Bangkok III: Erawan Shrine + Bangrak Bazaar + Thong Lor Superlicious Wanton Mee

October 2014

A five min walk from Chidlom BTS to Erawan Shrine - aka Four-faced Buddha which Thai locals pray to it for business prosperity and wealth luck. This information is shared to me by a friendly Thai Chinese whom we met at Lucky Buddha temple. 

Competitive flower sale among the stalls which lined the pathway outside Erawan Shrine

Caged birds ready to be released by prayers 

We returned to Bangrak area for the coconut sticky rice but it was sold out at 4 plus in the afternoon.

Cute young bunnies for sale. I'm surprised to see a pet stall in the bazaar. Poor bunnies which have to rest their feet on wires. I always feel frustrated over certain pet shops mistreatment or lack of knowledge not to keep bunnies on wires as sock hocks for bunnies are terrible.

Interesting to see pink eggs 

Next, back to revisit my favourite Thai wanton noodle (THB 50) at Thong Lor market outside Thong Lor BTS. It's the very last stall at the end of the lines of roadside stalls and I love the perfect taste of the various combination of the ingredients with the noodle. It has so much ingredients that you can't see much of the noodle until everything is mixed together with the chopsticks

Next, another Thai Chinese stall which serves crispy roasted pork rice  @ THB 50

From the same stall, they also sell char siew rice (pork) above but I prefer roasted pork rice (right below)

From a stall at the corner of a shop space where there are a few stalls inside the building, we tried out stir fired flat noodles (THB 50) but we don't like it. 

I love this mango sticky rice (THB 60) from Thong Lor market as the serving is generous and most importantly, there is mung bean on top of the sticky rice which give this mango sticky rice some crunch to it. I was so happy when they actually provide very convenient packaging for the takeaway of the mango sticky rice. Highly recommended for those who going to bring this back for departure.

Mango + Coconut syrup + sticky rice are all packed separately. Awesome! Please visit this stall for their friendly service and their generous portion of mango sticky rice. 

It's the end of our short Bangkok trip of 4 days and this time round I did not buy alot. Nevertheless, I will be back to Thailand in 2015 - for my first visit to Chiangmai. Stay tuned for the posts!