The journey was long to our destination with lots of waiting. Our flight was at 10:30pm we left our home at 2:00pm ...... airport is only about 132km .... nevertheless we were all looking forward to the trip. To The Airport ( photo / image / picture from KK Ng's Garden ) Our ride to the airport-Express Bus. Our ride to Bangkok ( photo / image / picture from KK Ng's Garden ) Our ride to Bangkok - Lufthansa After having spent more than 10 hours travelling both on land and air, we were really glad that my friends were waiting for us at the airport to pick us up. It was about 6 years ago when we last met so there were lots of catching up to do and by the time we went to bed it was already past 3:00am .... yawn!!! Overhead wires ( photo / image / picture from KK Ng's Garden ) Looks like the messy overhead wires will always be a feature of Bangkok. Idols ( photo / image / picture from KK Ng's Garden ) These idols is a very common sight all over Bangkok city. "Wu Kok" or Yam Dumpling ( photo / image / picture from KK Ng's Garden ) These are yummie unlike those back home which are very oily. Veggies ( photo / image / picture from KK Ng's Garden ) Veggies for the steam boat. Spring roll ( photo / image / picture from KK Ng's Garden ) Pork Dumpling with salted egg yoke. ( photo / image / picture from KK Ng's Garden ) These are yummie too and is made in the shape of a lotus leaf. Roast Duck and Pork ( photo / image / picture from KK Ng's Garden ) This is really GOOD!!! Green noodle with baby pork ribs. ( photo / image / picture from KK Ng's Garden ) Delicious. A very famous Thai local seafood restaurant. ( photo / image / picture from KK Ng's Garden ) The restaurant interior. ( photo / image / picture from KK Ng's Garden ) This restaurant is built on stilts over the Chao Phraya river. A sweet savoury appetiser ( photo / image / picture from KK Ng's Garden ) Those bird eye chilis are for the extra kick!!! Curry crab ( photo / image / picture from KK Ng's Garden ) This is really GOOD!!! Some kind of sprout ( photo / image / picture from KK Ng's Garden ) Delicious. Oyester egg omelette ( photo / image / picture from KK Ng's Garden ) The egg is fluffy and the oyester is juicy ... WOW!!! This is fantastic. Prawns with some kind of Thai sauce. ( photo / image / picture from KK Ng's Garden ) Yummie!!! Rice Cake ( photo / image / picture from KK Ng's Garden ) The rice is crunchy and the dip is wonderful!!! Traditional Thai soup "Tom yam" ( photo / image / picture from KK Ng's Garden ) It is mildly sourish, sweet and spicy, a very unique taste. Thai salt baked sea-bass ( photo / image / picture from KK Ng's Garden ) The fish is fully of it's natural flavours and the flesh texture is just perfect. Mango with sticky rice ( photo / image / picture from KK Ng's Garden ) A very popular and original Thai desert, the mango is wonderful. Having been to Bangkok many times in the past for business, meals are always confine to hotels or restaurants. For this trip I was determine to try out the street food. After consulting with my friends about eating street food, they totally rejected my request. They said that street food is only for locals and localised foreigners. As a alternative they suggested that we try the food court in the shopping mall which is much more hygenic. array of deserts. ( photo / image / picture from KK Ng's Garden ) Too many to try but it did made me salivate Our choice ( photo / image / picture from KK Ng's Garden ) The one below the two bowls are made of rice flour and mung bean paste. The bowl on the left is durian with sticky rice with some coconut milk amd ice-shaving. The one on the right is water chestnut coated with glutinous rice flour with ice chips and coconut milk. They are all sweet and yummie. Oyester Egg Omelette ( photo / image / picture from KK Ng's Garden ) Food court style oyester egg omelette .... just couldn't get enough of this!!! yum-yum!!! Braised pork with eggs ( photo / image / picture from KK Ng's Garden ) Braised all parts of porks with eggs ... mmm... awesome!!! Mung bean paste coated with rice flour ( photo / image / picture from KK Ng's Garden ) Sweet delight .... Original