I tried the Thai Spicy Papaya Salad ("Som Tam")=it was delicious, with good quality and fresh ingredients being used. The price=35 baht which is only slightly higher than the street price of 30 baht.
I also tried the pork ball noodles which were quite nice.
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Thai deserts: from 25 baht (although I have to say that some are a bit too sweet for those who don't have a sweet tooth)
Do try the lovely ice-cold "red ruby" desert (cubed waterchestnuts jelly in special coating with ice-shavings topped with pink syrup) or Thai ice-kacang, yellow pumpkin steamed with fragrant coconut milk or sliced Thai mango with sticky rice. This last one sounds uninteresting, but it is truly and absolutely yummy. The taste and textures are complex and interesting: the mango is sweet while the thick coconut milk is a bit salty, and the sticky glutinous rice has a slight bite, juxtoposed with the smooth mango.
~Ahhhhhhh~One bite is not enough!
Take note: Photography is not permitted within The Emporium and they are very strict about this.
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Theme: Local
Comparison: about average
Prices: less than US$10
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Address: Emporium Mall, next to Sukhumvit Soi 24
Directions: Phrom Phong Skytrain station
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Street Food: Delicious Braised Pork Rice
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Tip Rating:  Satisfaction:  
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Restaurant Name: Street Vendor at front of Montien Hotel Lane
There is nothing special about the surroundings or any particular ambience. However, if you'd like to eat like the locals do, and you are at Silom, near Patpong night market, look out for this food vendor who sets up his stall in the evenings, from about 5.30 pm. Before he can even set up his tables and chairs, the customers are already lining up to order their take-aways.
By the way, the stall owner speak English and Mandarin, which is great, isn't it?
Favorite Dish: Braised pork rice. You can choose to have either pork meat alone or pork meat with some pig's intestines (if you like offal, which I do).
The rice is not exactly that warm, but the stew is still hot. If you take a seat, he will serve you iced water at no extra charge (see pics). The table has the usual array of bird's eye chilli, small cloves of garlic and chilli sauce.
The cost: 35-40 baht per plate.
By Malaysian standards, I found the servings to be smallish so we usually ordered 3 plates between 2 persons. I often wonder why the servings are so small-is it because Thais are small eaters? who can tell me?
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Theme: Street Vendor
Comparison: about average
Prices: less than US$10
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Address: 54 Surawongse Road
Directions: Lane outside Montien hotel, in front of a bank.
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Fra.da. Mon Apr 21, 2008 08:40 UTC
My dearest and beautiful Orchid, how are you? I miss BKK!!! | AlbuqRay Mon Jul 2, 2007 00:17 UTC
No one writes better tips than you, W_O. I always stay with friends when I am in BKK, but if I did not, you certainly convinced me about the Montien Hotel. | CliffClaven Sat Jun 30, 2007 15:21 UTC
And the Montien Hotel is close to the Jim Thompson shop | freddie18 Wed Mar 28, 2007 03:01 UTC
Again, this is my second visit to Bangkok and this time, it will be longer. Thanks for your tips and warning. Very useful. |
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