You know, seeing these pictures now, it would be so easy to assume that I did nothing in Bangkok today at all.
But it's not true.
I actually did a lot.
So it might be that I didn't go very far out of the zone today, but that doesn't mean I didn't do anything meaningful.
Nor does it means that I didn't do anything constructive.
I spent a good deal of time today hanging around Siam Square 1.
Not on purpose- I so happened to be wandering round the malls and the shops behind whilst my friend went for an appointment. I didn't take much notice of the shops in the mall (yet) but there were a few snack outlets, a few clothes' shops, and one of Thailand's most popular cosmetics, skincare and beauty stores- Eve & Boy.
In the basement too was the Thailand Post Office, and after making a few enquiries, my friend joined me and off it was to lunch at Sizzler over at Central World.
Didn't matter that I'd had the same meal only just two days before.
This afternoon I was determined to take my time to enjoy it.
And enjoy it I did.
I'd ordered fish and chips.
Then at the salad buffet, between bites of fried fish and chips, I helped myself to three plates of salad.
All of which, more or less, looked the same.
See, out of all the lettuces there are out there, Romaine lettuces are probably my favorite- I have it whenever I feel like having salad and the vegetable's there.
So today I helped myself to the leaves of the lettuce, a bit of orange slices, a ladleful of quail eggs, corn kernels, big slices of roasted pumpkin, fresh sliced onions, croutons, and a scattering of mozzarella cheese.
After that I got myself a bowl of soup- with croutons, of course.
And then a small bowl of quail eggs because I have a special liking for quail eggs and got extra happy when there was more than enough for me to have some.
But I don't have a picture.
Neither do I have a picture of the dessert I took, which, on a plate I had a small cup of not-so-sweet chocolate mousse, a bit of jelly (which I don't know what flavor), and a small little shot glass of sago with coconut milk.
Lunch over, we headed back to The Quarter where I pulled out some products with the intention to use at the Thailand Post Office.
But I hadn't gotten all the details right the first time, and so, unfortunately, I had to take it back again.
After this, from Siam Square we walked to this shop not too far from Erawan Shrine. What we did was to stay on Ratchadamri Road, turn left into the lane near Courtyard by Marriott, then turn out onto the other road.
At that time I dont' think we knew what the name of the road was.
I still don't quite know it now.
But it's near the Chidlom BTS, it's opposite the still-building Chidlom Shopping Mall, and, if I'm not wrong, it's in a building that also houses a couple of offices, a couple of restaurants, a spa, and a few retail here and there.
Here (the shop's probably Lemon Farm) we bought a couple of organic powders, wandered around a bit, and then after that back we bounced to Siam Square where this evening we had a meal of pork tonkatsu, and salmon at a restaurant called KOGARO.
Located on the 2nd floor of a three-storeyed building, the charm of the meal had to be this little pear-shaped thing that I think came on top of the rice bowl.
You know, if there's one thing about tonkatsu meals here in Bangkok that I've eaten thus far, it's that their rice is really, really good.
Not one time has it ever been that their Japanese rice isn't fluffy and soft and warm and so comforting to the palate.
Not one time too has it ever been that I've not wanted to finish the rice at all.
It's just too good.
I don't know if it's the rice import, if it's the cultivated version that they do within the country- they're no noobs to rice cultivation after all- or if it's just the way they steam their rice.
But I love it.
Their tonkatsu was very good too.
It had a slightly different size, and a slightly different taste compared to some of the other places that I'd eaten- both on the island and in Bangkok itself- but the size of each piece was prepped just right, the bite of each piece was good (there was chew but it still was tender and soft) but the breadcrumbed coat had to be the best of all.
I love how they do the breadcrumbs, I tell you.
They don't skimp on the quality.
They don't skimp on the skill to fry it well also.
This is one of those pieces where I think I could be happy just eating the breadcrumbs by themselves without the meat.
But it would be silly, wouldn't it?
Dinner finished, I went across to the Novotel close by for a while, then about an hour later, we headed to Thai Thai Massage across the road near Siam Square for a 5-in-1 massage.
As usual, it made me fall asleep.