Sirocco Restaurant, The Highest Restaurant in The World July 17, 2007

 

At the top floor of Lebua at State Tower, there is the highest restaurant in Bangkok and also in the world, named Sirocco. The restaurant is located in 63rd floor of The Dome at State Tower.

From the luxurious restaurant, you can touch views of Bangkok and Chao Praya River, especially at the night time and breathe the fresh air as well. It’s completely romantic place for the couple. And there is the Sky Bar in the center of the restaurant. So you can have fun with your friends as well. There are many beverages for you to choose such as White Wine, Red Wine, Sparkling and Champagne, Champagne Cocktails, Martinis, Cocktails and Non-alcoholic Cocktails. In additional, you can enjoy having dinner there with the delicious Mediterranean Food which are three sets of menu and A La Carte Menu.

Moreover, the restaurant also offers the Live Jazz Music, featuring vocalists in every evening.

It opens only for dinner at 6pm. – 1am. and you can make a reservation at +66 (2) 624-9555.

Siam Paragon July 11, 2007

     

 There are too many shopping centers and shopping places in Bangkok, Thailand, but this is the newest one in Bangkok. This shopping mall is called Siam Paragon.

Siam Paragon is located in the center of Bangkok and also close to other shopping places which are Siam Square, Siam Centre, Siam Discovery and MBK Shopping Center. This shopping center is inclusive many department store, brand-name stores such as D&G, Coach, Chistain Dior, Armani Exchange, luxurious theatres and International restaurants.

Moreover, in the basement of Siam Paragon has Siam Ocean World which shows too many kinds of sea fish. On weedend, you can see the feeding show also, but you have to check for the time schedule. The price is not too expensive. It’s around 450 THB (10 USD).

Transportation to Siam Paragon, you can get there by taxi and bus. But if you do not like Bangkok traffic, you can get BTS skytrain from Silom area, Sukhumvit area or Phayathai area. You can get off at Siam station and walk to the Siam Paragon exit. it costs you not over than 40 THB.

Papaya Salad — Som Tum July 9, 2007

 

One of the famous Thai food is Som Tum or as known in Papaya Salad in English. This food is from the North-East of Thailand. You can also have it in another country which is Loas. In addition, it always served with grilled chicken or fried chicken and sticky rice like a meal.

Let check it out how to make it :

Ingredients:
1 fresh green papaya
5 Thai chilies (prik kee noo)
6 garlic cloves, coarsely chopped
2 medium sized tomatoes, sliced thinly
1/2 cup green beans cut into one inch lengths
2 teaspoons of fish sauce
1 quart cup of tamarind juice

Preparation:
Peel the skin off of the papaya, then use a cheese grater to shred the papaya. The seeds are not used! After you have finished, sprinkle some salt onto the shredded papaya, and let stand for 30 minutes

Directions:Now you will need a mortar and pestle. (You can use a regular mixing bowl, but you just don’t get the right effect.) Combine all of the ingredients except for the tomato into the mortar bowl and mix thoroughly. Then add the tomato and briefly mix (do not pulverize the tomato into liquid- you want it to be kinda’ “bruised”)

Papaya salad tastes good with spicy, but for people who don’t like spicy, you can also put only 1 chili or none. Also, don’t forget to put peanut in there to make your papaya salad more good taste.

source : thai-food.com

Chicken Pad Thai July 3, 2007

Pad Thai is the most popular and famous Thai dish. It’s served in every Thai restaurant around the world.
If you’ve never had it before, you can try one at Thai restaurant. However, you can try to cook yourself by following the under recipe and preparation.

Ingredients:
1 pack dried rice stick noodles or “sen lek”
1/2 cup dried shrimp
1/2 cup baked tofu cut into small strips
1/2 cup ground peanut
1 cup fresh beansprouts
1/2 cup chives cut into 1 inch pieces
1 pound chicken meat cut into small bite-sized pieces
6 eggs
2 teaspoons pepper powder
1/2 cup fish sauce
1/2 cup soy sauce
1/4 cup sugar
1/4 cup vegetable oil
2 tablespoons smashed garlic
2 tablespoons smashed onion
1/2 cup of water

Preparation:
1. Soak the rice stick noodles in tepid water for roughly 15 minutes. Then cut the noodles into 4-inch pieces. Strain the noodles, then set them aside.
2. Using a large skillet (preferably a wok) heat the vegetable oil and add in the garlic, onion and tofu.
3. After stirring for 2 minutes, add in the dry shrimp, and stir. Then, one at a time add in the peanuts, fish sauce, soy sauce, sugar, pepper and chicken, stirring the mixture the entire time.
4. Add the eggs and continue to stir the mixture. Then add in 1/2 cup of water.
5. Add the noodles, and be sure to stir! The noodles tend to burn if not continuously stirred.
6. Check to see if the taste of the dish is suitable to you, if not, then add in either fish sauce (salty), sugar (sweet), or soy sauce (salty). Here is where a matter of preference comes into play.
7. The final step is to add in the bean sprouts and chives, just before turning off the burner.

Don’t forget to ganish your Pad Thai with fresh beansprouts, ground peanut and lime or lemon. Also, you should mix it together before you have it. Enjoy!

source : thai-food.com

Chatuchak Weekend Market - the shopping world in Bangkok June 14, 2007

In Bangkok, Thailand there’re many shopping places such as shopping malls, markets and department stores. This is one of the famous shopping places in Bangkok and is called ‘Chatuchak Weekend Market’.

The market opens only Saturday and Sunday around 9am. – 6pm. In this market, there are too many products for sale such as clothes, shoes, household accessories, handicrafts, religious artifacts, art, antiques, live animals, books, music, food, plants and flowers etc. The price of the products at this market is cheaper than the shopping mall and some products are hand made such as shirts, handicrafts and souvenir. Also customers can bargain the price from the sellers, even though the products in this market are already cheap. Sometimes they can decrease 50% of the price.

The recommended time is early in the morning, late in the afternoon or in the winter time, because it is the market – does not have air condition and the weather in Bangkok is very hot in summer.

Trang — 1 of Amazing Part in Thailand June 12, 2007

‘Trang’ is 1 of many provinces which is in the South of Thailand. Many people, especially tourists, have known about the nice beaches in the South of Thailand such as in Phuket and in Krabi, but only some people are interested in the waterfall and the forest in the south part of Thailand as in Trang.

These are nice pictures of the waterfall in Trang, but I don’t know its name. First time when I saw them, I thought it is very beautiful and I did not think that it is in the South of Thailand, because most of the nice and famous waterfalls are in the North, Middle and Northeast of the country.

However, Trang does not only have the nice waterfalls, there’re some nice and clear beaches also. So when you go there, you can enjoy both of nice natural places.