Cultural Night At Silom Village

 What a night we experienced at the Silom Village Trade Center, one of the popular cultural restaurants in Bangkok, Thailand. We had a night of shopping, ate authentic Thai food and was treated to a traditional Thai dance, music and costumes. The traditional Thai costumes were so colourful and made from luxurious Thai silk. The dancers danced so gracefully showcasing their traditional dances and music. Thai food was equally delicious and colourful with cooked vegetables, seafood, chicken combined with coconut milk and spices. It was a spectacular night of Thai culture and delicious food right in the heart of Bangkok. 

 

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Discovering Jim Thompson In Bangkok

 During our visit to Bangkok, Thailand, we discovered the famous Jim Thompson Thai silk stores in the historic and luxurious Mandarin Oriental Bangkok. Jim Thompson was an American businessman and allegedly a CIA spy who helped revitalise the Thai silk industry in the 1950s and 1960s. He lived in Thailand in the now famous House On The Klong which is now a museum that displays his collection of Thai furniture and fabrics. There is a great mystery on the disappearance of Jim Thompson from Malaysia's Cameron Highlands on Sunday March 26, 1967 as his body was never  seen again. His legacy remains on the retail stores under his name all around Thailand continuing the high quality and design of Thai silk scarves, bags, clothes, accessories and home decor. A trip to Thailand will not be complete without bringing home one of his products as an elegant souvenir. 

 

 

 

 

 

Read about our visit to the Mandarin Oriental Bangkok Hotel. 

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Afternoon Tea At The Mandarin Oriental Bangkok

One of the most elegant, historic and luxurious hotel in Bangkok is The Mandarin Oriental Hotel. The hotel is a five star Luxury Hotel along the Chao Phraya River in Bangkok. It is easily accessible through it's complimentary hotel boat shuttle coming from the Metro Station. The Hotel has an Old Asian luxurious ambiance, complete with a dress code of flip flops, tank tops, backpacks, casual shorts  were all not allowed within the hotel property. When we visited, we made sure to stop by for their legendary Afternoon Tea where even Royalty like the late Emperor of Japan, the late Prince Rainier and Princess Grace of Monaco, the late Princess Diana with Prince Charles have visited. Everything about our Afternoon Tea experience was so luxurious, dressy, elegant and the food was so delicious. This experience will always stay with me from our visit in Bangkok. 

 

 

 

 

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The Best Street Food In Asia

 Bangkok is well known for having the best street food in Asia. During our visit last month, our first stop was at Chinatown where their famous Street Food was on full show. As we arrived,  the locals walked around side by side with tourists to shop and taste the various street food. Besides the crazy traffic on the road,  the vendors were so friendly and busily cooked their food to sell and present to buyers. The food looked so fresh, delicious and so colourful. Everything on this street was like an entertainment showcase of local Thai and Chinese food for our eyes and stomach to delight and feast on. Despite the heat and humidity, never miss to visit this delicious gourmet part of Bangkok. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Temples Of Wat Pho and Wat Arun

During our visit to Bangkok, we were fascinated to visit the Buddhist temples of Wat Pho, known as the Temple of the Reclining Buddha and Wat Arun, known as the Temple of Dawn along the Chao Phraya River. The Wat Pho, should be one of the wonder of the world as it has the biggest reclining Buddha ever built in the world. It's a huge Buddha in gold. Then the temple is surrounded by stupas pointing all the way up to the heaven, made in colourful porcelains which usually holds the ashes of monks or Thai Royalty. Visiting these temples truly gave us an experience into the wisdom, tranquillity and peace of Buddhism and the grandeur of Thai culture and architecture.

 

 

 
 

Temple of Wat Arun

 
View of Temple Wat Arun from the Chao Phraya River.

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