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Half Day 1 in Chiang Mai, Thailand
Mar 23rd
I went to Chiang Mai on the 13th of March and I’m only blogging about it now! OMG. I tell you, thanks to stomach ache, I could do almost nothing for one week. ): Chiang Mai was the only part of my holiday that I enjoyed. (:
As we only arrived about noon, we weren’t ready for a full tour, so after checking into Bau Tong Lodge, we wandered around by ourselves.
My mum drove me and my sister down to Penang on Friday afternoon and it rained slightly.
On Saturday morning, we left for Chiang Mai in the morning with Thai Airways! The flight was about 1 hour and 55 minutes to Bangkok and another 55 minutes to Chiang Mai.
The sunrise was beautiful. In this picture, my camera focused on the dirt on the window. Damn.
After checking into the lodge, we were quite starved and stumbled across this coffee shop. I tell you, there are more spas than restaurants. OMG.
Came across really funky sunglasses too!
Look at the roads of Chiang Mai, ain’t that clean!
The scary part of Thailand is their ultra complicated wires. OMG.
Passing by market after market, we saw maggots for sale! YUM.. Of course I didn’t try it. It’s not my thing!
Insect buffet. Eek!
They’re really smart to use the fruit wrapper to make fake flowers. (: But I wonder if people really buy them..
I passed by this shop that sells accessories. Their sales girls all wore huge flowers on their hair, gypsy headbands, layered necklaces and boy, they look like showgirls. LOL
Now, if it happens in Malaysia, I’ll be so happy. 
The amount of things each store sells is about that much. D:
Shoe-shaped baskets.
They even have 3D animal hats! WOW. (I sound so shallow in knowledge ._.)
More people own a motorbike than a car. Their motorbikes are really cool! Some are really retro, some are really.. Pink. And Cute. And the pink ones are ridden by men. D:
Funky hats. (Tourists actually buy them and wear it around town!)
Indian-like-looking lanterns.
Their graffiti looks cool though. I hope they don’t repaint them.
One of the 1500+ temples in Chiang Mai.
I like the play of lights.. (:
We had our dinner at this restaurant. Of course, we ate Thai food, not western.
Nope, they’re not sweets! They are hair clips! Really!
Carved soaps. I wouldn’t have the heart to use them. They’re too pretty!
Bau Tong Lodge
(Pronounced as boh tong lodge)
4/4 Loikroh Road. Lane 3
Meuang
Chiang Mai
50100
+66(053)208192-4
Chinese New Year 2010, Part 3
Feb 17th
Just family pictures to show you guys. (:
My beloved mummy.
My cousin, Nicholas.
My nephew, Neville.
My cousin, Vanesa.
Chinese New Year 2010, Part 2
Feb 16th
At night, we had western food! Which is ALSO not normal to eat in Penang, for me. We went to Sigi’s Bar and Grill on The Beach at Golden Sands Resort. Currently, it’s only open to in house guests, and the launch is on the 18th of February! This particular restaurant is quite big, it has an outdoor and indoor dining areas. Besides that, they have a cool bar that is lit up with blue lights at night! Actually, the whole restaurant is based on blue colour. The place is a little dark which sort of gives this mysterious and romantic ambiance. On the opposite end of the entrance leads you outside to the beach which you can enjoy the beautiful sunsets and enjoy the sea breeze. Outside the entrance has a trail with herbs and flowers at the sides. Overall, this place is such an adventure.
Blue lights, turquoise chairs and tables and lovely ‘lighted paintings’ on the wall.
The long ‘river’ in the middle of the restaurants is still due to constructions though.
The actual place is much darker.. I brighten it up so you could see whats there.
The outdoor dining area. So spacious!
Eastern Sunrise Mocktail
Fresh Guava, Pineapple, Lime, Banana, Mango and Grenadine Syrup
My favourite. It’s slightly sour because of the grenadine. But surprisingly, I didn’t taste any pineapple and banana..
Caesar Salad (RM28)
Crispy Romaine Lettuce, toasted croutons, beef bacon, anchovies, shaved parmesan, and soft poached egg with caesar dressing.
Lovely poached egg, oooh! The parmesan that melts in your mouth and beef bacons. Am I making you drool?
Salt and Pepper Calamari (RM21)
Red Chilli, Coriander, Onion Jam and Nahm jim
Seared Scallops (RM30)
Scallops with green olive tapenade, chive creme, and potato galette
The. Scallops. Are. So. Fresh. And. So. Juicy.. I only had half.. and I want more! It’s just so lovely!
Prawns (RM28)
Marinated in Morrocan Spices, dipping sauce
Eat it without shelling the prawns! It taste so beautiful.. If you shell them, you don’t get to taste the spices anymore. Trust me on this!
Pan-fried Cod (RM65)
With crushed new potatoes, pistachio aioli, and fennel and caper salad
I always loved cod fish.. Juicy fresh cod fish.. Yum.
Braised Oxtail Fettuccine, Parmesan, Broccoli and Basil (RM34 for individual, RM112 for family)
For me, I’d preffer my spaghetti softer.. The oxtail is full of fats. Eek! Not my kind of meal.
Beef Sirloin (RM70)
Char-grilled Australian black angus sirloin steak with hand-cut chips. cafe de paris butter and salad
Don’t order a well done steak.. Order medium or rare. It really makes a difference. Juicer and more tender. Every mouth made me want another piece. It’s that good. RM70 worth of paradise.
Fried Dried Flat Rice Noodle (RM31)
They have a few local items as well like this one! Of course, they are fine dining local food!
Fungi (RM27 for 12″)
Mushrooms, anchovies, olives, and dried oregano
Mushrooms are nice. Do you like mushrooms? I love mushrooms.. This pizza is just awesome!
Souvlaki (RM29 for 12″)
Shredded lamb, onion, sweet chilli sauce, tomato tabouleh and garlic sauce
The weird part is that they added chilli sauce to make it a little Arabian-ish. Not working for me.. It reminds me of the Ramli burgers..
The Bombe (RM23)
Mango sorbet, white chocolate parfait, Italian meringue, and pine nuts
It seemed to be a weird combination, but a good one.
Chocolate Tarte (RM25)
Like chewing gum tart! Okay, not literally, but its quite chewy, but not too much that makes you tired of eating it. To balance it off, they added a scoop of vanilla ice cream.
Meet the chef himself, John Brock.
Family time! My Aunt, Uncle and mum.
Say hello to baby Neville! He’s about 8 months old now.
Saturday
Usually we would visit and pray to my grandpa in the morning before lunch.. This time we went in the afternoon.
The sun rays here are so.. SO bright!
Night falls and we had our reunion dinner. We had steamboat as usual! No pictures, I wanted to enjoy the food…. But I did take pretty pictures of the fireworks we played. We also accidentally lit up an unknown firework and we didn’t stand far away enough nor did we covered our ears.. The cylinder-shaped firework bombed with such a loud sound, our ears were still ringing 2 hours later. ):
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