After our tour of the Grand Palace, we dropped by quickly at this jewellry centre in Bangkok, then we had a buffet lunch at SD Avenue Hotel. Actually I don’t really remember since it’s been about a year since, and our tour itinery got shuffled around so I can’t rely on the tour schedule pamphlet either. However! EXIF data has come to the rescue! What is EXIF data?
Almost all new digital cameras save JPEG (jpg) files with EXIF (Exchangeable Image File) data. Camera settings and scene information are recorded by the camera into the image file. Examples of stored information are shutter speed, date and time, focal length, exposure compensation, metering pattern and if a flash was used.
- from Digicam help
Very helpful information for getting my timelines right.
The jewellry centre had a section where you could see the Thai jewellers at work. Tried to take some photos but was told not to, resulting in only one blurry shot. Thailand is rich in sapphires, if I remember correctly. At the back, past the jewellers was a large room filled with display cases of Thai-manufactured jewellry. Very sparkly.
We had a late lunch after that. The buffet wasn’t too bad. There was a girl playing a traditional Thai instrument while wearing some traditional Thai clothes. Quite nice.
I liked the salady type foods the best.
The servers would make the crepes (middle photo below) in front of you (IIRC), and they would spoon in some shredded vegetables which had been tossed together with a spicy and sour dressing. Great mix of textures, great flavour, yum. Should have eaten another one >.<
The other thing that stood out was the Thai-style salad in the bottom right photo. Don't know what it's called again. The server was mixing up the salad dressing fresh in a big mortar and pestle. There were lots of chillies and peanuts and what not in the mixture. At the end of the smashing she spooned the dressing over the prepared shredded vegetables. It was very spicy but so refreshing. And I am a sucker for peanuts in food.
The photo on the left is a dessert I had. It's a mixture of chendol (sweetened green dropped starch), grass jelly with sweet potato and basil seeds. It was in a possibly pandan-flavoured syrup. Not too bad.
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Hungry.
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But I don’t like the tadpole thingies.
But tadpole things are crunchy and yummy (._.)
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