Thai public transport - Tuk-Tuk ( photo / image / picture from KK Ng's Garden ) Need to get somewhere fast? Chao Phraya river cat fish ( photo / image / picture from KK Ng's Garden ) Catfish feeding on bread slices. ( photo / image / picture from KK Ng's Garden ) Feeding frenzy - Just throw a piece of bread and this is what you'll see!!! Long Tail Boat ( photo / image / picture from KK Ng's Garden ) The long tail boat is used for taking tourist and passengers into the large network of canals to see the other part of Bangkok, sometimes Bangkok is also known as Venice of the east. River Taxi ( photo / image / picture from KK Ng's Garden ) I would call this a River Bus instead of taxi, very convenient means of transport to avoid the traffic jams. Street food ( photo / image / picture from KK Ng's Garden ) Pickled or fresh raw seafood ready to eat in Chinatown ... did not try it for fear of bad after effects... looks good though. Madam Tussauds ( photo / image / picture from KK Ng's Garden ) With Manchester United ... Oops!!! err ... I forgot his name sorry I'm not a soccer person Tawandang German Brewery ( photo / image / picture from KK Ng's Garden ) Great Place, Delicious Food, Smooth Beer and Great Entertaintment! In house brewed beer ( photo / image / picture from KK Ng's Garden ) A beer tube. Cheers!!! ( photo / image / picture from KK Ng's Garden ) Cheers!!! Let the fun begin!!! Sashimi prawn, oyester and calamari ( photo / image / picture from KK Ng's Garden ) Love the oyesters and the prawns! Blood cockles with rice noodles ( photo / image / picture from KK Ng's Garden ) Wrap the blood cockle and rice noodles in the lettuce leaf with some of the special sauce ... it's awesome, really good!!! Fried rice with salted fish ( photo / image / picture from KK Ng's Garden ) Good. water convolvulus ( photo / image / picture from KK Ng's Garden ) Another way of preparing water convolvulus, interesting just like crunchy noodles. Tom yam ( photo / image / picture from KK Ng's Garden ) Tomyam only taste good in Thailand. Deep fried sea bass ( photo / image / picture from KK Ng's Garden ) Nice crispy and juicy. German pork kunckle ( photo / image / picture from KK Ng's Garden ) A must have in a German restaurant even though it is localised. Yummie!!! Sticky rice balls in ginger syrup ( photo / image / picture from KK Ng's Garden ) Some kind of fruit ( photo / image / picture from KK Ng's Garden ) Sorry can't remember what is this desert but it was nice. Green mango ( photo / image / picture from KK Ng's Garden ) Unripe mango are sweet in Thailand. Papaya salad ( photo / image / picture from KK Ng's Garden ) Refreshing Braised pork belly with preserved veggie. ( photo / image / picture from KK Ng's Garden ) A Chinese dish and I love it!!! The entertainer ( photo / image / picture from KK Ng's Garden ) Let the show begin!!! Modern Traditional Dance ( photo / image / picture from KK Ng's Garden ) The live entertaintment went on for about 3 hours with only a very short break. Let's boogie!!! ( photo / image / picture from KK Ng's Garden ) Doing the YMCA!!! Floating Market ( photo / image / picture from KK Ng's Garden ) A Floating Traffic Jam! Floating Market ( photo / image / picture from KK Ng's Garden ) A practice that had been around for a vry very long time! Floating Hawker ( photo / image / picture from KK Ng's Garden ) Meals on boat ... river food Craftsman at work ( photo / image / picture from KK Ng's Garden ) Teak wood carving ( photo / image / picture from KK Ng's Garden ) A very intricate piece of work about 10X3 feet. Hundreds of mini elephants ( photo / image / picture from KK Ng's Garden ) Elephant show ( photo / image / picture from KK Ng's Garden ) Elephant show ( photo / image / picture from KK Ng's Garden ) The elephant show is base on the history of how the elephants were first domesticated and their uses. Crocodile show. ( photo / image / picture from KK Ng's Garden ) Scary!!! Hehehe!!! ( photo / image / picture from KK Ng's Garden ) I caught one still eating a hand! Salad ( photo / image / picture from KK Ng's Garden ) It's Italian night. Bread ( photo / image / picture from KK Ng's