Day 1
Arrived in Bkk in the afternoon. We forgot that the airport has a 'normal' cab stand outside the airport. Hired the proper airport cab cum Mercedes and paid 800 baht for it ! Normal cab outside might only be about 200+ baht ! Early check-in into Royal View Resort (www.royalviewresort.com) was allowed.
Later at night, we took a cab to Mandarin Oriental. Made a reservation with Terrace Rim Naam for a riverside dinner. Most reviews online mentioned Sala Rim Naam, which is a performance cum dinner package (2300++ baht/adult). Since its not our first time to Thailand, we weren't really interested with the performance. Instead, we reserved the romantic riverside terrace dinner which is directly outside the hall (Sala Rim Naan). It was sooo beautiful and romantically lit and best of all, we get to choose our dishes ala-carte.
When we arrived at Mandarin Oriental, we were ushered to their Riverside Terrace (another of their restaurant). The hotel provides a barge service to go across the river where Terrace Rim Naam and Sala Rim Naam were. Since we felt that the normal Thai dishes can be found at other places for cheaper prices, we decided to take the Grilled Seafood Basket (for two). Mind you, it was so huge that we felt it was enough for 4 people; that not including the rice that comes together with it which we skipped!
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| Complimentary barge service that ferries customers from Mandarin Oriental hotel to Terrace Rim Naan across the river |
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| In the barge |
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| Complimentary fried yam |
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| Starters: Herbed fried noodles with minced chicken and shrimp (300 baht) |
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| Lebua Tower : Sirocco Sky Bar, highest sky bar in the world |
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| Grilled Seafood Basket (for two) 2900 baht |
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| A passing dinner cruise |
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| Our favourite Thai dessert: Coconut sticky rice and mango (280 baht) |
We paid almost 5000 baht for the dinner but from the start till the end, it was totally worth it !
Restaurant : Terrace Rim Naam (outside by the river) is open daily from 5.00pm to 10.30pm serving an A La Carte menu or set menu by their Executive Chef.
Sala Rim Naam (Inside) is open from 7.00pm to 10.00pm, serving set menu only including a Thai dance performance from 8.15pm to 9.30pm. Set menu is priced at 2300++ baht (adults and 1800++ baht (children) excluding 10% government tax
Directions : Sala Rim Naam restaurant is located on the other side of the river by the Oriental Spa opposite from Mandarin Oriental. Access via hotel main entrance through the Riverside Terrace to the private pier and take a short boat ride to Sala Rim Naam. Alternatively, you can drive and park your vehicle in the private parking by driving through Charoen Nakhon road between street 7 and 9
Day 2
Shopping day at Siam Square !
Siam BTS Station is directly in between Siam Paragon, Siam Discovery and the Soi 1-7 (street shopping). First stop, the highly reviewed and much talked-about Som Tam Nua on Soi 5, a casual and trendy air-conditioned restaurant which is usually packed with people (according to others!) but luckily, since it was a weekday, there was no queue and we got a table almost immediately.
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| Fried noodle with pork skin and floss. Not to our liking |
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| Spicy pork ribs soup. Super good! (If you like tom yum going) |
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| Deep fried chicken wings. Almost every table ordered this! |
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| Som Tam with salted egg. Small amount and not enough spicy! But its freshly made ! |
Overall, food was pretty good. Som Tam was good but I would have preferred it to be spicier. The chicken wings are pretty good and addictive. The spicy porks ribs soup was really good and spicy though. Loved it ! We paid about 510 baht in total ; quite decent for the food and ambience.
Restaurant : Som Tam Nua
Opening Hours: 10:45 a.m.-21.30 p.m.
Address: 392/14 Siam Square Soi 5, Rama 1 Road, Bangkok T
It was then whole day of walking and shopping along the streets and boutiques. Sweaty, humid and tired, we then decided to hang out in Siam Paragon and catch a movie. Dinner was a simple affair at the Siam Paragon Food Court. Since it was raining, we skipped the night market along Siam Square and had heavenly dessert at Swensen's after movie :)
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| Special Fried Egg with Shrimp. Simple and good ! ~70 baht |
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| Kuay Chap (too much offals...:(( ) 57 baht |
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| Swensen's Chocolate Lover Sundae |
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