Tuesday, February 14, 2017

2017 始 • Eat Spa & Massage • 泰國曼谷 Day1 ~ Happy Chinese Lantern Festival


2017 始 • Eat Spa & Massage • 泰國 曼谷

2017 第一擊
From ❄️ to ☀️

Did not plan for any activities apart from food, spa and massage.  
The theme for this 4-day trip was "hea".....


At the Hong Kong Airport, first time experiencing self bag 💼 drop. 😅
Eventually a way to improve cost efficiency, when most travelers are trained how to do it.  😬



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2017 始 • Eat Spa & Massage • 泰國 曼谷
Day 1 ~ 11.Feb.2017 ~ 
Happy Chinese Lantern Festival 元宵節快樂 ❣️
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Grande Centre Point Hotel Ratchadamri



Within walking distance to BTS stations Chit Lom and Ratchadamri, I liked this hotel for its location convenience and also the spacious room (well, it was a family suite).  I could tell this is not a classy hotel, more like the grade of boutique hotel, but I was happy enough with this hotel.

A family suite with a living room, a dinning table with four seats, a kitchen, a full size tall refrigerator, a washing and drying machine, a bedroom and a big bathroom.   

And the great view of the Royal Bangkok Sports Club.  

Really really big room!!!!  😍😍😍









After checking in the hotel, we took BTS to Asok for massage.

The Waffle, Asok BTS Station



We were a bit hungry and this little joint smelled so tempting that we decided to try, ordered maple flavor.  

Nice waffle.



Lavana



We were late for our Thai massage booking and had to switch to oil massage.  We asked for "strong" strength and... felt like being beat up quite a bit.  XD





After the massage it was time for a decent dinner!  
We went to try a "Asia's 50 Best Restaurants" located at Sala Daeng.

Eat Me Restaurant



It was a bit disappointing at the beginning with cold bread and black-faced waiter; things got better towards the end.



元宵節快樂!❣️


I have something to drink!!!  😍🥂
It was "Makha Bucha Day" and sales of alcoholic drinks were supposed to be suspended... anyway was really happy with something to drink~!

Tom yum infused olive oil tiger prawn 

It would be better if stronger tom yum taste, it was mild.



Wagyu beef tenderloin with green pepper 

The beef tasted good, while I loved the grilled green pepper very much, tasted strong of "green pepper"!



Red prawn risotto with saffron, chorizo and celery 

The red prawn risotto was excellent!!  Rich intense flavor but not overly savory.  Cooked with saffron and chorizo this was simply beautiful in taste.  The red prawn had strong char-grilled aroma.  The chorizo tasted spicy.  A perfect dish!!! 😋😋😋



We ordered two side dishes to go with the mains.  Char-grilled asparagus and sautéed mushrooms.  They tasted okay, but could have been better presented; they were served in big white bowls.  Actually everything was in white...



Sticky date pudding with vanilla ice cream 



Mandarin orange pastry with rosemary ice cream

We finished the dinner with a great dessert of mandarin orange pastry, delicious!!! 🥞



It was still early the night, we did a little shopping at Siam Center before going back to the hotel.

→ → Day2 ~ Extravagant Buffet

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