After our trip to Silom Thai Cooking School, it's back to shopping time. We went to take the BTS back to our hotel area. It was during the peak period so the BTS station were quite crowded especially at Siam (it's the interchange for passengers to change to different route).
We headed to Siam Paragon to pay Ookii Ookkii Village a visit. Even though I came out empty handed, this place have become a must-visit place every time we go BKK.
Back here again after 2 years :)
Yay the huge Rilakkuma is still around!
Very pretty Rilakkuma watches on sales :)
We didn't eat our dinner that night because we were really full from eating all the food that we cooked at Silom Thai Cooking School. Our main objective that night was to visit the night market outside Central World to get souvenirs for our colis and friends.
Way before we depart for our trip, we have already planned to get souvenirs for our 'brothers' and 'sisters' from BKK. We came across this pretty apt gift for them which can be bought in BKK. I went around to ask where to get and most of them replied street stalls outside Platinum Mall and Central World. On the first night in BKK, we have already came across these stalls and there were many of them along the road side.
We shortlisted 1 stall (directly outside Central World) which sells the thick leather kind of passport holder (instead of the thin type) and the stall owners are really friendly! We asked them about their opening time and they only opened at night from 7pm onwards.
They allow us to take photos for reference and we had to do some 'homework' on our first night in BKK. The 1st night when we were back in our hotel room, we have already started writing down the names, color of the leather for the person and also the 'charm'. So that it will save us some time rather than deciding on the spot because we are customizing for quite a number of people.
We went back to find them and they were surprise and happy to see us because we kept to our promise to go back to find them the very next day :)
The young chap making our orders.
Many Singaporeans came over to look for customized souvenirs too!
Oh well, we went back to the shop on every night of our Bangkok trip. lol. We find ourselves missing out some people now and then hence we have to go back. We also went to other shops to patronize as different stalls have different colors and charms.
We also walked around the pasar malam outside Central World. They are not always there because for the past few times when we went to BKK, there wasn't any pasar malam but rather, there's some fashion show/concert going on.
Many many food sold at the pasar malam just like our local pasar malam.
I once ate this yummy grilled pork at Chatuchak. Now they are often seen at street stalls outside Platinum Mall and Central World.
Many other stalls selling the customized leather products. All these can be customize with your name on it!
We made our way back to our hotel after walking through the night market and street stalls. Just before we cross the road from outside Platinum Mall back to Pratunam, we spotted this shop selling really cute edible buns.
So cute aren't they? :)
It was really late (like close to 11pm Singapore time) so they were closing soon. I bought one back to try and it's really not expensive (not out to 'tok' tourists). If I never remember wrongly, it's around SGD1 for 1 bun :) They even sell in boxes of 6 which look really exquisite and can be kept up to 1 month if you placed it in the freezer.
As we didn't have any dinner, we randomly bought tom yum cup noodles from the mini mart located conveniently at our hotel lobby. This is one of the must-eat when we go BKK for holiday.
Our supper that night. We can have mango sticky rice every night in BKK! :)
The bun that I bought. They don't sell bun which is Rilakkuma-inspired so I bought this. Kiiroitori is one of the character from Rilakkuma's family and friends.
The filling inside is custard paste. Surprisingly, they are of the correct sweetness and the texture and everything is just like those bun found locally.
Ending my post with the customized leather passport cover for the 'brothers' and 'sisters'.
We also made these for our close friends and key holder for our colis. We bought all the souvenirs from more than 1 stalls but all of them were located at the same place. Do look out for those thick leather material kind because they are more lasting and looks nicer for a gift.
Will share the picture of it in my next few travelogue blogposts :) That's all for now! Till the next BKK post then.
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