Shoot First Eat Later

Lunch at Phan-Khom Contemporary Thai Cusine

We devoted our second to the last day in Bangkok to shopping in Central World mall.

After an hour or two of window shopping we headed to the top floor of the mall in search for food. There were several restaurants but we chose Phan-Khom because of some interesting food items we saw on the menu.

Healthy but oh so boring and tasteless.

vegetarian Vietnamese spring rolls – 80 baht

Fried spring rolls filled with kani (faux crab meat) and cream cheese was simply ingenious. The best thing about this dish was the sweet and spicy mustard sauce. That’s how I describe it but it tasted really better than that. We couldn’t decide if the heat came from wasabi, hot mustard or both. It really gave life to the simple spring rolls that I can’t wait to replicate at home.

Phan Khom spring rolls – 85 baht

It looked interesting on the menu but it was just ok.

steamed baby corn wrapped with minced pork
and glass vermicelli– 85 baht

I’ve had better pomelo salad in Manila.

pomelo salad -95 baht

The sauce was good but the ribs weren’t tender and the taste didn’t permeate in the pork. It seemed like the sauce was just poured over the hastily cooked pork ribs.

Phan Khom baby pork spareribs with special sauce -125 baht

If you find yourself in Central World in Bangkok do yourself a favor and skip this ‘contemporary’ restaurant. The servings were tiny and not cheap. When we walked further we discovered so many more restaurants that looked even better. Oh well we can’t have all fabulous meals in Bangkok right?

Phan-Khom Contemporary Thai Cusine’s menu

Phan-Khom Contemporary Thai Cusine
Top Floor Central World Mall
1 RAMA Bangkok 10150, Thailand
telephone: 02-2645555

Dinner at Best Seafood Restaurant

Our friend Sonia recommended the restaurant that her boss owns. With a name like Best Seafood Restaurant I had high expectations.

The restaurant was within walking distance from Mr. Feet and very near all the big malls like Central World and Gaysorn.

outdoor seating

The interiors of the restaurant wasn’t a reflection of how good the food was.

Sonia said glass water bottles were served in restaurants only. While plastic bottles were sold in stores. I loved the pull tab cap on the bottle.

We wanted a simple and light dinner so Sonia ordered mostly veggies, salads and fish. The simply seasoned kang kong was a big hit with everyone.

stir fried morning glory or kang kong – 90 baht

Squid so tender with a spicy and sour vinaigrette. Very refreshing.

squid salad – 150 baht

I’m not fond of green papaya salad but everyone assured me it was delicious.

Thai papaya salad – 60 baht

I couldn’t believe this was catfish salad. It was perfectly crisp yet tender unlike the ones I’ve had in Manila that was sometimes overcooked and flavorless. It came with the green mango salad which complemented the crispy catfish to a tee.

catfish salad – 150 baht

green mango salad

Sonia must have read my mind. I love fried fish! Wow back to back fried fish. You would think fried overload but all the fresh, tangy salads balanced out the fried food.

deep fried sea bass– 400 baht

This was the first pork dish we’ve had in Bangkok. So simple, so good.

grilled pork – 100 baht

What’s a Thai meal without soup? Sonia ordered our two favorite soups. Tom ka gai or chicken with coconut soup and tom yum. Both excellent!

tom ka gai soup – 150 baht

tom yum soup (spicy sour soup w/ prawns) – 300 baht

Sonia asked someone to go across the street to buy this huge mango with sticky rice and coconut sauce from a sidewalk vendor. The mango was very sweet but I still prefer Philippine mangoes. I was already very, very full from dinner but I had to try the sticky rice. Even without the coconut sauce it was heavenly, so soft and flavorful. If I knew we were having this for dessert I would have skipped the soup.

Thai mango & sticky rice

Sister? Twins? Sonia and her mini-me daughter. So cute!

Thank you Sonia for the excellent recommendation.The food was faultless and very affordable. Even without noodles or rice we had a very filling and satisfying dinner.

Best Seafood Restaurant’s menu

Best Seafood Restaurant
9 Radjamri Road Pathumwan Bangkok 10330
(beside the klongsemsep water canal)

Lunch at Chatuchak Market

Our dinner at Baan Klang Nam was our favorite restaurant meal and our lunch at Chatuchak was our favorite cheap meal.

After our fabulous massage at Wat Po we took a taxi to Chatuchak Market.

It was huge. I don’t think we even covered 10 per cent of the market.