Garden ) Yes bread. Mozzarella on beef tomatos ( photo / image / picture from KK Ng's Garden ) Buffalo mozzarella on beef tomato slices ... yummie!!! Cheese pizza with arrow leaves ( photo / image / picture from KK Ng's Garden ) Seafood pizza ( photo / image / picture from KK Ng's Garden ) Bacon and ham pizza ( photo / image / picture from KK Ng's Garden ) Squid ink spaghetti ( photo / image / picture from KK Ng's Garden ) It is delicious if you don't get sting by the super hot chili. A strong reminder that you are still in Thailand. Wow the chili was hot!!! Roasted pork ribs ( photo / image / picture from KK Ng's Garden ) Nice. Cheese Cake ( photo / image / picture from KK Ng's Garden ) Tiramisu ( photo / image / picture from KK Ng's Garden ) Nice deserts. Fried glass noodle ( photo / image / picture from KK Ng's Garden ) This is goooood!!! Green curry with rice noodles ( photo / image / picture from KK Ng's Garden ) Yummie!!! Chicken curry noodle ( photo / image / picture from KK Ng's Garden ) Fresh Juice ( photo / image / picture from KK Ng's Garden ) Durians and mangos ( photo / image / picture from KK Ng's Garden ) Durians Galore ( photo / image / picture from KK Ng's Garden ) In Malaysia the durians is an aroma to many and a repulsive oudour to some but in Thailand, it is smelless unless really close up. It is still delicious to eat. Pork noodles ( photo / image / picture from KK Ng's Garden ) Beef noodles ( photo / image / picture from KK Ng's Garden ) Pork tripe soup ( photo / image / picture from KK Ng's Garden ) Pork ball and pork noodles ( photo / image / picture from KK Ng's Garden ) Pomelo salad ( photo / image / picture from KK Ng's Garden ) All yummie!!! Food from a Thai bistro Seafood food spaghetti ( photo / image / picture from KK Ng's Garden ) Dangerous if eaten without checking for the chilis but tasty. Spaghetti carbonara ( photo / image / picture from KK Ng's Garden ) Safe and delicious. Pork burger ( photo / image / picture from KK Ng's Garden ) A all American favourite. Salad. ( photo / image / picture from KK Ng's Garden ) Some kind of salad with a Thai touch. Rack of lamb ( photo / image / picture from KK Ng's Garden ) Nice. Cucumber tree ( photo / image / picture from KK Ng's Garden ) Usually they have carrots and celery too. Bacon ( photo / image / picture from KK Ng's Garden ) Sausages ( photo / image / picture from KK Ng's Garden ) I call these Russian roulette sausages. Yes I was shot with a super powerful chili and I wasn't able to speak for quite awhile ..... OUCH!!! Thai gnomes??? ( photo / image / picture from KK Ng's Garden ) Friends of Frank Handmade figurine ( photo / image / picture from KK Ng's Garden ) This restaurant is housed in a bungalo house in the city of Bangkok which to a very rich family. They are staying in the same compound but in a seperate house which is very much newer. The food here is very authentic. A squirrel ( photo / image / picture from KK Ng's Garden ) A resident of the restaurant garden. Fish cake ( photo / image / picture from KK Ng's Garden ) Prawn with glass noodles. ( photo / image / picture from KK Ng's Garden ) Pineapple fried rice. ( photo / image / picture from KK Ng's Garden ) This is goood!!! DIY Salad ( photo / image / picture from KK Ng's Garden ) A DIY dish, just use a lettuce leaf and put in a little of this and that. Good!!! Green curry ( photo / image / picture from KK Ng's Garden ) Awesome!!! Deep fried sea bass ( photo / image / picture from KK Ng's Garden ) Deep fried sea bass slices in some delicious Thai sauce. Cashew nut cake ( photo / image / picture from KK Ng's Garden ) The cake is steamed and it is a good combination. A Clock in the reasturant ( photo / image / picture from KK Ng's Garden ) A anti-clockwise clock. Bangkok Airport ( photo / image / picture from KK Ng's Garden ) The days seemed to have zoomed by us real fast as each and everyday we were spoilt rotten by our host. With great reluctance we were once again in the airport to start our long and dreary journey home after having such a fantastic and wonderful time. Airborne in Bangkok ( photo / image / picture from KK Ng's Garden ) Bye bye Bangkok.
