There wasn't much that we did today.
Well, actually it wasn't that we didn't do much.
Just that I didn't take as many pictures as I ought to have.
This morning we had a breakfast of eggs and bo luo bun that we ate with butter that we'd brought over from home.
Butter wasn't the only thing we brought over, by the way.
There were little jars of supplements, I had a bunch of sweets, and I had my sticks of coffee and tea.
We did some work in the morning, then headed out to lunch at OKONOMI in Central Embassy.
You will have noticed by now that OKONOMI features much on our meal itinerary.
It isn't just because they're delicious, but also that they have a lovely environment to eat in, work in, and the prices are affordable.
Their food is the kind of food you take when you're in the middle of the workday and your brain's churning left and right.
Their food is the kind of food you take when you want something to fill your stomach but don't wish to overwhelm.
I've seen digital nomads take their sandwiches and a cup of coffee.
I've seen ladies chat and catch up with each other over bowls of rice or noodles and a small bite that's shared.
This afternoon we took our usual favorites of Spicy Salmon, Salmon and Egg Mazemen, and the crab croquettes (again).
Their crab croquettes are really good- well breaded, perfectly fried. One can appreciate the generous amount of filling that's wrapped inside each croquette. One can also appreciate how clean-tasting the croquette is.
Eating this I never have to think of the oil.
I just eat.
Lunch over we went over to the BDMS Wellness Clinic where my friend had an appointment.
The BDMS Wellness Clinic is a fine example of how I (personally) feel wellness clinics can afford to be.
I'm not sure what their full suite of services are, but in all likelihood they do range from the aesthetics to the holistic to the weight-loss, and so on.
The one thing about BDMS that especially charms me is her environment.
No, it's not merely because she's atas or elegant, or whatnot, but because she's in a place that has, originally, (I think) a fair bit of heritage, and so is remarkably restful.
See, aesthetic treatments aren't necessarily painless. In fact, there are some rather uncomfortable ones, but what centralizes the whole experience is the Recovery, the place of Recovery, and the speed of it.
There are some treatments that require downtime.
There are some treatments that- with the proper medication- don't.
It depends.
BDMS (and her surroundings) cater to both.
Next to their clinic, connected by a elegant walkway, is the Movenpick Hotel. In and of itself, the Movenpick is a restful, quiet space with its own garden and its own peacocks wandering here and there.
But in the clinic itself, right behind the registration counter and wait area, is a bright, sunny private space designed like an elegant tea room, drawing room, or a lounge.
Intended perhaps for patients to rest and recover in between their treatments, this is a place where they can sit quietly on one of the comfortable armchairs and rest whilst gazing upon the manicured greenery outside.
Should they get hungry, there's tea, and from time to time, snacks and small bites too.
We were directed to this lounge to wait out the results of the Dexter DEXA Scan that my friend had taken earlier.
And because their small bites looked delish, we helped ourselves to them, sharing between us a salad roll, a tuna sandwich, two very big dates, and a chocolate granola bar, all the while sipping small little cups of lemongrass tea.
The results came.
All was good.
So back we went to the lounge for another short season of work before heading to Central Embassy.
In the late afternoon we headed to Siam Square where we got a massage- I think it was a Thai one- and then off it was to MBK Center the other side of Siam Paragon where I went shopping for more T-shirts- but didn't get any.
Instead I got a couple bottles of body mists and massage oils, which, I have to say, do make for a fantastic price and which I'm now wishing I'd bought more.
We ended the day with dinner.
At first we'd thought of having steak at this restaurant in MBK Center- the long queue of people waiting outside the entrance was quite encouraging- but I'm not fond of waiting, and then remembered we'd had steak only the previous day- so decided to try this very casual Thai-Chinese cafe where we had fried kuay teow, a bowl of green curry that they served with crepes, and fried spring rolls perfectly fried.
Will I come back here again?
Yes.
The kuay teow, though a simple-looking dish, consisted of flat rice noodles in the width that I liked. There were a lot of bean sprouts, there was a lot of egg, and there were slices of chicken that seemed to be so clean.
The green curry was normal- sweet, spicy, creamy- but it were the crepes- chewy and hot- that made for all the difference.
I haven't ever dipped deep-fried floury pancakes into green curry before.
This was my first time.
The spring rolls too didn't disappoint.
I wish I knew what sort of spring roll skin they used though.
It didn't seem to be made from the same kind of flour that I get from the snack shops and dim sum places, more like a (much thinner) fried version of the hum chim pang kind of flour, that same kind of crust, that same kind of crumbly crunch that melts away in your mouth.
