Chatuchack, Chamlong Asoke Vegetarian

Minggu, 24 April 2011

Last day at Thailand.
Jam setengah 6 kami diantar ke airport, waktu 20 menit. Karena sudah self check in, flight jam 06.40 kami langsung ke gate. Penerbangan tampak ramai.

Sampai di Bangkok, kami ke tempat penitipan bagasi untuk menurunkan muatan kami. Diperbolehkan untuk mengambil bagasi, waktu yang diberikan 5-15 menit.
Setelah itu kami naik Airport railway ke Phaya Thai – rate 45 bath. Dilanjutkan naik BTS ke Mochit – tujuan Chatuchak, rate 30 bath.

Dari BTS jalan kaki kira2 5 menit untuk sampai ke pasar ini. Luas pasar ini 18 hektar, konon merupakan pasar terbesar diasia.
Tapi tujuan utama kami adalah Chamlong Asoke Vegetarian restaurant. Ternyata tempat ini tidak berada didalam pasar, kami perlu keluar dari pasar ini, dari sisi yang berbeda dari tempat kami masuk, kemudian menyebrangi jalan raya. Disebrang Chatuchak terdapat tempat penjualan furniture. Dari sini kami jalan lurus kemudian belok ke kiri. Disanalah Chamlong Asoke Vegetarian restaurant.

Chamlong Asoke merupakan food court yang seluruh menu yang disajikan vegetarian, organic, no onion, no garlic. Makanan disini murah rate 10-20 bath. Nasi, mie, bihun, sup, buah, gorengan, kacang kuah, dll. Semua menu lezat, akan tetapi apa daya kapasitas tampung terbatas, jadi tidak bisa mencoba semuanya.

Disini juga terdapat Supermarket yang menjual bahan organic & vegan. Kami membeli ice cream harga 15 bath – 4 rasa – seperti es puter, but delicious.

Setelah kenyang dan membungkus nasi untuk makan malam kami, kami lanjut ke JJ market (Chatuchack). Karena menurut kami barnag disini mahal mahal, jadi kami tidak window shopping disini, hanya membeli anting, harga 9 bath, dompet kecil 10 bath & kaos 100 bath dapat 3 item.
Cuaca sangat panas & terik, kami tidak sanggup melanjutkan perjalanan, jadi kami putuskan untuk kembali ke airport. Naik BTS ke Phaya Thai lanjut dengan airport railway. Sampai diairport kami ngaso, ganti baju, bersantai2, serta makan malam. Baru kemudian kami mengambil bagasi dan drop baggage.

Antri drop baggage juga tidak terlalu panjang, dibandingkan dengan counter check in.

Airport disini free duty, tapi snacknya mahal.

That’s all my journey to Thailand. See you on my next trip.

JJ Market/Chatuchack, Chamlong Asoke Vegetarian restaurant

Sunday, April 24, 2011

Today we get up early in the morning. At 05.30 we depart to Chiang Mai airport. Plane board on time at 06.40, and arrived at Bangkok 08.10 am. Then we went to left luggage ask our luggage for 5 minutes to drop off our things from Chiang Mai.

After that we take airport railway to Phaya Thai station, fare bath 45. Went from airport without carry luggage was comfortable, but if takes luggage also it’ll not comfortable, since we had to go up and down stairs.

It's take 35 minutes arrived at Phaya Thai station, then we change BTS to Mo chit – JJ Market. BTS fare 30 bath. Get off at Mochit then take exit 1 to go to JJ Market (Chatuchak).

I already had chatuchack map, so we didn’t go to information. But place we looking for was Chamlong Asoke Vegetarian restaurant.

To go there we’ve got to go out from JJ market (exit from section 26), then cross the road (it’s sell furniture front of JJ Market) and turn left. There were no English alphabet, but people said it was Chamlong Asoke.

We glad can find it, since the food court all sell many vegetarian food, organic one. They sold rice, soup, noodle, fruit, many pedestrian food, etc, but all vegetarian and organic. Price also cheap between 10 – 20 bath. Many local and foreign eat there.

There were small supermarket which sell organic vegetarian food  also ice cream. Don’t forget to buy this one, cost 15 bath and delicious - had 4 taste.

We bought rice take away for our dinner at airport, cheap each 15 bath.

At JJ market, I only buy earring – 9 bath, and small purse 10 bath, oh also shirt 100 bath for 3 item. We not interest with JJ Market, for us it was expensive, Border market or market at Laos more cheaper. JJ Market goods quality not quite good, Platinum Plaza much much better.

So we decide to back to the airport, even we still had long time to spend. MBK goods also expensive, so we didn’t go there.

We back to airport by railway, and wait there.

I suggest bring a lot cash if you wanna visit Bangkok, since the product had good quality and cheap.

At last day actually we want to visit Taling Chan Floating Market - nearest floating market with Bangkok (by bus takes 1 hour, here Taling Chan Floating market maps) since we didn't had enough cash so we can go there.

Other place to visit at Bangkok :
1. Jims Thompson House
2. Siam Niramit Show
3. Madame Tussaud Museum