Let me start this post off by sharing an interesting fact about our trip with you. When we were there, we had tom yam almost everyday, be it tom yam noodles, tom yam soup or anything tom yam flavoured. We were literally on a tom yam fever or something.
Since the weather in Thailand is always hot and humid, it is advisable that you keep a mineral water bottle or two in your bag pack so that you can always stay hydrated while you are on the go. Otherwise, you can just easily buy some mineral water from the nearby convenient stores or shops if you ever feel thirsty. Coconut water and fruit juices are also good alternatives to mineral water since they are cooling and refreshing. Another important thing is to put on some SPF and wear shades or a cap/hat to prevent getting sunburns and you will be good to go!
We started the day off by having our breakfast at McD inside the Big C supercentre. I was pretty excited to give their McD a try since they serve certain food items that are unavailable in Malaysia such as the pork burger and fish fillet rice dish. We only got two items off the menu which are the samurai pork burger set meal and a cheesy fish burger with omelette. Only my mum and I had our breakfast at McD because both my sister and dad had already taken their breakfasts in the hotel room.
Mum ordered a set of signature pork (kuro buta) burger, THB 199. 🍟🍔
This burger is from the signature series hence the fancy presentation.
I took a bite of it. In my opinion, I think that the taste of the burger is quite okay, the buns were soft, veggies were alright and the patty is sort of juicy. The fries tasted the same as the ones in Msia but saltier.
Here's my cheesy fish burger with omelette. 🍔🐟🍳
To me. there is nothing really noteworthy about this burger. It's just a regular fillet o fish with an omelette and some cheese (mild cheese flavour). But I have to say, the fish fillet tasted fresher and softer than the ones in Msia. 😲
Later that morning, we walked over to Platinum mall to have early lunch. Well I didn't eat here since I have just eaten a fish burger and I'm already full by then. 😐
Sis was really obsessed with the mango sticky rice here.
Sipped on some coconut water, refreshing and fragrant.
After lunch, we went over to Amarin plaza to have a look at the shoe fair.
This is what Amarin plaza looks like inside. It's a small shopping mall.
Then we went into miniso to look at some stuff.
What I like about their miniso is that they do sell a lot of cute collab items like these pink panther plush toys, we bare bears plush toys and items and moomin themed merchandises.
I remember that the miniso stores in Malaysia do sell these we bare bear items but sadly, it seems like they didn't restock them. Dio once gifted me a tube of we bare bears lotion that she got from miniso Msia and I fell in love with it. I was searching for that lotion in all miniso stores in Msia but none of them seems to have any stocks left. 😔
They do sell a lot of really cute we bare bears merchandises like face towels, neck cushion, tote bags, tshirts and etc.
But sadly, they do not sell the lotions here as well.
Grizzly bear and pan pan is here to say hi! 😀
Later that afternoon, we took the bts to the Emquatier mall located in Sukhumvit. We got on the bts at Chit Lom and got off at the Phrom Phong station.
As usual, the bts was really packed with people. 😑
Finally got off the train and headed to our destination.
There was a shaded pedestrian walkway in front of the mall's main entrance, how thoughtful of them.
I like how the escalators emit a ray of bright blue light.
Exploring the food garden at the LG floor.
There are a variety of restaurants and cafes here. 🍴
We stopped by a dessert stall to get some desserts.
They also sell these beautiful luk chup packed in boxes.
We got some coconut milk jelly from the dessert store. The jelly was made of agar. Cold and tasty.
We then went to the food hall to get some food (obviously).
Things to like about this food hall- it is clean, brightly lit, aesthetically pleasing, A+.
Just like the other food courts, you have to buy a food card before making any food or beverage purchases.
All the stalls in the food court have bronze-colored overhead menu boards.
I had a bowl of plain fish ball noodles, once again. 🍜
Vegetarian tom yum noodles. 🌶
Hainan chicken rice. 🍗🍚
A cup of sprite.
I can't stop taking pictures of the seating area in the food court because their decorations were really nice. 🌿🌵🌴
After finishing our meal, we went upstairs to do some exploration.
We came across this Harrods cafe which was located at the ground floor. There are quite a lot of Harrods cafes around Bangkok (including the one in this mall).
