Central World, Bangkok Thailand

We prefer to stay in a hotel that is a short walk away from Central World, Bangkok, Thailand.  For this trip, we enjoyed the Courtyard by Marriott.  For future trips, we may try other nearby hotels, e.g. Intercontinental.

Here are some random pictures near and around Central World, Bangkok, Thailand.

The skywalk is easy to use, and safe.  We have kids, best to keep away from the sometimes heavy traffic.

The very famous junction.  Just a short while ago, Bangkok protestors had closed off this junction.  The grenade attack that killed two children also occurred somewhere near here.  Peace be with their souls.

Looking down from the skywalk.

Traffic.  Erawan Bangkok - a rather posh shopping centre.   The famous restaurant Thai High-tea restaurant is located inside Erawan.

This is what you see when you enter Central World from the skywalk.

Didn't buy any of these, from the shopping center on the 7th floor.  Vacuum Freeze-Dried Jackfruits, Mangosteen and Rambutans!

Din Tai Fung is a famous restaurant.  There was an outlet in Central World.  We didn't dine there though.

There is the Din Tai Fung.  Famous for Xiao Long Pao. (Dumplings).  We walked past this restaurant often because MK and Fuji was just around the corner.

Many restaurants and eateries located on this level of Central World.

This was on another day.  Welcome to Ratchaprasong District!

This time, we decided to take a closer look.  You can see tourists.

At the street level now.  The green car is a taxi.  Most Bangkok taxis are locally assembled Japanese makes, e.g. Toyota Corolla.

A large number of worshippers.

Thao Maha Brahma.

Another picture of the shrine.

Many stores selling flower garlands and other offerings for the shrine, for worshippers to purchase.

On this day, we were headed to the Big C, which was opposite Central World.

As there was no skywalk there, we had to go by the road.   Notice the street hawker pushing her cart of coconuts.  Street hawkers are prevalent in Bangkok.   We dare not patronize street hawkers though.

Here we are at the Big C.  Our reason for coming here was to do some shopping, for everyday clothes and stuff. Just a short walk from the junction. (Check Google Maps)

I got some underwear.

And some t-shirts for everyday wear.  At the counter, I found out that it was 99THB per piece.

The Big C also sold sold donuts - only 5 THB per piece.

When in Bangkok, my kids consume many donuts. Our favourite donut store would be Mister Donut.

Here is the Mister Donut in the Big C building.

This is back at the Central World.  We decided to try this store out for the Mango Sticky Rice.  Many mangos on display.  Looked rather alluring.

This store was called Mrs Amra Dessert Store.

Wife and I shared one of this.  Mango sticky rice.

I saw this machine, selling fresh orange juice.

Some night shots of the very famous junction.  All peace and calm now.

Still a good number of worshippers at the shrine.

Cars turning.

The road looked rather empty from this angle.  Central World is on the left.

Usually, the street is very busy.

Inside Central World. There is a lot to explore.  Many different parts.  Also rather easy to get lost.

Jim Thompson sells very high-end Thai goods.  Very expensive.  We didn't buy anything from here.

We even found an ice-rink which was rather big!  Many kids were enjoying.

Quite a number of kids were very good!

A very large ice-rink indeed.  It was located at a corner that we don't usually walk through.

That's all the pictures!

Another interesting area is Isetan.  Isetan is one of the anchor tenants of Central World.  On the 6th floor, they have 5-6 very interesting Japanese restaurants.  At the basement, they also have a Japanese food hall that we found very interesting.

Safe travels!

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Crepes and Co

Crepes and Co is the place we go for crepes and ice-cream.  They have a beautiful restaurant at Langsuan.
However, since we only go for the dessert crepes, the smaller outlet called Crepes and Co corner at Central World is more convenient.

Here are the dessert crepes that my kids absolutely love. They will eat it all up and the adults have nothing to try.  Oh, well, for the kids.

This is the Crepes & Co Corner in Central World, located on the 7th floor. There is seating space behind.

Here is the menu at the Central World outlet.

More pictures of the Crepes and ice-cream.  It did taste very good.

Here are two receipts, side-by-side.  The left was from Crepes & Co Corner, the right was from the Crepes & Co. Langsuan.  Both times, we ordered the same thing, just 2 crepes with ice-cream, for the kids.  Notice the big price difference.  Well, it is a fact that the prices at the Crepes and Co Langsuan are significantly higher.

Here are some pictures of the Langsuan Crepes and Co.  The decor is charming and they have a full menu here, not just crepes, but also all types of food.  We didn't dine here though.

Another view.

This is from the outside of the restaurant.

Safe travels!

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Yum Saap - Bangkok, Thailand

Yum Saap
Yum Saap is another chain restaurant that specializes in Thai food. The adults like to dine at this restaurant, but not the kids. So we will bring the kids to dine at Fuji first, before going to Yum Saap for our meal. Well, since we are on holiday, we take everything slow and easy. There is a Yum Saap in Central World, located on the 7th floor where most of the eateries are.

They have a Facebook page.

The menu.

We will usually order a dish each and one to share. I do like the Pad Thai, 85 baht. It isn't too spicy.

Fork and spoon.

The bill for one of the meals - 304 Thai Baht.

Decor was interesting.

Tom yum seafood soup with glass noodles.  It wasn't very spicy, however, very strong tasting. 

Pad Thai, my favorite.  Again, it wasn't very spicy, but the taste of Thai style cooking was certainly very strong, and to our liking.

Coconut smoothie. We do like their smoothies.

Fried fish plus Thai salad, 99 baht.

More pictures of the Yum Saap in Central World. The restaurant had a healthy crowd, but it certainly wasn't as busy as Fuji.

Comfortable and spacious seats.

Again, the same Tom Yum with glass noodles.

And my favourite Pad Thai!

Conclusion
By now, Yum Saap is one of our favourite Thai restaurants.  Yes, you probably can get similar Thai food at cheaper prices at the Food Court, however, we like the comfort of dining here.  Will we come back?  Most definitely!

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