Som Tam Nua & Mango Tango

Som Tam Nua, Mango Tango and After You Toast are famous restaurants/ cafe that you shall not miss during your visit to Bangkok.
After check in to the hotel, we took a tuktuk to Siam Square just to have our dinner at Som Tam Nua and dessert at Mango Tango. Both of these located at the same road, Soi 5 in Siam Square. 
So, if to get 2 birds in 1 stone, don’t overfeed yourself with Som Tam, leave some space for Mango Tango.

Som Tam Nua

Som Tam is one of the famous foods found in Thailand, 
which means Papaya Salad.
And, this restaurant offers yummylicious Som Tam and other Thai Cuisine.

To show its “chio-ness”, Som Tam Nua was actually awarded as 
the Bangkok’s Best Som Tam by CNNGO.

This restaurant is famous among the tourists and locals.
Be prepared to queue for your foods.
You can place your order while waiting for your turn.
Dipping sauce. Spicy~~~People mountain people sea.Papaya with Preserved Egg Salad
I like this one. The sauce is finger licking good.
Nom~nom~Forgot its name dy~ Sowiee~Hot&Spicy Crispy Fish.
We ate it like the Piranha Fish eating their prey.
Pork sausage.

Having a meal in Som Tam Nua is not cheap.
But, still should give it a try.
The Som Tam taste is neither too sour nor too spicy like what I ate before.
Is the best Som Tam I ate so far.

Mango Tango
After feeding our stomach with yummy Som Tam, we next proceeded to satisfy our taste buds with Mango desserts.A small shop near to Som Tam Nua.
They have another branch in Chatuchak Market.Mango XiMiLu.

Mango Icecream+ Mango PuddingMango Sticky Rice

Each dessert have a fancy name, but since I didn’t memorize it,
so I just name it according to its appearance.

Mango in Thai are so well-nourish, so sweet de wor~
But since we can have yummy Mango dessert everywhere,
I think Mango Tango is normal nia~
It is over-price with small portion of dessert.

Address for SomTam Nua& Mango Tango:
Soi Siam Square 5

That’s all for today.

Bangkok&Hua Hin 2013 Itinerary

Finally my 3rd visit to Bangkok of year 2013 had comes to an end.
So, is time to rejuvenate my blog site with new travel blog posts. As usual, I will post up the itinerary of the trip first.

First day(3/7/2013)
Checked in Best Bangkok House.
To Siam Square. Took Som Tam Nua as dinner, Mango Tango as dessert.
Walked to Erawan Shrine and Trimurthi Shrine at Central World.

Som Tam Nua

Second day(4/7/2013)
To victory monument for minivan(180THB/pax) to Hua Hin.
Checked in Baan Permchan GuestHouse. Took our lunch and went Icy bean for dessert.
To Hua Hin Train Station. Night time go Plernwan Market, Hua Hin Night Market and Chatsila Market.

Icy Beans

Third day(5/7/2013)
Went to Santorini Park, Swiss Sheep Farm, Myrigadayavan Palace and Venezia.
Night time, to Cicada Weekend Market.

Santorini Park

Swiss Sheep Farm

Forth day(6/7/2013)
Back to Bangkok. Went to Platinum Fashion Mall, Red Sky Bar and Siam Paragon(for After You Toast).

Fifth day(7/7/2013)
Chatuchak Market and Chocolate Ville.

Chocolate Ville

Sixth day(8/7/2013)
Checked in LemonTea Hotel.
To Platinum Fashion Mall, Big C Supermarket, Wat Arun and Asiatique

Last day(9/7/2013)
Back to Malaysia

Best Bangkok House, Bangkok

I found out that I have a weird habit. Whenever I am doing homework for my upcoming trips, I able to have my own fun in searching for hotel to stay. Searching for tourist spots is an easy task for me because everyone that went before definitely will write a good or complete review on that. But, is not easy to look for a hotel which is cheap, comfortable and with good review. Muahaha.

So, when I was looking for hotel to stay during my Bangkok shopping trip, Pratunam is my first choice and I decided to book the Prince House.

However, when I arrived, the hotel staffs claimed that there is no more triple room in the hotel so suggested us to stay in their sister hotel, which is either A2 House or Best Bangkok House.Kinda disappointing when I heard that news, but at the end,we choosed to stay in Best Bangkok House.

I read several reviews at TripAdvisor on Best Bangkok House when I was doing the homework, some said that the hotel is old and not comfortable.Anyway, I personally think that I like the hotel. It looks old from the exterior side of building but the room itself is comfortable and luxury with the price we paid.

Fyi, we stayed at Triple Room at 1500THB/night.

Pictures of the hotelThe exterior of the hotel. What we saw, when we first opened the room door. The double bedU will first see the single bed once u open the doorThe living area(??) of the room.Bathroom with all the basic amenities.

I am not a picky person in staying hotel room as long as it is clean.
So generally I like this hotel.

Gentle reminders

• The bed mattress might not be comfortable for some people as it is quite soft.
• When I was in the bathroom, I able to hear the conversation next door.
• The hotel is just next to the BTS and thee train railway so for sure that you will hear the sound of trains passing by.

Website: Best Bangkok House Group

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Lotus Desaru Resort

Thanks to my mum’s company trip, I had a relaxing 2 days 1 night stay at Lotus Desaru Resort during the Christmas. (What a super out-dated post~, 3 months back de story, wtf) Was so happy to have this short escape from the hassle and hectic life in hospital. Will not blog more on the activities that I did because what I did was only swimming, eating and sleeping. Just want to share with you all about this resort.

The Facilities

The building where the lobby at.Blocks of building. From A to S.MapPamphlets of the activities/ services available.
Ex: Junior Club, Massage, WatersportsOne of the swimming pool

Below are pictures of the waterpark area.
The main pool and the water slide.

The swimming pool near to the beach

Beach.

Booth of funfair games and activities are being held

on the grassland beside the beach.

All the children are having their fun time with the resort’s staffs.

The Room

After sharing the hotel facilities and environment, so is time to show you all the room condition. My family stayed at the One Bedroom Suite and all of us satisfied with the room.
Other rooms available are 2 bedrooms and 3 bedrooms suite.

Brother was trying hard to open the door
and his sis was busy taking pictures.

Once we stepped in, we are welcomed by this clean living area. A small toilet at the “ground floor”A mini pantry areaOur room come with a balcony,
too bad the view wasn’t nice.A King size bed is located on the Mezzanine floor
attached with another bigger size bathroomThe bathroom in mezzanine floor have a bathtub

The Food

We had the complimentary buffet dinner and buffet breakfast during our stay.

I will say that, the buffet dinner was disappointing. I was so excited when I saw the foods, I am not a picky person in food, but sorry to say that, the taste can’t satisfy our taste bud.
However, their breakfast is fairly good just that the choices of foods wasn’t varies.

Dishes of the buffet dinner.
Looks good but the taste, erhem.Buffet breakfast

For those who wish to have a short escape from the hectic life in big city and to have some quality life with the family, I would say Lotus Desaru Resort is a good choice. With all the facilities and entertainments provided by the hotel, I think everyone will have a happy weekend.

PS: All the hotel reviews in my blog are not sponsored, I just write out to share my experience. So, if you appreciate my review, please click on the adverts available on the top, so that I can have more income to travel and share all these wonderful experience with you. Tq.