We had breakfast at Cafe Claire, which is a pretty cafe with a touch of French in the heart of Bangkok. We were impressed by the decor of the cafe and the food was satisfying too. I had the French Toast (I've been in love with French Toasts ever since having the best I've eaten at Antoinette) while HK had the Eggs Benedict, both of which turned out yummy.
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| French toasts |
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| Eggs Benny |
After our chop chop breakfast, we rushed to MBK mall to get dried local products for the family - the normal pork floss sticks and banana and durian chips.
Running out of time (we had a flight to catch!), it was quite a mad rush for our last meal in Bangkok. Ironically, we were craving for Japanese food while in Bangkok, so we saw ourselves back at Central World, where all the Japanese restaurants congregated on the sixth floor of Isetan.
We then taxi-ed back to the hotel, faced with the daunting task of squeezing all our shopping buys into our luggage. And we thought a big luggage would be sufficient! It took us a few rounds of mix and matching the stuff between our big luggage and our hand carry duffel before we managed to get everything in!
Checked out of our hotel, entirely satisfied with our four days and three nights stay at Oriental Residence. HK made a mental note to put in a good review for them on Trip Advisor (if he actually gets down to doing it). I am reminded of the electrical sockets in the hotel room which were built in with international adapters, a very thoughtful touch. All hotels should have this, shouldn't they, since 90% of their guests are from overseas.
Thankfully traffic was in our favor and we got to the airport in less than half an hour. While checking in our luggage, we were amazed again with how monks are held in such high regard in Thailand (And I don't mean this in any bad way). In the photo below, monks get priority queues at the check in counters. And we also saw that in the BTS trains - alongside the pregnant women, kids and elderly, monks get priority seats in the trains as well.
It was also obvious that the Thai king was held in extremely high regard, with huge posters of the king everywhere.
At the airport, we also saw this luggage wrapping service for the first time. It provides added security for your luggages (no worries of crooks unknowingly sneaking in drugs in your luggage! hehe) and keeps it clean too! Amused, we decided to cling wrap the kids' dollhouse which we were going to check in for 200 baht.
Well, so that ends our short getaway. Just four days, but we felt relaxed and rejuvenated as a couple. I am already looking forward to our next trip, not sure when and where, but with the kids the next time!
We are at the airport having our last coffee before boarding the plane and bidding Bangkok goodbye! Till the next trip!
And in 3 hours, back to poop cleaning and diaper changes!!! Can't wait to hug my two precious kids!!!
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