Oh my what a gastronomic delight Bangkok was!! So many dishes and so beautifully presented too. The carving is gorgeous and must take so much patience to do. I hope he didn't make any mistakes though as, no doubt, it would be very hard to correct them. The Tuk-Tuks are a mode of transport that are used in India too but I would be scared stiff travelling at the speeds they do through heavy traffic. I'm soo glad that you both enjoyed your trip so much and thanks for sharing all your photographs with us. :-D
I'm not surprised about the amount of food you tried KK, Bangkok was food heaven for me also I've had great Tom Yum in Malaysia as well. I remember the spiciest food I ever tasted was a simple chicken rice in Bangkok, my first meal there actually. It almost killed my taste buds. But it was great! BTW the football player is Stephen Gerrard of Liverpool FC fame Also gotta love that durian!
KK, You have absolutely ruined my computer keyboard!!!!! I'll have to suspend it over the bathtub to allow the drool to drain out... But, thanks much for taking me along with you to Bangkok.. Great pics! It appears that you and yours had a very enjoyable trip.. Hank
Wow, that is a LOT of food and you have now made me hungry, but it looks great! I am most impressed with that wood carving too
What a pleasure going on your trip with you. I enjoyed it greatly. I will show my hubby this afternoon. Thank you for that.....
You certainly had an amazing time! I haven't had breakfast and I'm trying to lick the monitor to get a taste of some of that marvelous food (but avoiding the hot peppers). Glad you are home with so many great memories :-D !
KK, That was an awesome feast for us to see. it all looked YUMMY. I think I want some of all of it...except the durian....We had one here that the neighbor kid brought from the Asian Market and it did smell bad, but he ate all of it. Said it was very healthy and delicious. I couldn't smell that. maybe if he ever comes and brings one again I will try it...maybe. Thanks for sharing this with us. It sounded like you really had a great time.
Drowling and licking?? Sounds very sloppy around my favorite place in the world.... carolyn keiper, You can buy them at the oriental stores almost all the time. I had to taste one and tried to grow one also, it is a fatplant.... I think....
I woke up hungry this morning and I should have not read your post until I had something to eat. Now I'm REALLY hungry! And I love spicy food. I wish I could have some of everything that you showed. Looks and sounds like you all had a great vacation. Thanks for sharing it with us. I think I'll go to lunch early today.
Looks great and I bet it tasted every bit as good as it looks. Unfortunately we are at an age where spicy food is not so good for us as we used to eat. We ate a lot of curries in our younger days. All made with fresh mixed spices. Wish we had been along on your trip. Wannabe has been to Bangkok but it was quite awhile ago. She sent me rice cakes from there. dooley
all is amazing KK Ng, my dream is one day I can go to this beautiful place,, thanks for all the beautiful pictures
I was in Bangkok in 1968. The Floating Market looks the same as well as some street scenes. The food was good but I especially liked there iced tea. wannabe
Thank you all for enjoying this trip with me, it had been fantastic. Thanks Eileen the trip is almost like a trip to fantasy land. Yes, I too would be scared travelling in a tuk tuk which I did before in another part of Thailand. Six of us packed into a single tuk tuk and luckily none of us fell out! The carving is lovely and only the only the person who carved it would know if there is a mistake Thanks Frank, Stephen Gerrard was some where in my mind but I just couldn't get it out. Guess I need to get more RAM for this old brain of mine! I guess our taste buds are a little different because I find the tom yam here is on the extreme and I always get stomach trouble after eating them unless it is cooked by a Thai chef. Thanks Hank, sorry about your keyboard! We had a fantastic trip which I think can never be repeated again!!! Netty I think I had put back the 2kg I lost before the trip plus a lot more You are most welcome and I hope you hubby enjoy it too. If you have the opportunity, you should make a trip there because there are so much more to see. Thanks Marlingardener, looks like you are a natural for Thai food but if you missed it would be an experience of a life time Carolyn durian is a fruit that is either a love at first whiff or hate at first whiff. I know of some people initially hated it but couldn't get enough of it now, guess it is an acquired taste for some. Yes you must try it if you have the chance. Thanks Donna, toast? Hmm .... we bought a bottle of orange marmalade yesterday and the taste of toast with melted butter and orange marmalade is in my taste buds right now .... I'm going to have a slice of toast tooo!!! Cherylad Thanks, if you have some basil and chili in your garden and chicken in your freezer, I'm sure you can easily and quickly whip up Thai chicken chili basil it is yummie!!! Theodoros I'm sure you would be able to, it is indeed a beautiful place really rich in culture and yummie stuff!!! Wannabe, that was really a long time ago, now they have lemongrass tea which is rather refreshing ... maybe they had it a long time ago but this is the first time I had it.