I didn’t expect so many food choices in the market. I thought it was all dry goods. That’s big vat of water chestnuts for dessert with coconut milk.

There was a covered open air area with several vendors cooking made to order food. It was so, so hot with all the cooking going on.

We looked around several stalls offering similar food and finally chose one that looked the cleanest. We lucked out. Their food was fantastic and cheap too. Nothing cost above 50 baht.

The succeeding pictures were taken with my iPhone since Rochelle’s camera ran out of battery and I didn’t bring my camera thinking we would be shopping only. Silly me. There’s always food!

green papaya salad

Why haven’t I ever heard of Tom Yum fried rice? It reminded me of paella. It was a bit wet, slightly sour, slightly spicy and the flavors simply exploded on our tongues. The rice wasn’t even finished and we already ordered a second one.

I wonder if this is available in Manila? We loved this even more than the crab fried rice I raved about here.

Tom Yum fried rice

I just had to order a Pad Thai since it’s my favorite and I haven’t had any really good ones on the trip so far.

How amazing is it to find the best ever Pad Thai in an open market? Even Rochelle who doesn’t like Pad Thai loved it. The noodles were chewy and perfectly al dente. That alone was a rare treat. The flavor was a perfect combination of sweet, sour and salty. I didn’t need to add sugar or anything else. What a wonderful all carb lunch!

Pad Thai

More batter than oysters but not bad at all.

fried oysters

The usual spices on the table. Check out the sugar.

While the others were still looking for more to eat I went back to the ice cream stand that was calling my name. There was a sign that said coconut ice cream. On the table were puffed rice, sugar palm (kaong), nata de coco, roasted peanuts and evaporated milk.

The steel container where the ice cream was reminded me of our taho.

While it looked interesting it wasn’t really anything different from our own macapuno ice cream. It was cheap though. All that for only 15 baht.

coconut ice cream sundae

While eating my ice cream I walked around to look at more food.

candied lotus root

Can anyone tell me what fruit this is?

Talk about fresh! Jumping prawns picked straight into the grill basket.

If I still had room in my tummy I would have bought a container of those grilled prawns.

grilled prawns

grilled fish

I was fascinated with these tiny fried quail eggs. I have never seen such tiny fried eggs.

fried quail eggs

This is how they fried those eggs. Can I have mine sunny side up?

We tried to do some shopping but it was too hot and there were many, many sections we didn’t know where to go. We went in indoors to the clothes section but the aisles were narrow and crowded we couldn’t even stand and look without getting bumped. We cut our trip short and went to an air conditioned mall instead.

I loved the food at Chatuchak but not the shopping. Maybe I’m just getting old. Sigh.

OXFAM – Grow Campaign

Grow.

Food. Livelihood. Planet.

Our planet produces enough food for everyone, but today, one billion people will go hungry. This is the scandal of our generation, and at its core is control of the world’s resources in the hands of a small number of people. Hunger is about power. It is estimated that only a few hundred corporations make 70% of the decisions made in the global food system, including decisions about resources like land, water, seeds and farm and fishing technologies.

Grow is Oxfam’s new campaign for better ways to grow, share and live together. A campaign for the billions of us who eat food and over a billion of men and women who grow it, to share solutions for a more hopeful future in which everyone always has enough to eat.

Practical positive change starts with each one of us. Every time we choose food that’s produced fairly and sustainably, every time we cut our carbon footprint, and every time we press governments and companies to change their ways, we’re helping to make good things grow.

Share solutions for food, livelihood and the planet. Join the movement. Let’s grow a better way.

Make Good Things Grow

To realize the vision of a future where everyone always has enough to eat, we have to change the way we grow. We must make practical positive changes in how we produce, consume, share and manage food and other resources.

1. Growing Better

We can and must invest in new agriculture, so that over a billion small food producers around the planet, many of them women, are no longer starved of the land and resources they need to sustainably grow enough for themselves and for others.

2. Sharing Better

We can and must transform how we govern the food system – managing markets to prevent food crises, stopping corporate abuses of power, reforming flawed policies at global and national level, and empowering families and communities to respond to shocks and disasters.

3. Living Better

We can and must build a new prosperity, with better ways to do business, organize our economies and live our lives – an ecological future rich in shared resources, safe from the risks of a changing climate, more equal and well-balanced, valuing what really matters for human progress and future generations.

Oxfam’s Good Food Lunch
The food we eat has consequences on our planet, on food producers and on ourselves.

