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Saturday, 15 March 2025

First meal!

We picked you up again as we left the Airbnb in search of dinner. We enquired from the front desk about local Siamese dishes nearby and she directed us to a row shop lots clustered around the PTT Station about 50 meters away. The area hosted a bevy of eateries as well as a massage parlour and a nail salon, something that Cat will look into in the coming days.

Sure enough we found the place she referred to, and after a stroll along the walkway we settled on a diminutive Pad Thai stall called ครัวไทผัด (translated as Thai Kitchen Pad?).

We checked out their modest menu and settled on:

Pad Khra Pow
Pad Thai Rice
Apple Soda
Orange Soda

for a grand total of THB194 (approximately USD6/EUR5/MYR26). Our meal was excellent and very clearly a local dish judging by its flaming spiciness. What a way to start our Bangkok adventures!

After dinner we walked across to the 7-Eleven, an experience not to be missed when in Thailand. We eventually walked out with a bagful of groceries as well as a carton of drinking water for THB370 (approximately USD11/EUR10/MYR49).

We made the short walk back to the Airbnb and began to unpack and settle in.

Epilogue: Two days later!

After the excursion to Prathunam earlier we initially planned to dine in at the cafe in the lobby. Evening came and we decided to talk a walk around the area surrounding the Airbnb.

We walked out of Tierra Residences at half past six and continued east along Soi Saeng Chan until the intersection with Soi Sukhumvit 42.

Earlier in the day during our shuttle ride to Gateway Ekkamai we noticed a food court at this intersection. Unfortunately, it was not opened in the evenings, and since we were not feeling particularly adventurous we doubled back alone Soi Saeng Chan.

We walked past Tierra Residences and before along found ourselves at the Rama 4 PTT station. We headed to our new favourite food stall; the Pad Thai Kitchen here and quickly ordered the:

Fried Pork in Garlic Pepper with Rice
Pad Thai Rice
2 Iced Water

for a modest THB160 (approximately USD5/EUR4/MYR21).

We then walked across to the 7-Eleven and got some provisions of mostly titbits for THB259 (approximately USD8/EUR7/MYR34) before walking back to Tierra Residences.

Be sure to catch the next video as we begin to explore Bangkok properly, as we go in search of a Rabbit card!