What's interesting is that it also has an ice cream parlour! How cute is that! 😍
These are some of the ice cream flavours offered by the cafe. 🍦🍨
They also have unique flavours such as bubble gum and midnight rose. That bright blue ice cream looks interesting too!
My sis got the midnight rose flavoured ice cream (89 baht) while I got myself a milk soft serve (85 baht).
My milk soft serve ice cream was pretty normal, nothing really special about it since it tasted just like some ordinary soft serve to me. However, I really liked how they decorated the ice cream with a small bar of chocolate with the word 'Harrods' printed on it and not forgetting to mention how cute the ice cream cups were.
The mall's view from one of the outdoor levels.
Walked past a store that sells household items and I was attracted by these fake plastic balloons that were attached to the ceiling. At first glance, I thought these were real balloons. 🎈
Then we went to 5th floor of the outdoor area.
There was this huge round transparent glass floor tile at the center of the bridge/walkway that connects both ends of the malls together.
Will you be daring enough to look through the big glass tile?
Oh and the fifth floor of this open-air area is actually a bar. It gives me a tropical kind of vibe.
🌴🌵🌲🍃🌺
I walked over the glass tile but I didn't really look down because it was a bit scary to me.
The view from the outdoor area. The bts station is just next to the mall if you can see (the one with the green roof).
The open-aired bar's name is Escape.
Not sure what this is but it seemed like another bar seating area or maybe it's an activity area?
This section of the mall is filled with lots of plants/greenery with a man-made stream that looks like a mini waterfall too. 🌱🍃
It reminds me a lot of the rainforest area in one utama shopping mall.
We're now at the Helix Quartier- you can find a lot of restaurants in this section of the mall.
The iconic spiral-shaped plant structure.
In the evening, we went to Asiatique. Firstly, we took the bts from the Phrom Phong station then we took an interchange bts at the Siam station and headed towards the Saphan Taksin station (turquoise Bang Wa line). It took us quite long to reach the Saphan Taksin station as there were many stops along the way.
After arriving at Saphan Taksin, we headed towards the direction that says 'Asiatique' and continued walking till we find the Asiatique free shuttle boat service pier.
Just to share with you, the pier has two different types of services. One of it is the FREE Asiatique shuttle boat service while the other are river cruise tours or some other boating services which requires payment. If your aim is just to get to Asiatique and not else where along the river, just take the free shuttle boat that has the word 'Asiatique' on it.
The journey to Asiatique took us around less than 30 mins by the free shuttle boat service. The boat ride was quite thrilling as you may be splatted with a little bit of river water onto your face whenever the boat makes a turning. 🚤
Asiatique The Riverfront.
The view from the boat before reaching our destination.
We're finally here, at the Asiatique riverfront's entrance.
Asiatique is a open-aired mall with many restaurants, souvenir stores and small boutiques.
According to some of the online websites, this place will usually be crowded during the night. Well, it is not surprising at all because this place only opens at 5 pm and it is famous for its beautiful night views.
We didn't stay in that place till night time because it was kinda meh to us and it was hot.
The symbol of this place- an anchor. ⚓
There are a lot of small boutiques here that sells trendy and casual clothing.
This place has a ferris wheel that overlooks a part of Bangkok's city. 🎡
The admission fee was RM40 per person.
In my opinion, it's just not worth the RM40 for a ferris wheel ride as it's kinda pricey.
There is a Muay Thai arena if you'd like to watch live muay thai matches.
An hour later, we decided to take the free shuttle boat back to the Saphan Taksin pier to catch the next available bts back to the Chit Lom station. 🚉
Views along the river.
Once we got off at the Chit Lom station, we will see the Erawan Shrine on our left from the pedestrian bridge.
We went over to centralworld for our dinner.
Had dinner at hachiban ramen again. Sis was really hungry so she ordered two bowls of ramen. Mum, dad and I shared another bowl of ramen together. 🍵🍜🍴
Later, we had our desserts at after you.
Ordered two kakigoris to share. 🍨
When we were on our way back to the hotel, we stopped by the Trimurti and Ganesh shrine to take a look.
Video of the day (the longest one so far!):
Thanks for reading and I hope you enjoyed it!
See you in the next post.
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