Tomorrow, June 10, international non-profit, Oxfam will hold The Good Food Lunch at 12 NN, Bantayog ng mga Bayani, Quezon Avenue, Quezon City. Chefs Steph Zubiri, Sau del Rosario, and Tatung Sarthou, and Oxfam Ambassador Cherry Pie Picache will prepare “good food” – dishes using sustainably produced ingredients by poor women leader-farmers and fishers Trinidad Domingo and Ligaya Oria of Nueva Ecija, Rosario Mendoza of Cavite, and Nita Oigoan of Rizal.

Chef Steph Zubiri will serve Onion Soup with Blow-torched Kesong Puti Topping while Oxfam Ambassador Cherry Pie Picache will whip up her version of Sauteed Monggo Beans with Alugbati. Chef Tatung Sarthou will treat guests to Toasted Sitaw and Pureed Kalabasa to go with Mango-glazed Slow-roasted Pork and Spicy Alumahan Maki with Srirachi, Walnut and Apple Salad on Roasted Sesame Dressing will be Chef Sau del Rosario’s offering.

The lunch program will be hosted by Oxfam celebrity endorser Marc Nelson. Media and food bloggers are invited. RSVP Glenn Maboloc, 0928-504-2911 orgmaboloc@oxfam.org.uk .

Best Massage at Wat Po

On our third day in Bangkok we went to Wat Po not to see the beautiful temples but to get the best massage ever.

On the way to the massage center we couldn’t stop taking pictures. They really did a spectacular job with the renovation. Everything was so clean, shiny and sparkly.

We finally found the massage center. It didn’t look like the place my friend Jin described to me. When she went to Wat Po years ago she had her massage in an area without air conditioning and the mats were placed on the floor where customers lay side by side having their massage.

Wat Po massage prices

We were thrilled that there was now a new massage center that was fully air conditioned and had real beds.

We first had a 50 minute foot massage for 360 baht. We didn’t enjoy it at all. We liked the foot massage at Mr. Feet so much better.

I did like the cream they used for the foot massage. So smooth and silky.

There were two buildings with the same lay-out of beds with privacy screens in between.

We were given clean, loose pants to change into. The sheets of the beds were changed with each client. We were so impressed how clean everything was.

The massage was for 1 hour and cost 360 baht. It was not your usual Swedish massage. It was even better than the other Thai massage I’ve had. There was less stretching and pulling.

Instead there was a lot of spot kneading where the masseuse unerringly found all my painful spots and proceeded to use all her strength to make me cry. It was so painful in places I never knew was even painful! To survive the hour of blissful torture and freezing cold I fell asleep. I woke up refreshed, relaxed and free of pain. That is until we stepped out in to the hot, hot reality that is Bangkok.

We were given this cold drink after the massage. Sterculia lychnophora hance anyone? It didn’t taste bad at all. I was just glad to have something cool to drink.

Where else can you get a better massage than from a world renown Wat Po Thai Traditional Medical and Massage School? The massage didn’t disappoint. It was one of the highlights of our trip. Be sure to include it in your itinerary too.

Dinner at Baan Klang Nam

We had our best meal in Bangkok at Baan Klang Nam.

A big thanks to Kathy for recommending this restaurant and to her friend Alisa for making the reservations. We heard it was virtually impossible to dine here without a reservation. We left the elephant village past 4 pm and made it to the restaurant a little after 7:30.

The restaurant was actually an old wooden house converted into an open air dining area. The place was very charming and had a romantic feel to it with the lighting and river right next to it. My pictures don’t do justice to the place.

Baan Klang Nam specialized in seafood.

specials

The restaurant was right on the Chao Praya River and Alisa got us the best table which was on the deck overlooking the river. We could watch the boats pass but we were more focused on the food.

I was fascinated with this lady who made these appetizers one at a time.

These were the goodies she made. The wrapper was made of sticky rice flour and the filling was minced pork. It was something we’ve never tried before. Yum!

rice flour wrapping with minced pork

Our server recommended this appetizer. It was a good thing we only ordered 3 pieces. There was very little crab and it was too spicy. This was the only thing we didn’t like.

steamed curry with crab meat

The grilled river lobster was the best. Simply grilled it brought out the sweet flavor of the succulent and super fresh lobster. I specially loved the fatty roe.

grilled river lobster

We didn’t really know what kind of fish this was. We just saw it on the other table and pointed it out to the waiter and said, “we want that!” It was the best decision. The fish was very crisp and the very light, tender and flaky. This is how I like my fish cooked. I don’t like rich sauces that can mask the taste of the fish.

deep fried false trevally fish

Before leaving Manila Kathy reminded us to order their tom yum soup. We ordered the non-spicy version.

tom yum kung

She was right it was the best we’ve ever had. It wasn’t too sour and the flavor was rich from the prawns.The soup had a mild and natural sweetness that we suspected came from the use of coconut water. There were even strips of coconut in the soup.

