#tuktukchens in Bangkok

Hello!

I think I've come to accept that I no longer have the time to maintain this blog but it feels nice to know that there's still a space that I can park food-related posts at, especially when I need to share them with others! (:

The bubs and I went to Bangkok last week and our friends have been asking us for (food) recommendations so I'm just gonna share some of the food that we had and enjoyed so that our friends can visit these places too if they want to.

THAI FOOD 

Our top recommendation will be Khua Kling Pad Sod. The food here is super duper spicy and every dish we have had was good!

We also liked Nahm, which serves rather exquisite tasting Thai food!

If you prefer a more bar-type of setting, you can try Soul Food! The food here is not that spicy and it's a cosy drinking place for those who prefer to just chill after eating!

Fusion

Our one and only recommendation is Greyhound Cafe. It's AWESOME. We love it. Each branch has a slightly different menu so it might interest you to visit a few outlets. We visited the ones at Emporium and EmQuatier a lot (I think thrice or four times?) because they were near to where we were staying at. We love their Thai Tea Granita and never failed to have that whenever we are at Greyhound! Their pad thai & coconut cake dessert are good too!

Western 

Apart from getting our Western fix at Greyhound, we also went to Roast, which serves good western food! We'd love to go back to Roast to try more of their dishes.

D'ark is not bad but it isn't fantastic, which explains why we rated it third out of the three 'western cafes' that we visited! Perhaps we will attempt to order different items in future to see whether they taste better than what we had this time round!

Snacks/ Tea

We heard SO much about After You before our trip and we had high expectations! Thankfully, After You didn't disappoint and their desserts/snacks are AMAZING!! (: We'd highly recommend anything that is thai-tea-flavoured! Their thai tea bingsu was shockingly good! We went to After You thrice/four times during our stay and we really hope it comes to Singapore soon.

If you like mango sticky rice, then you should buy it from Mae Varee! The mangoes sold at this stall are super fresh and sweet and it is a bonus that the owners are so generous with their servings!

Night Markets & Street Food 

There honestly are too many night markets to visit so we decided to pick those that sounded a little more interesting/different than the others to go to! Our first night market experience was at Rod Fai 2 or sometimes known as the New Rod Fai Market! It's basically the night market with colourful tents! (: We had dinner prior to visiting this market so we didn't eat that much but we tried some of their street food no less!

Talad Neon Night Market was the other place we visited during our stay. The aisles in this market are much wider compared to Rod Fai's, so it's much better for someone who's claustrophobic like me. This market has a more youthful/ artistic vibe and the things that they sell cater to the younger crowd (teens and those in their early twenties?) so I think our kids will love this place. We saw and hear MANY Singaporeans at this place so if you go to Neon, be prepared to bump into people you may know (we certainly did! Haha).

Weekend Market 

I guess no BKK experience is complete without a visit to Chatuchak Weekend Market! I think walking through the many alleys and trying the various food sold is an experience in itself! We were very thankful that we went to Chatuchak on a relatively cloudy day so it wasn't THAT hot though it was still pretty warm. We absolutely loved the coconut icecream and garlic bread!

Sala Daeng is a good place to visit for more street food. My sister highly recommended Pad Thai Sala Daeng to us and we were so pleased to find this stall just behind Silom Complex. There's also a hawker centre looking place behind Silom Complex where we got more street food!

Fine Dining 

Finally, if you want an epic gastronomical experience, you have to head to Gaggan. The process of getting a table at Gaggan left much to be desired, but thankfully the dining experience made up for their lacklustre reservation service (: We had 25 courses and the entire meal took 2.5h. We were super stuffed at the end of the meal! I especially liked the emoticon menu cos it made us anticipate (and guess what) the next course is!

(I apologise for some poorly taken photos! The lighting was low and I didn't edit the photos after taking them so if you can't see anything, it's my bad!) 

There are also many many other places to eat at such as the food court at Terminal 21 called Pier 21, which serves decent and extremely affordable food! So I think it's okay to just try whatever that you think you may like because food in BKK is seldom bad (or at least we haven't had any terrible food).

There are also tonnes of massage/spa places that you can go to so you might wanna do your research before you go. For us, we just went to the massage cum spa place at our hotel cos we didn't wanna travel too far for a good massage (:

I think BKK is certainly a place that we'd love to return to in future to try even more food! (: But for now, we are satiated and we are happy with the memories that we have created this holiday!

Alright that's all! (: Merry Christmas and Happy New Year in advance! (:

Restaurant Story

Hello (:

The hols are about to end and we are feeling pretty good because we were away for about 2 weeks. It's been a while since we spent such a long time away from Singapore and more importantly, work. So it's not wrong to say that we're in much better shape compared to before the hols (:

Before the hols end, I think I'd like to share about our elaborate and interesting lunch at Restaurant Story. I especially liked that the different components of the dishes were thoughtfully put together, and that there is some element of surprise when it comes to how certain dishes were served and/or how certain dishes tasted like. It definitely is one of the most memorable meals that we've had thus far (:

We'd 2 'full story' lunches - one pescetarian and the other normal. Most of our dishes were similar but there were some variants when it comes to serving meat. I really appreciated the fact that the staff took effort to create a pescetarian menu to accommodate my dietary preference! (:

Alright that's all for now (: Have a great weekend everyone!

Chez West

Hello (:

We recently went to Chez West with our good friends to try their dinner set menu and it superseded our expectations on all fronts! (: We particularly liked that the atmosphere is pretty relaxed and that the pace of the meal was comfortable. The pre/post-meal tour of the campus was also a nice touch!

Here are photos of the dishes that were served that night:

We might drop by again in the near future to try other cuisines/ dishes! (: Happy holidays, everyone!

Pizzeria Mozza...

gets it right every single time!

We love it. We will always love it. Especially the heavenly budino that isn't featured here.

Have a great weekend, everyone! (:

The Coffee Academics

Hello (:

We've survived the marking season and have been taking a short break from rigorous work before we jump back in to planning for next semester (:

One place that fed us well and served us surprisingly good coffee to help us pull through the marking period is The Coffee Academics. Truth be told, our first visit to The Coffee Academics was not planned: we happened to be walking around Scotts Square, looking for desserts, and chanced upon this establishment! We had coffee and pancakes the first time we visited and their coffee was so good that it got us hooked! Heh

We've dropped by on two other occasions cos we simply wanted to try the other coffees that they have on their menu as well as to give their savoury main dishes and other desserts a go as well.

Here are some pics of our food & drinks:

 

I'm pretty sure we'll visit this place again in the near future, especially when we want strong coffee and an overwhelmingly large serving of pancakes! Heheh (:

Happy weekend, everyone! (:

Fynn's Cafe

Hello (:

I feel really bad whenever I come back to visit this space because I'm always reminded of how much I've neglected it this year! =| I guess it is inevitable since I post mostly on instagram and this space only gets updated when I'm free or when I want to remember a particular meal for certain reasons.

Last weekend, we went to Fynn's after reading much about the multiple rave reviews. Our opinion is that the food was slightly above average but it wasn't mindblowingly awesome! In fact, what we both liked most was their salad because the dressing and the ingredients worked exceedingly well together! (:

I was slightly taken aback by how simple their pancake stack was, cos I had expected more fruits and a 'more special' kind of fruit compote but I guess they might have wanted to keep things simple and to just allow us to enjoy the 5 pieces of pancake with yummy coconut butter and maple syrup! (:

I think I might go back for lunch/ dinner to give it another go to see if my liking for this place will increase after trying other dishes! (:

Have a good Friday and weekend! (: