Morning today I headed up to the roof for a breather and to do the daily hour-long errand.
There was a mini golf thing up on this floor.
There were outdoor chairs.
It's surprising- I had not thought the view from this height of this building would be this good.
I liked it.
It made me feel at ease.
Afterwards when I went back down we had a breakfast of eggs and tuna toast that we Grabbed in from this place called Bartels.
The tuna toast was so good.
Call me suaku, yes, but oy, I come from a side of the world where standards are subjective and I don't always get to have a sandwich as delish as this.
What really impressed me wasn't just the thickness of the perfectly grilled, crunchy toast itself, nor the sliced tomato or the jalapeno that had somehow slid its way in, but the generous dollops of well-mixed tuna that they had placed inside.
So full was it between the slices of those breads that had I taken them away from the bread, I think they'd have filled up a small bowl.
It made the meal feel especially full.
In the latter part of the morning we headed out to the Organic Village shop at Thong Lor to get essentials and snacks.
There was a time when this shop had an outlet at Siam Square right close to the Siam BTS station, but they had closed down a month or so prior, so all that was left was this one here at Thong Lor.
Compared to some of the other places, Organic Village here isn't that inconvenient of a place to get to, but what with the weather, what with it being a fair distance away from the nearest BTS, it does take a fair bit of brisk walking to get to the store.
Nevertheless they do have great prices for some of their powders and snacks, and we always made sure we got two paper bags full.
From the shop, we walked our way back.
Along the way we stopped for a Thai massage where today I think we did a 5-in-1 that lasted maybe two hours or so.
I wish I knew the name of the place, but I think it wasn't too far away from Organic Village and most certainly it lay on the walking route back.
After we reached back the room, down we placed the two bags of chocolate brownie snacks, then out we went, taking the BTS from Thong Lor station to Chidlom.
I had wanted to visit Platinum Mall, but first, lunch.
There were options, of course- we could have gone for a simple meal, we could have gone for Tonkatsu at Central World, or even a quick meal at Siam Paragon, but then I had wanted chicken rice.
So we got down at Chidlom BTS, walked through Gaysorn, out onto the skybridge towards the Big C Mall on Ratchadamri, then down the stairs to Go-Ang Pratunam Chicken Rice.
This is, in my opinion, one of the best chicken rice dishes to be had this part of the world.
I know opinions will be divided regarding this, and there'll be disagreements, but let's just say that for someone who usually prefers roasted chicken to steamed chicken dishes, I actually want the steamed chicken here at Go-Ang rather than their roasted ones.
I don't know if it's the way they've marinated the chicken such that the skin is so good or if it's the way they make their chicken so tender, but that speaks a lot, doesn't it?
What's more, their rice hits different.
Again I don't know how to describe, but this is the one place where I feel like I can have two plates of rice instead of one- and trust me, I don't normally have that kind of urge to.
But, well, one can't finish, so, yes, sad to say, I have to stick to one.
Yeah, that's how it is here.
We followed the skybridge over to Platinum Mall where over four floors of clothes, accessories and beauty products made for an interesting walk.
There were so many shops offering all kinds of stuff.
And if one thought it were only clothes and bags and shoes, no, there were shops offering aromatherapy soaps, candles, massage oils, body care and room sprays too.
Here there were clothes that I hadn't seen in other flea markets before.
There were clothes that looked like they were tryouts for incoming fashion trends.
And there were clothes for all kinds of personalities.
I got particularly drawn to several designs of over-sized T-shirts at one of the stalls, so decided to get two- one with a Sailor Moon design, one with an M&M design.
Afterwards down at the basement we got a new small thermos flask for my friend that I thought might come in useful for all the hot (and cold) drinks that we presently do.
Not feeling very hungry (yet), we strolled back to Siam Paragon, where at the food court we bought a bag of hot, crispy sweet potato balls, and two bo luo buns for breakfast the next day.
But there's BOOST- at a great price- and so we got ourselves a cup of BOOST Juice each where, instead of the Berry smoothie I used to take, I chose a Cookies & Cream.
We had our snacks at the Siam Square area, then headed back on the BTS after.
You'd have thought that our day be over, and in a way it was, but late night we got somewhat hungry, so Grabbed in a steak.
Seeing this cute little box with the steak all beautifully sliced up, the broccoli and carrots steamed just right, the potatoes cut just fine and the little case of truffle salt at the side brought back some lovely memories for me.
The last time I'd had this steak was a couple of months ago when we were staying at the Shang.
Today, four, five months later, we were here at Thong Lor.