The prawn was also delicious. It tasted almost as good as the lobster. It had a different texture which I’ve never tasted in Manila. It was softer yet not mushy.

We were curious to try ostrich meat. If you didn’t tell me it was oyster I would have thought it was beef.

oyster meat with black pepper

Rochelle and Chris were the only ones who ate the crispy pig ears. They loved it. Why I don’t know.

crispy pig’s ear

veggies with oyster sauce

Another wipe out!!

We’ve seen sala in several menus and we wanted to know what the fruit tasted like. It was tangy and firm.

sala in syrup

black sesame dumplings in ginger

Our entire meal cost a very reasonable 2,600 baht or P3,700 or US$85 for 5 people. I’m glad someone told me about this restaurant. When we were researching for places to eat this never even came up. I don’t know why. I think everyone who goes to Bangkok should try the seafood at Baan Klang Nam. I’m not a seafood lover but I thoroughly loved all the seafood we ate.

Here’s another view of our table just by the river.

Baan Klang Nam’s menu

Baan Klang Nam
762/7 บางกอกสแควร์ ตลาดนัดจตุจักรพระราม3
ถนนพระราม 3 แขวงบางโพงพาง เขตยานนาวา กรุงเทพฯ 10120

762/7 Bangkok Squar Jatujak Market – Rama III Rd.,
BangPongpang, Yannawa, Bangkok, Thailand 10120

telephone: 02-682-7180 , 02-682-7186
Open 11.00 a.m. – 10.30 p.m.

Muang Sing Elephant Village

Our final destination was the Muang Sing Elephant Village in Kanchanaburi. The weather was still a bit cool so it was just the perfect time to ride elephants.

entrance to the elephant village

Elephants and their mahout (handler) wait near the boarding area.

I had a chance to ride directly on my elephant and it was prickly and itchy. After a few minutes I went back to my seat where I felt safer and more comfortable.

The mahout used his feet to nudge the elephant’s ears indicating his commands.

We passed by two elephants doing tricks for the tourists. We forgot to go there after our ride.

The show was over by the time we finished our ride.

During the 45 minute ride, our elephants stopped several times to eat.

The other elephant used her strong trunk to rip off the leaves and branches from the tree.

Now this is what I call a good mahout (elephant handler)!

Piles and piles of elephant poop lined the path.

My elephant was the youngest at 7 years old. She was very, very playful and did several tricks whenever her mahout said some magic words. Looking for peanuts? I just loved Kate’s expression.

My elephant really liked Kate.

The highlight of the ride was going down the river. Each time our elephants went downhill we held on to our seats for dear life.

The end of the ride back to where we started.

I tried to give my elephant the tip for the mahout.

But she kept blowing it back to me. She needs more training :D.

The mahout finally got it!

Chris’ elephant saying goodbye.

We were served refreshments after. We really thought it was coconut water but it was just plain water and watermelon.

We really enjoyed the elephant ride. It was one of the highlights of our trip. Next time you go to Thailand you should plan to go to Kanchanaburi and hit the floating market, river kwai, tiger temple and elephant village in one day. It’s possible if you hire your own van. We couldn’t find any tour operator that had all these itineraries in one day. We just regret not going to the tiger temple because we took too much time eating lunch. But all these activities can be done in one day saving you time and money.

Lunch at Keeree Tara Restaurant

We asked our driver, Cha, if he could recommend a place to eat before we go to our second destination. He brought us to the historic River Kwai bridge.

We looked at the restaurant right next to the bridge called The Floating Restaurant.

The restaurant had a great view of the bridge. They had a buffet area as well a la carte dining. The buffet wasn’t impressive at all since most of the food was carbs. The prices on the menu were on a high side so we left the restaurant in search of an alternative.

Rochelle and I had had a photo op with the short banana tree before leaving.

Right next door was the Keeree Tara restaurant where we finally had lunch.

I liked this restaurant even more. It had a spectacular view of the river and the place was more modern. It even had a small waterfall in the bathroom. It was also one of the cleanest we’ve used during our entire trip.

