[Travel Thailand] Song Wat Road Exploration and Lunch at Yaowarat

Song Wat Road

Street Art / Mural

Let's explore a trendy place, we started ours at Elephants by ROA. Well, we needed an address for transport drop-off.

Elephants by ROA

Elephants by ROA in bangkok

Address: 1067 Song Wat Rd, Samphanthawong, Bangkok 10100, Thailand

Friendly Visitors

mural by Kitsune Jolene

Let's walk around and feel the vibes.

Plenty of artisanal shops with curious things to warrant a visit. It was an ecletic mix of newly old and actual vintage shops in the same vicinity.

coconut matcha (the literal version)

I had mistaken coconut matcha for matcha with coconut water. It was matcha water with coconut flesh. It was a nice healthy respite from the afternoon heat.

We walked to Yaowarat for lunch.

in Chinatown

Hua Seng Hong 

We went into an old school establishment and was greeted by air-conditioning. That was pure bliss. We placed our orders of some dim sum and signature dishes.

fish roe shrimp dumpling

prawn shu mai

Loved the shrimps in the dim sum but not a fan of the mushy skin of the har gao though.

prawn vermicelli, goose webs

closer view

goose web

The vermicelli had strong flavours and delivered that punch upon first bite. Yums! The braise goose web was lovely too.

sweetened chrysanthemum tea (cold)

After our meal, I went to the washroom and when I returned to the table, Ivan said they ordered wan ton noodles. I was like, no lah... we finished our meal liao when suddenly, that bowl of noodles was placed on the table. Hehe, just one bowl to try. Ok lah.

wan ton noodles (dry)

add your own condiments

mix mix

Expect to spend about ฿800 per person.

Address: 371, 373 Yaowarat Rd, Samphanthawong, Bangkok 10100, Thailand

Website: https://huasenghong.co.th/

Business Hours:

Daily 9 am–12 am

Nai Ek Roll Noodles

Next round was at this kway jub place which was within walking distance from the first restaurant.

queue to enter

menu

While we were queueing up to enter, we had to also place our orders first and make payment. After which, was just to await for a table to become available.

sauces

kway jub one pax

my portion

The kway jub soup was expectedly peppery but less spicy than the one in Chiang Mai. It was comforting even in a hot weather. The crispy pork was nice too.

kao kha moo (trotters rice)

The trotters rice was simple with just a deliciously braised trotter, rice and some pickled vegetables. Loved the combo and the pork didn't have any strong gamey taste.

The prices were reasonable too.

Address: 442 ซอย 9, Samphanthawong, Bangkok 10100, Thailand

Business Hours:

Daily 7:30 am–12:30 am

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For breakfast, we had it at Tang City Food Court. Find a place to sit and the drinks stall person would come to ask for your drinks order. Pay when the drinks or food is served.

kat zai suen mui 桔子酸梅 (calamansi lime with sour plum) 

teh (hot)

The beef soup stall is towards the back left corner of the food court. They also have fish head noodles as the other option. 

mixed beef hor fun (from Kiew Yee) @MYR11

smooth, slurpy hor fun

The beef soup was clear broth and very tasty. The beef parts included beef slices, tendon, beef ball and all were delicious and tender. It was a happy meal.

fishball and pork ball kway teow

Mom prefers the milder soupy stuffs like fishball/porkball noodles. 

pork ball noodles

Teochew char kway teow @MYR11

Char kway was ok for it had plenty of ingredients including cockles. 

Tang City Food Court

Address: 21-27, 21-27, Jalan Hang Lekir, Kuala Lumpur City Centre, 50000 Kuala Lumpur, Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Business Hours:

Daily 6 am–11 pm

Mom says she wanted dessert. So we walked to the tau fu fa stall. 

let's queue

boss attending to customers

serving up traditional goodness in a bowl of soya beancurd

warm tau fu fa (soya beancurd) in brown sugar syrup

Boss remained friendly even when there's lots of people lining up to order.

Kim Soya Bean

Address: Jalan Hang Lekir, City Centre, 50000 Kuala Lumpur, Wilayah Persekutuan Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Contact: +60126590958

Business Hours:

Daily 9:30 am–9:30 pm

For dinner, we went to try the shop that shares the same space as Kam Kee Chicken Rice. Day time, one gets to eat chicken rice and night time, one can get zichar from a different operator.

menu

We ordered their signature claypot lou shi fun (silver pin noodle) and decided to try Tom Yum fried rice.

claypot lou shu fen @ MYR26

Tom Yum Fried Rice

this calamansi lime is so different...

claypot beancurd

nam yee fried chicken

The medium portion of the noodles and fried rice was smaller when compared to its neighbour. The food here is stronger in terms of seasoning, and thus, no wonder the lady boss asked us if we could like some beer to go along with the dishes. 

The claypot noodles was served bubbling and one was supposed to mix the ingredients together. It doesn't look like much but flavourful. I enjoyed each scoop of the noodles, especially with the sambal chili. Tom Yum fried rice was decent but the tom yum flavours were pretty muted and not spicy.  There was one or two good sized prawn in there.

I quite liked the fried chicken. Freshly fried to crispy perfection and well marinated. Yums! But my family felt it was too salty.

Soon Kee Claypot 顺记瓦煲老鼠粉•烧肉面•虾米生肠

Address: 42, Jalan Sultan, City Centre, 50000 Kuala Lumpur, Wilayah Persekutuan Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Contact: +60169035968

Business Hours:

Daily: 4 pm–1 am