Travelling Extravaganza - Bangkok (BKK)

This is the beginning of my travel madness. But rather than calling it madness, I called it 'Extravaganza' instead since I do gain a little out of all these 'MADNESS'.

Alright, my post title says it all. My 1st trip of 2012 began with me touching base onto Bangkok (BKK). It was a freaking last minute notice (like 5 days notification...duh) and so, there I went to the all-so famous BKK for holiday, NOT! It's a BUSINESS Trip folks!

Casting aside the madness, let me get down to the more interesting and the 'not-so-dull' on-goings I had during my business trip in BKK. First, the hungry gang (that includes me) rushed off to a Japanese restaurant - FUMi Japanese Cuisine at Siam Paragon recommended by yours truly. Simple reason....good food, affordable price. Nuff said. 

FUMi's menu

There were so many choices within the menu (Oops, I forgot to snap the inside of the menu -_-"), my colleagues were pretty lost in deciding what they want...even though they were seriously famished!

Deciding, deciding, deciding...

Anyway, I ordered mine happily - A Teppanyaki Chicken Steak set (can't really remember its actual name) and I was even more happy to see my order arrived 1st!

What's in the set?
All you can see from the photo above except for the drink & chawanmushi!

In Singapore, ordering such a set may jolly well cost me around 18-23 bucks, depends where you eat of course. But here, in FUMi, this set only cost me not more than 11 bucks! So, if you are a tourist, or never mind, even a businessman/woman in BKK, try out this restaurant when you can!

If you are interested, here's the address to this affordable japanese restaurant:

Address:

FUMi Japanese Cuisine
Siam Paragon, 1st Floor,

Pathum Wan, Bangkok 10330, Thailand

A little break from food, let's take a look at the hotel I'm residing during my stay in BKK. The hotel I'm residing at is named Golden Tulip Sovereign Hotel. Hmm, this hotel is not exactly located at a very strategic area, not very near city though you can reach the city in less than 15 minutes and it is located on top of a hill. Quite a sight huh? What's more, a hospital is situated in front of the hotel, however, since the hotel is situated up on the hill, you can't really see the hospital...

Having said that, the hotel service and facilities aren't bad at all. The room is spacious, plenty of space for movement, a dressing table and their bathroom is of certain standard as well!

Twin room, very spacious!

Part of the bathroom. Clean & spacious!

What looked so profounding was this...

What is a BOTTLE OPENER doing in the bathroom!???????????

The restaurant where they serve their breakfast isn't shady either. The whole area is lit with warm lights and the full height windows really give the whole place a bright and natural glow.

Dining area

Food spread #1

Food Spread #2

My very own American style Breakfast :D

And here I go, my 1st and very own American style breakfast~

If you do not mind the location and prefers the comfort & service a hotel provides, you may want to find out more about Golden Tulip Sovereign Hotel.

Frankly speaking, we didn't get to go to many places for this trip due to our meeting being held in the very hotel we were staying in. What we had was just a 3-hour OTOT at Siam Square and a dinner treat from our big boss somewhere in BKK, heh. During this dinner treat, I did spot something interesting which caught my eye ^^.....

A freaking BIG prawn that is about the size of my palm!

Not only that, I got to slurp authentic tomyum goong from BKK itself. I'm a happy woman ^^.

Yummy, spicy, delicious!

I also managed to taste Thailand's version of 'Char Kway Teow' - Pad Thai, which is absolutely delicious! Tried twice but only managed to snap the one I ordered at the airport....

I don't think it is right to leave BKK without tasting the most popular dessert of Thailand - Mango Sticky Rice! Seriously, the taste of it in Singapore versus BKK really makes a huge difference.

Since my blog is so commonly filled with shopping stuff and loot, I can't simply avoid posting my loot from BKK, can I? Sorry to disappoint some of you who may thought I shop BIG TIME in BKK but truth be told, what could I simply achieve in a 3-hour OTOT, right?

Hello Kitty portable fan for my baby girl~!

Sorry, both my baby girl and I are in such a Hello Kitty craze, it is hard for me not to get her something that is not in the form of Hello Kitty recently.

*Cough* Yes, my only 2 apparel loot gotten from BKK. Sounds pathetic but I really couldn't see any others that caught my eye. Most of them were either too small, too big or too...simple.

However, the best loot I've gotten from BKK would have to be this~

A pretty, big and bling bling skull ring!

This ring is currently my favourite ring of all. The quality is damn good and not to mention the skull is not creepy at all. I do like skulls but not really those creepy ones. I hope I can get some more of these good quality rings in BKK again when I re-visit!

That pretty much summed up my 1st travel extravaganza of the year. Next up, it will be Taipei (all women's shopping heaven), my 2nd travel extravaganza~