Ramen Tei, Silom BKK

 This shop has never been disappointing to me over the past 10 years.  Very nice soup and noodle and most of all, their stir fried egg with black fungus is awesome.  If you wanna have an idea about how we call "wok air" (鑊氣) - slightly burnt aroma in a super quick fry at high heat, this dish would tell.  At this recent visit, no matter how full I was, I still got to get a bite.

Xin Tian Di 新天地 Crowne Plaza Bangkok

Finally we could try this restaurant. The must-try dish is their Peking duck. It's roasted so nice and aromatic and yet it's thinly sliced without a thick layer of fat. Somehow in Bangkok the Beijing scallion 京蔥 can't be found. Otherwise, it would be much better to my personal favourite. Another highlight is their tofu dishes (photo 6) and this one reminds me of the one 老皮嫩肉 made by Kiki 老媽 in Taiwan - deep fried tofu first and then soaked in a sweet soy sauce, but this one is with some seaweed to absorb the sauce. Overall, it's good to have a nice Chinese restaurant in Silom area.

Saladaeng Cafe by Jim Thompson BKK

Unexpectedly a very old photo, over 10 years ago, showed up and at that time my Sharp digital camera only had a 640x480 pixel resolution (photo 1). I always recall how the Moo Yang was served on a cutting board and it was so juicy and aromatic. This cafe has been renovated over 5-6 times and it's still one of my favourite choices for bringing some friends for some half local/int'l Thai cuisine. Personally as in the cooking technique and ingredients used, I prefer Saladaeng Cafe to the other local authentic Thai restaurants. The latter ones are usually either pretty salty/sweet and/or in a slow-heat cooking. At a recent visit, this restaurant is still better than its original shop at Jim Thompson, and most of all I brought my best friends to visit here.

BKK, night time of 22nd Oct

1. MO put this sandbag wall to protect their Chinese restaurant China House.

2. Don't let it mislead you. It's not from the flooding the news talked about. At this section of the soi (side street) to MO, when the river tide is high, there will be some water coming out like this. In general, this area is often with some slight flooding. If some foreign reports don't know how it comes from, they would apparently put it as the headline "MO in blood" these days.

3/4. Silom road getting prepared.

5-8. Bottled water is gone, food too and even dried squid. Tourists like us should not get any. Should leave them for the locals as this would be a long time fight for them at least a month.

Rewind - Benjarong, Dusit Thani, Rama 4/Silom BKK

Benjarong once impressed me with their Khao Che (rice in chilled jasmine water), as well as their nice decoration.