So after the hotel check in we went round the neighborhood for our food options.

So here is a few things

1) hotel is located in an “ulu” area. By ulu means it is not smack in the middle of shopping centers area like MBK, central world, pratunam (platinum mall)
The nearest BTS is phrom phong n the hotel provides free tuk-tuk service to the BTS. lt is a short ride of about 5mins.

They can also fetch u from the BTS if u call them so u need to get a pre-paid card.

2) around the hotel area basically there is Nothing much. There is a spa ( let’s relax spa) which is quite good but rather expensive for walk in. Book online to get some discounts. Best thing is that they open till late so you can still get some done after the shopping

Also the fuji supermarket, Starbucks, banks, n a few jap eateries. The one on the top floor of the supermarket served great grilled meats but we didn’t try.

Instead we try Ramen Tei which is really good n affordable.

The usual shoyu charshiu ramen

Flipping thru the menu

And lastly around the BTS station, there is a huge mall with cinema (rather upmarket) with another huge supermarket. I think SOGO is the anchor tenant.
There is boots, etc here too

And in front of the BTS there is a 2 storey naraya flagship store. If you can’t find what you want here, unlikely you can find it anywhere else.

We stocked up on hangers, updated the tissue boxes n bought too many bags *insert ashamed face*

So all in all quite a good place to be in to experience the sukhumvit side of BKK.

So this time in BKK we took it easy.

We went to do massage/spa almost everyday

We also tried the restaurants in sukhumvit area besides the street food.

Crystal Jade near the hotel served great seafood fried rice and made their own chilli

So we had it a few times because it is cheap (compared to CJ Singapore) much more delicious than tr branches in singapore.

And more importantly it is just a few steps away from the hotel n open till midnight. Their mango sago dessert is also exceptional

We had a few spa sessions at Let’s Relax. We found the staff rushed thru our session albeit the hot stone massage was great.

Partly because we came little bit late but still… Not one of the best spa surely.

We also had traditional Thai massage at Healthland spa Asoke branch

It was eye opening as our bodies were stretched in ways unimaginable before. But it felt quite good n for 2 hours we could relax in air con room. And it was quite affordable too

You can check their website for other locations n branches.

Here is the spa lobby.

Taxis know this place quite well n there r many taxis around the area. So no worries about transport

Ok stay tuned for part 3!!