A Singaporean's guide to living in Thailand

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Share some photos of Bangkok Chinatown (Yaowarat) taken on an early Sunday morning

Chinatown alley

Roadside food seller

and customers breakfast by the walkway

Opening stalls in the morning

Buying fruits from a pushcart seller

Selling flowers

Frying fishcakes

Rice with mix and match dishes, wonderful colour Thai food

Relaxing and breakfast

 

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Noodle stall and customers

Sticky rice and curry seller

Old lady finished marketing

Busy alley

Chinese confectionary

Relaxing outside an old Chinese shop

Narro walkway

Public toilet

Preparing deep fried food here for generations

 

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Take a break, have a Kit Kat

Gossiping vegetable seller and customers

Wet market

Popiah skin seller, all freshly made

Fresh pork stall

Tofu stall

People are nice, even walkway is narrow Thais are patient to motorcycles

Fishmonger all freshly caught

Dry tofu

 

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Newly opened MRT station in the heart of Chinatown

End/Begining of the market

Ever busy road of Yaowarat

Bought some beautiful fresh pork belly from him, going for S$7.70 per kilogram (170 baht)

Cooked food prepared in an alley - bbq meats

Prawn seller peeling prawns

Can find all sorts of Chinese cooking stuff here

Preserved stuff

This is something not allowed in most modern cities, roadside stall and roadside dining, this is the beauty of Bangkok

 

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So what do I have for breakfast at Chinatown? My favourite noodle stall of course.

Its located between 2 buildings in a narrow walkway

Stall front

Stuffs to be put into the simple bowl of noodle

Chef

Boss sitting beside teh gas tank counting money whole day

See what I mean when I say stall is between two buildings. Ingenious isn't it?

My dry yellow noodle

Simple soup rice noodle

 

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When you think of mom's cooking while living overseas, just call her and ask how to cook.

Lor bak

 

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Tonight ownself cook ownself eat agaon, fried noodles and cooked fish maw soup

 

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Tonight ownself cook ownself eat agaon, fried noodles and cooked fish maw soup

Looks nice.

 

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Tomyam noodle soup dinner at a very nice and relaxing noodle shop

 

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Thais protest against Prayut, on his US visit

 

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Doing my usual rounds paddling my screws. Was driving along the highway and stopped by a rustic shop by the highway for breakfast this morning. Parking area full of trucks big and small.

Truckers dining here

Long trailers too in the background is the highway

Rustic

Had a simple bowl of boiled rice with minced pork ($1.80 or 40 baht) and an omelette (90 cents or 20 baht)

Nice meal to start the day

 

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Dinner tonight


Restaurant near home

Starter

Somtam Thai

Grilled chicken - gaiyang

Vegetables for hotpot

Pork

Hotpot

The meal

 

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Pharmacist Sireethorn Leigharamwat wins Miss Thailand 2019 crown
What's on, The Nation
Sep 27. 2019

Sireethorn Leigharamwat (centre)

Pharmacist Sireethorn Leigharamwat was crowned Miss Thailand 2019 at Aksra Theatre King Power on Thursday (September 26).

From 39 candidates participating in the pageant, judges chose 20 contestants after the catwalk and self-introduction rounds, and then reduced it to eight finalists to compete in the interview round.

The four runner-ups for Miss Thailand by region were: Supang “I-tim” Panthong as Miss Thailand of the North, Warisa “Fan” Phongphruekthon as Miss Thailand of the Central, Monchnit “Nammon” Chuayboon as Miss Thailand of the Northeast, and Pornnatcha “Namwah” Arayasatchaphong as Miss Thailand of the South.

But Sireethorn “Bint” Leigharamwat a Bangkok pharmacist earned the title of Miss Thailand 2019, along with Bt1 million in cash, the crown and the sash.

In the final interview round, Sireethorn was asked to name the root cause of drug problems worldwide. She answered that “teen curiosity” was behind the problem. “Schools should teach them the effects and consequences of using drugs. It’s vital to let them know how their future will be affected if they dare to try,” she said.

 

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Simple Thai country style lunch

Mushroom spicy soup, simply refreshing and delicious

Nam prick kapi, shrimp paste chili sauce

Pork green curry

Chicken wings, goes well with the beer

Pork belly

Mackerel with raw mango salad

Simple nice meal

Only $48 (1,070 baht)

 

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Did some shopping for the home this Sunday afternoon and drove passed an Isaan restaurant at 4pm decided to stop by for early dinner

Location - https://goo.gl/maps/Gc83Rfu4jLUE11A46

Was attracted to the rustic old design

Isaan food must go with beer of course

Raw vegetables and jeem-jiao spicy and soury chili

Here it comes

Larb moo

Gai yang

 

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Spicy prawns in tamarin sauce

Duck beak

Somtam pu

Tam thai

Tum saeb moo

Larb moo thod

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Love this dessert

 

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Bangkok enshrouded in toxic air
National
Sep 30. 2019

Photo taken at Bang Khen,Bangkok/Rachanon Intharaksa/NationPhoto

By The Nation

An unhealthy level of air pollution covered 14 areas of Greater Bangkok on Monday morning, according to the Pollution Control Department due to particulate matter smaller than 2.5 micrometres (PM2.5).

Bangkok residents woke up to see a cloud of small dust in the heart of the capital, including Pathum Wan, Din Daeng, and sections of Lat Phra road.

Levels of 42-66 micrograms per cubic metre (µg/m3) were found in 14 areas. Thailand’s official safety limit is 50µg/m3, double the World Health Organisation’s 25µg/m3.

Bangkok was also ranked the second highest after Hanoi on Monday for the pollution, according to the air quality and pollution city ranking as reported by airvisual.com.

The Pollution Control Department reported high air pollution counts in the following areas: Kanchanaphisek Rd Bang Khun Thian Bangkok, Rama IV Rd. Khet Pathum Wan Bangkok, Intarapitak Rd. Khet Thon Buri Bangkok, Lat Phrao Rd. Khet Wang Thonglang Bangkok, Din Daeng Rd. Khet Din Daeng Bangkok, Pubpla Khet Wang Thonglang Bangkok, Mueang Nakhon Pathom, Bang Krua Bang Kruai Nonthaburi, Bang Phut Pak Kret Nonthaburi, Khlong Nueng Khlong Luang Pathum Thani, Song Kanong Phra Pradaeng Samut Prakan, Pak Nam Meuang Samut Prakan, Om Noi Krathum Baen Samut Sakhon and Maha Chai Mueang Samut Sakhon.