BKK - 12 Oct

Today is Friday. Jason wanted to visit the Chatuchak Weekend Market. Though my memory didn't fail me, I had thought that Chatuchak only opens on Saturdays & Sundays.. but according to Jason, whom has been faithfully flipping the book, claimed the market opens on Fridays too. Perhaps.
.
As usual, we are entitled to sleep late until the body & mind think the sleep is enough & well-deserved! Haha... & as usual Usual.. Jason would get up much earlier than me .. I wonder what he was doing.. surfing the net, soaking himself in the bath.. OH.. Men simply love bath-tub, don't they?
.
I rose from my beauty sleep at 9am.. took a HOT HOT HOT shower & we headed for our breakfast.

Besides the usual eggs & sausages.. today I also tried their noodles soup. Sour & yummy! LOVED IT!

.

I must say the spread the hotel provided for breakfast is way surpassed the description decent! & YES, being in Bangkok means to live like a queen.. which means the accommodation MUST be comfortable.. hehehe.. look who's talking?!

.
So we headed out to the train station.. Chatuchak is only 5 stations away. Though I have been there many times & I knew I have nothing to buy or see there, I thought for Jason, anyone who visits Thailand.. Chatuchak is probably a must-visit.. just like the fact that you'd invite tourist to visit Sentosa in Singapore.
.
Sadly, most of the stores were not opened when we reached there. We didn't spend more than 1 hour there. I also explained to Jason that whatever he would like to get from Chatuchak, he would be able to get them in MBK or else where too. It was just the experience of being there that matters.
.
We went for a quick caffeine-recharge at the JJ Mall right beside Chatuchak. JJ Mall is simply a mini Chatuchak in an air-con building! Gosh... how can anyone ever finish shopping!?
.
We went to Cafe Kaldi at level 1 of JJ Mall.

It was an empty coffee place. but interesting. They have a corner where they displayed coffee beans from all over the world.. they had Siam, India & many many others.. could not remember off hand. However, they all looked the same to me. I am sure even if you'd ask me to smell them, they would've smell the same to me too. No wonder I ain't no expert. They also housed a huge coffee grinding machine I think behind where we were seated.. it looked huge & spectacular.. but my question is.. I thought coffee bean grinders are really small!






.
Nice ambiance though. All timber & light-colored fabrics & all these just gave the cafe a relaxed yet elegant feel. I also loved their timber venetian blinds.. I want one of those for me new home! But I know they are costly!

Here's my coffee & his favourite Thai Iced Tea! & here's me showing off my coffee & the timber venetian blind that I loved.

.
After JJ Mall & Chatuchak Market, we looked for the Skytrain Station at Mo Chit & took the train down to Siam Station again. We went to MBK. Jason has things he would like to get from there & of course on the way I managed to find some little things that I liked.
.
For any tourist in Bangkok, you can't help but to notice a restaurant named MK. It is their local Steamboat Restaurant just like Coca in Singapore. So, I brought Jason there though he is not exactly a steamboat fan BUT how can anyone not try MK if they visit Bangkok?!
.
We went to the one at MBK, though u had very much liked to try the 3-storey one along at Siam Square. We ordered so much & paid less than S$25.

We had fish, squid, vegetables, shrimps, beef, chicken, pork, fishballs, mushrooms, toufu & many many more!!!! It was YUMMY especially the air-conditioning in the malls are horribly COLD + its rainy season!! Hmm.. warmed my tummy!


Loved the Oysters specially! They gave me fresh lemon juice with garlic & chilli padi to go with the oyster! COOL!!!! Every bite just makes me want more....!!!!
.
hahahaha, after the hearty, warming meal.. it was more shopping.. Jason's legs never got tired I wonder why.
.
I was telling him, whenever we made our way to Orchard Road or downtown on weekends, if we ever get out of home, I'd usually not survived anything more than 2 hours.. we'd usually head on home within 4 hours & that would be enough to make me tired for another few more days..., but over here, we leave the hotel & shopped till 10pm every night yet the hours just passed by so quickly! It's strange, isn't it?
.
Perhaps that's the difference between a weekend off & a holiday!
.
We went back to the hotel for a short rest at about 6pm because Daddy mentioned he would make his way to meet us today & bring us out for dinner.
.
Dad picked us up about 7pm. He mentioned that Bangkok jams like mad on Fridays & true enough! It took us 1 hour to travel about 3 train stations away.
.
He brought us to the Robinsons Mall at nearby for Japanese Dinner. He had wanted to bring us to sample authentic local foodies but I told him I don't eat much & I was afraid he would over order. So he brought us to Japanese Place. He had wanted to bring me to the Roast Suckling Pig place that he brought me 2 years ago.. a nice, run-down place in the middle of the woods or something. but I was afraid Jason & I could not finish the pig by ourselves. He also suggested the traditional Thai Claypot steamboat that I so loved BUT we just had steamboat in the afternoon.. I wonder if Daddy was disappointed.. However, we enjoyed our Jap Food.. Daddy enjoyed his Jap Nato Rice!

I had Ramen, just right for me.. Soupy stuff!
.
After that we walked around abit. Daddy went shopping! Hahaha. He bought himself a few tops from Robinsons. Jason then commented my Dad looked really happy perhaps due to the reason I was shopping with him.. its been like ages since we did that! & I was happy to hear that too!!!
.
Then it started to pour again. Daddy sent us back to the hotel & I reminded him to be careful on the wet road home. He would meet us again tomorrow for lunch & such then send us to the airport..
.
SADNESS fills my heart & soul! I must leave Bangkok tomorrow?!!!!

.

.

.