We had to sit indoors since the tables outside were too small for us.

How can you go wrong with fried golden mushrooms? Crunchy on the outside and soft on the inside.

fried golden mushroom

This salad made of peanuts, cashews and dried shrimp and squid was everyone’s instant favorite. We’ve never tried anything like this in Manila. Each ingredient had it’s own level of crunchiness and the strong, salty flavors of the dried seafood just complemented the milder nuts.

cashew, peanut & dried seafood salad

I ordered the smoked sausage thinking it was a special kind of Thai sausage. It tasted just like your average pork sausage.

smoked pork sausage

We were still dreaming of the fried rice we had the night before so we ordered fried rice again. Even though this fried rice was also served with fresh lime and fish sauce, somehow it wasn’t as good.

fried rice

I liked the bagoong (shrimp paste) fried rice much more.

Khao khluk kapi – shrimp paste rice

The Pad Thai was just ok. It tasted much better with a little sprinkling of sugar. Yes sugar. More on that later.

Pad Thai

The fish was very delicate and tender and the flavor of the coconut curry sauce was fragrant and delicious but it was way too spicy. I could feel my throat burning as I swallowed. Only Chris was strong enough to consume the spicy fish.

dry curry kang fish

I was so happy that my favorite chicken soup with coconut and ginger wasn’t too spicy.

tom kha kai – galanga chicken soup

Everywhere we ate these 4 spices were standard on the table. Sugar, dried chili flakes, fish sauce and vinegar (i think). I wondered why there was sugar until I needed it on my noodles. Now I get it.

We were fascinated with the waiter’s monster ‘crocs’.

All the desserts were actually the same with a coconut cream base and just different contents. Some were soft and chewy, others were crunchy and all of them were fantastic. Cold, sweet and refreshing. My type of dessert.

fantasy trio ball in coconut cream

crispy water chestnut in coconut cream

Siamese fantasy ruby in coconut milk

We took our sweet time eating and taking pictures that we arrived at the Tiger Temple at 3:30 to find it closed already. We didn’t know that they close daily at 3:15 pm. We were so disappointed. We really wanted to play around with the cute tiger cubs.

Keeree Tara Restaurant
43 / 1, Tha Makham, Muang Kanchanaburi,
Kanchanaburi 71000 Thailand

Damnoen Saduak Floating Market

Our second day in Thailand was devoted to a day of touring.
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The first stop on our itinerary was Damnoen Saduak Floating Market which was 2 hours away. Instead of joining a tour group, our friend Kathy introduced us to Alisa from Bangkok who leased us her super duper comfy van with driver for the day. We spent less on the van rental than what one person would have paid in a tour group.

The Toyota Commuter seats 10 very comfortably. We were amused with all the lights on the ceiling. We slept during the entire 2 hour drive since we left the hotel at 6:00 am. It was too early and too cold that’s why as soon as we sat in the van we nodded off into la la land.

We finally arrived in Ratchaburi and the first thing we did was look for the bathroom. We had to pass these boats on display.

I can’t believe I used this toilet!! Luckily it didn’t smell as bad as it looked.

The walkway to the boats.

Five of us fit in one boat and it cost 200 baht per person for a 45 minute ride.

Smart lady just parked her boat filled with fruits at the dock.

This picture reminded me when large parts of Manila was under water from Typhoon Ondoy.

fruits & flowers

There were so many tourist that our boat often got stuck in traffic. But with a little push we always made our way through.

boat traffic

The best part of the floating market was trying different food and sweets offered along the canal. Our first purchase was a bowl of hot noodle soup which we shared. Surprisingly yummy.

Thai noodle soup – 30 baht

Next was a cup of Thai coffee which was strong and sweet. Can you believe this was the only Thai coffee I had for the entire trip? It’s because in other places I noticed they used instant coffee. What’s the point?

Thai coffee – 20 baht

We didn’t know what this was but it looked interesting.

