I wanted to visit The Grand Palace in Bangkok but we realised it was not close to the train station and reviews mentioned to get there very early in the morning to avoid the crowd, otherwise it wasn’t worth going. By this stage, we were three weeks into our overseas holiday and hadn’t actually had […] Read more…
I couldn’t get into Gaggan in Bangkok (Number 1 on Asia’s 50 Best Restaurants of 2017 and 2018), so I booked into Nahm (currently Number 10 in Asia’s 50 Best on the list). An online reservation for dinner was made a couple of months prior and the booking confirmed via email. It was a rainy […] Read more…
After the Damnoen Saduak Floating Markets, we arrived at the Maeklong Railway Market. Our tour guide mentioned the cheapest coconut juice could be purchased at the markets and led us to the shop. I’ve forgotten what it’s called but it’s a very colourful shop with bunches of bananas and balloons decorating the front. She was […] Read more…
Following on from Eating in Bangkok – Part 1, we had booked into an all-day markets tour (Damnoen Saduak Floating Markets, and Maeklong Railway Markets) with the Klook travel company on Christmas Day. Our pick up destination was outside CentralWord shopping centre where we were given a number correlating to the mini-van that would be […] Read more…
After the cooler weather of Taipei, it was a bit of a shock to land in the more humid Bangkok. We took a metered taxi from the airport to our accommodation in the central Chidlom area. After dropping off our luggage, we walked down the road to Central Food Hall which we had passed by […] Read more…
Following on from Eating in Chiang Mai – Part 1… On Day 3 in Chiang Mai, we had booked ourselves on a tour of the Elephant Nature Park just outside the city. The Elephant Nature Park is a rescue centre for elephants who can recover after being abused and can roam free. This was a real […] Read more…
So I’m finally getting around to writing about my food adventures in South East Asia late last year. For J’s milestone birthday, a group of us headed overseas to celebrate. We traveled to Chiang Mai in Thailand, Luang Prabang in Laos, various parts of Vietnam with a final stop in Singapore. It started off with […] Read more…