[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

[Travel] Roaming Around Petaling Street @ Chinatown Kuala Lumpur

As usual, we had a short staycation in the vicinity of Petaling Street. Here's some photos of what we did there.

view from hotel entrance

discovered Katong Laksa signage

Breakfast at Tang City Food Court

Drinks

Staff from the drinks stall would likely be the first contact with all diners. They'd come to your table to ask what you'd like to drink. Service was brisk and efficient. Do prepare the small change to pay when the drinks are served.

kopi

Lucky Soup Famous Wanton Mee

wanton noodles

Hmm, nope I do not know whether it is famous or not, but wanton noodles is quite the quintessential breakfast choice. Stall staff has quite the fierce resting face but hey, I'm just here to order some plates...

The char siew from the stall was tough, so no need to order extra portion. The roast pork fared better and not sure if they got it from the chicken rice/roast meat shop next door. The char siew at the chicken rice stall (next to this noodle stall) was much much better.

wanton noodles with additional order of roast pork

wanton soup

The average base price for noodle dish in this food court starts from RM11. Not sure if it is normal price or CNY price as I've only been there during CNY period.

Dim Sum

siew mai

seaweed siew mai

My dad, who has difficulty in chewing since he is now on dentures, opted for dim sum. The price of per dim sum plate was RM8.

Kiew Yee Beef Noodles

Was happy to see my favourite stall open during this visit. Had to order a bowl to satisfy the cravings. If you're not into beef, they do have fish head bee hoon as alternative though I've never tried that yet.

beef noodles

Mixed part noodle soup for me. Noodles of choice; horfun. Place order to the lady manning the stall and she was friendly and patient.

mixed part beef noodles soup

yummy

Clear broth and flavourful, and tender meats. Yums.

Fishball Noodles

fishball horfun

Mom's choice tasted healthy. Ingredients were plentiful though and stall staff was friendly.

Bak Kut Teh

The most expensive dish per pax in the food court would be bak kut teh at RM24 per pot with white rice.

The soup was fine but the pork was super tough. Will skip this.

bak kut teh

Walk-walk

dessert stall

clear blue skies

landmark seen from Petaling Street

Teashop

There are plenty of teashops in the area, so we went into the one that my sis usually visits. The were two staff in the shop and we took our time browsing the various tea leaves available in the shop. Staff was helpful and tries to respond to all my queries.

Saw that they had a small area for tea tasting hence, enquired if that was available. We chose a tea leave that we would like to try and staff kindly made it for us.

tea tasting

Thank you to the friendly and helpful staff. Eventually, we did buy some tea leaves to bring home.

Coffee Break

Yew Yew Coffee

Not sure what the fuss was about, so drop by to have a look. This cafe was a few steps away from the hotel. Small and cosy place.

small cafe

coffee with ice-cream

Leaf & Co

My friends dropped by, so we decided to meet at Leaf & Co. We've been to Mingles (which was nearby) and decided to try this place instead.

interior

strawberry ice-cream cake

carrot cake

coconut coffee latte

Hmm, the coconut coffee latte was different from what I'm used to. The ice-cream cake was ok but the carrot cake was nice. 

Side Note

We grabbed some fast food one of the evening, and finally I managed to try nasi lemak. Pretty good I must say. Sambal and rice were nice.

basic nasi lemak rice set (fully cooked egg, some ikan bilis and sambal in a small box)

spicy chicken packed separately