These were crispy crepes were filled with a meringue mixture and topped with orange shredded coconut. Through research I learned these sweet tacos were called khanom buang and are a traditional Thai dessert sold by vendors and restaurants all over Thailand. Really, really delicious. I wish we bought more.

khanom buang – 40 baht

Hmm balls that looked like Japanese takoyaki. I wondered if these were sweet or savory. I took a bite and it was soft and sweet but with a savory onion filling. It reminded me of the Philippine puto or rice cake. Again through research I found out that these were coconut pancakes or pudding. It was pretty good too but I liked the crispy crepes more.

khanom krok – 20 baht

Our boat’s driver patiently waited while we ate and ate. After that he took us shopping even against our will. As our boat neared a shop, the shop owner would hook our boat and drag us to his store. Look this guy does it even without looking.

shopping hook

We didn’t mind getting hooked to this store that sold cute wooden animals hanging on string. My friends bought a few as gifts.

wood animal mobiles – 100 baht

We were also brought to an area where we had to get off the boat and look around to buy food and gift items. I bought some delicious peanut coconut candy but not the one below.

Thai coconut candy

This stall sold so many kinds of spices. I wish we stopped so I could buy some.

spices galore

I have a deathly fear of snakes. I don’t know what made me tell my friends at the beginning of the boat ride that if they should see any snakes to warn me in advance. And they saw a giant snake. Thankfully I was looking the other way when they saw it. I thought they were joking. They took this picture which I just saw when I made this entry. Yuck!!!

When we disembarked from the boat we had to pass a series of stalls selling clothing, hats and souvenirs before reaching the exit. At the end there were a couple of boats parked selling more food. Last chance!

It was a very enjoyable boat ride along the canal. The water was murky but it wasn’t stinky at all. The best part was all the snacks we got to try. Yes it was very touristy but it showed a real part of the way Thai people live and do business. You should not miss going to the floating market.

Damnoen Saduak in Ratchaburi is about 109 kilometres south of Bangkok or approximately 2 hours drive.

How to Get There
By Car: From Bangkok you can take Highway No. 4 (Phetchakasem Rd.) and turn left at Km. 80 for another 25 kms. along Bangpae-Damnoen Saduak Rd.

By Bus: There are public buses both air and non air-conditioned leaving from the Southern Bus Terminal. Pinklao-Nakhonchaisi Rd. for Damnoen Saduak every 40 minutes from 06.00 hrs. onwards. Fare is around Baht 49 (one way) for air-conditioned (tel . 435-5031) and Baht 30 for normal buses (tel. 434-5558). The most suitable time to be at the market is from 08.00-10.00 hrs.

Dinner with Sonia

The title of this post is dinner with Sonia because I don’t know the name of the restaurant she brought us too. Everything was written in Thai. It was definitely a place for the locals.

We finished our massage at almost 11:00 pm. We were surprised that Sonia wanted to take us for late dinner. We didn’t really want to go but she insisted. She said this place was one of her and her daughter’s favorite places to eat at.

This cooking cart was on the sidewalk just outside the restaurant.

Everything was cooked in this small cart.

The seating extended to the sidewalk.

It was soooooo cold that night. We were really shivering outside. Yes we were in Bangkok in March.

Luckily a big table became available and we moved inside where it was warm and toasty.

If you can read this I suggest you go this restaurant asap and try their food.

The restaurant was like our carinderia.

Sonia and her daughter

This simply cooked yet delicious vegetable dish was the most expensive because of the fresh clams.

veggies with clams – 200 baht

I don’t know what kind of fish was used or what else was in the stew but it was really, really good.

fish stew – 60

The tom yum soup was very flavorful but too spicy for me.

tom yum soup – 80

We all loved the tender pork bursting with flavors and wanted to order another plate but they ran out. That’s the disadvantage of eating at 11:00 pm.

pork with Thai basil

My favorite was the crab fried rice. It wasn’t anything fancy but what made it fabulous was when you put some spicy fish sauce and lime on it. Just adding those two condiments made the ordinary fried rice into a fantabulous, kick @$$ rice.

crab fried rice – 35 baht

The noodles were just ordinary for me. Not bad at all but I loved the rice much more.

noodles – 35 baht

We told Sonia not too order too much since we weren’t hungry. She didn’t listen to us. Thank goodness. We wiped out 5 plates of fried rice and 4 noodles. Hey there were 7 of us ok?

Sonia ordered a bottle of roselle juice for us to try. Roselle is the same as hibiscus which we are more familiar with usually in tea form. It was mild and sweet.

roselle juice – 10 baht

It was late and we were tired and cold. But when we tried the good food our appetites suddenly came alive and we ate with gusto. Sonia said our whole meal cost only 700 baht. We probably could have eaten more if they didn’t run out of food. I really wanted one more order of fried rice. Thanks again for dinner Sonia!!!

For a restaurant with a kitchen in the form of a small cart on the sidewalk they sure have a lot of variety on their menu.