eighteenpromises : Bangkok Travelogue: Day 3 // Pratunam Morning Market, The Best of Boat Noodles, Colors Cafe & Zeppelin Rooftop Bar

On our third day in BKK, we decided to head over to Pratunam Morning Market once again because the prices there were so much cheaper. (I briefly gave a summary on my thoughts about Pratunam Market in my previous BKK Travelogue post which you can read HERE.)

In my first BKK Travelogue post (you can read it HERE), I mentioned that the food in Bangkok is just too flavourful (read: too salty, too sweet, too much) and as a result, Dawn pretty much lost her voice while I was developing a pretty bad sore throat.

At almost every corner in Singapore, we come across shops selling liang teh which is meant to reduce the "heatiness" in our body. I don't know if it's a Singapore thing but every one says that sore throats, coughs and falling sick in general is due to our body being "heaty" and one way to combat the "heatiness" is to drink "cooling" products like coconut juice, liang teh, and so on.

In Bangkok we didn't come across any shops selling liang teh so Dawn resorted to drinking beer. Yes, you read that right, beer. Apparently, beer has "cooling" properties because it is made up of malt so for all you Singaporeans residing overseas and cannot get your hands on liang teh, be sure to give beer a try!

Yes, she started drinking beer at 8.49am hahahaha. (Her voice did indeed come back after that if any one's wondering!)

For lunch, we decided to head to The Best of Boat Noodles.

Boat noodles or kuai tiao ruea, is a Thai style noodle dish, which has a strong flavor. It contains both pork and beef, as well as dark soy sauce, pickled bean curd and some other spices, and is normally served with meatballs and pig’s liver. The soup also contains nam tok, which is cow or pigs blood mixed with salt, to season the soup. The color of the soup is similar to beef noodles soup. It is commonly served in a small bowl. (Credit: x)

We had an order of Fried Dumplings (12 baht) and Streaky Pork with Crispy Crackling (12 baht) each to share.

Honestly, don't bother with this haha. The so-called fried dumplings were essentially fried flour that's all. There weren't any fillings inside the dumplings at all.

Also, the streaky pork with crispy crackling happened to be pork lard. I don't like eating lard at all. Not only is it unhealthy, it doesn't taste nice in my opinion.

We started off with a bowl of Noodles Thicken Soup with Pork (12 baht) each before ordering another 2-3 bowls each just because the portions were tiny.

Now, I didn't know what boat noodles were before I ate them. It was only after finishing all the food before I realised what the soup broth was made up of. Sobs. The thought of putting pig blood in my mouth......

However, if you can get past that gruesome thought, the noodles itself was pretty good! It's definitely something you must try when you're in BKK~

The Best of Boat Noodles

Address:

| Sutyot Kuetiau Lua Payak, Phaya Thai, Bangkok 10400, Thailand |

After spending yet another shopping at Pratunam/Platinum (yes I know right, girls and their shopping), we went back to our hotel to change and freshen up before our night out.

We wanted to head to a sky bar because it's something we've never tried before and we found out that there were quite a few located in Sukhumvit so we decided to head there for dinner.

One of the recommended places to have dinner at was Colors Cafe. According to their Facebook page (x), Colors Cafe is a cafe which sells classic and fusion Thai Food. They also sell Italian and Western food there as well.

Since we were in BKK, we opted for Thai food because we can have Western food whenever we want to in Singapore.

IMHO, the food wasn't anything special at all and it was priced more expensively than what you would find along the streets. I'd much rather opt for street food any day but if you don't mind paying for the ambience then definitely give Colors Cafe a shot!

Colors Cafe

Address:

| 1637 Sukhumvit Soi 69/1, Bangkok 10110, Thailand)

Opening hours: Tuesday to Sunday, 1200 to 2200

If you're wondering why we were all dressed up, it is because we intended to go to Zeppelin Rooftop Bar and we didn't want to look too shabby.

Zeppelin rooftop bar and restaurant hits the right notes with a great view, affordable prices and plenty of front row seats for the sunset. With so many rooftops in Bangkok, it’s important to stand out from the crowd, and although it has an out of the way location and an uninspiring entrance via an apartment building, it’s worth a trip to see the 180 degree cityscape from the 46th floor. (Credit: x)

We were greeted with the amazing view of Bangkok at night. As Zeppelin is open air, be sure to get a cardigan because it can get pretty windy at the 46th level. Also, make sure you have a hair tie with you just in case your hair is whipped all over your face!

If you're looking for some where to relax and have a drink, definitely check out one of BKK's many sky bars. The prices of drinks may be a tad expensive but for the view, I'd say it's worth your penny.

One thing special about Zeppelin Rooftop Bar has to be their sky walk. Just imagine a glass walkway, 46 stories high.

I'm a huge chicken when it comes to heights. I am terrified of heights. Just imagine how hard it was for me to conquer that fear and walk across the walkway.

It was all thanks to a waiter there who managed to cajole me into taking my first step onto the walkway and slowly inching my way across it.