Physiques of The Quest

I had deprived myself of holidays these years cos i thought there wasn't really a reason to celebrate or to rejoice in. I didn't make a mark for myself, it's not exactly that i've breezed through my academics so yeah i didn't think I deserved one.


Therefore before i left for Bangkok for 5 days 4 nights, I thought hey, there should be a noble purpose for this trip. A higher cause, a greater purpose perhaps. Incidentally, I felt like I needed to come back and do a really intellectual post since the poker guys were laughing at my previous entries. I was inspired by Elizabeth Gilbert in Eat Pray Love. Despite her self obessession and it's warped nature, I kinda related to one of her theories. Here goes...

""I've come to believe that there exists in the universe something I call "The Physics of The Quest"- a force of nature governed by laws as real as the laws gravity or momentum. And the rule of Quest Physics maybe goes like this: "If you are brave enough to leave behind everything familiar and comforting and set out on a truth-seeking journey and if you are truly willing to regard everything that happens to you on that journey as a clue, and if you accept everyone you meet along the way as a teacher, and if you are prepared - most of all -to face some very difficult realities about yourself....then truth will not be withheld from you."
— Elizabeth Gilbert (Eat, Pray, Love)

Great, I thought. I was really thrilled to open myself to adventure, self exploration and deep meditation.

I

WAS

SO WRONG.

I did no reflection.

I fell sick.

But I came home and my mom asked if I got fat. I went to school and got called fat. Now there's this someone who can't stop pinching my tummy either!

Therefore i conclude I returned from this noble "Quest" not any wiser but fatter. Let me therefore analyse the Food of Bangkok City that made yussof fat...

Duty Free Chocolate Croissant at starbucks!
Fat Value: 3/10.
Yum yum this is a really delicious plate of chocolate croissant is a rare gem tucked away in an obscure place called Starbucks. Who am i kidding. You can find this pastry in any starbucks outlet so stop reading this description it's pointless. Oh and the chocolate inside is rather miserable. I'd pass on this in future... Why are u still reading this description.

Dog Meat!
Fat Value: okay i'm kidding, i'm not chinese anyways.

Plate of Fusion Pad Thai with Coke
Fat value: 3/10

Really interesting dish at this restaurant called Bug n Bee, where they fuse traditional thai cuisine with new age kinda stuff, cos this Pad Thai is made with crepe! Honestly the crepe is like the dry version of Mee Hoon Kway but tasty nonetheless! 5 generous portions of prawns and random seafood. About $8sgd.

and well obviously my own serving of padthai wasn't enough!

Had a slice of Mango chicken pie which was really delicious. Mango and meat go really well together seriously which genius thought of putting them together. Oh and then there's the Tom Yum Goong soup which wasn't really that spicy but what's thai food without tom yum soup rite. Tom Yum soup really whets one's taste buds and the joy of scooping up a prawn as u scrimmage through the mushrooms and what not...
Just awesome.

Baileys on the rocks!
My first drink at RCA where we had our countdown. Sadly before counting down... My baileys on the rocks became baileys...on the floor. YY knocked my cup down! It's okay YY...u owe me a drink lor. HEHE.

Doufu.
Fat value: 0.
Lust value: 10.
It really took me the entire night to even get a picture of these ladies. And i'm not even sure they are ladies!!! Anyway in real life these girls were pretty and MANY MANY people came over to take pictures with them. I assume it's because they have really nice dresses and have long curly hair. I don't suppose it's cos of their deep cleavages. Anyhow, these tasty snacks are aplenty in thailand. Keep salivating, pervs.

How about a healthy cup of strawberries for a change. Actually i didn't have them... Just wanted to show u that the Casio Exilim (possession in transfer from BF to me) takes really good pictures given proper lighting... heh.

Roadside Beefnoodles and Wanton Mee.
Fat Value: 5/10 + 1/10 for having it at 4am.

Our first go at roadside food. At that point in time i was already munching on fried chicken cutlet (35 baht!) and u can see the remnants of some of the bones there in the picture next to the cup of chilli.

So we approached these 2 ladies who were slurping up shimmering strands of noodles as they bantered in Thai as we interrupted them and gestured to them our interest in...their food. The friendly thais summoned the Beef Noodle lady and got us 1 bowl immediately. The beef noodles were great! Rice Noodles, a really common, cheap i suppose, type of noodles in thailand, was served along with tangy beef balls in spicy dark sauce. Yums.

The Wanton Mee was quite special because it consisted half an egg which to me is like finding a banana in ur char kway teow. That aside, it was easy to eat, the noodles drenched with soupy yellow sauce.

Dry Rice Noodles
Fat Value: 3

At 50 baht i was expecting something but nope, this dish wasn't anything to shout about. It was damn dry i got a feeling i should have ordered it soupy. The rice noodles clumped together and i probably finished them in 5 mouthfuls. Plus one more extra mouthful for every ingredient they added so make that 12 mouthfuls. Hardly satisfying... I had to order more.

Fried Chicken Rice
Fat Value: 6.5

Yes now i started to taste proper food. For 50 baht, i got a deceivingly simple looking plate of rice topped with golden fried chicken and a saucer of chilli. I scooped a portion of rice and brought it to my gaping mouth... The rice grains were smooth and supple! They melted into my mouth as i rolled it down my oesophagus. The chicken was fried really well, a tasty layer of fried flour hid the sinful layer of fats and tenderised meat beneath its surface. To complement, the chilli was sweet.
What a delightful plate of chicken rice!

Like a G7, like a G7.

Out of curiousity i took a photo of this box outside a pharmacy. It turns out this was thailand's local Viagra. Yeah man they have their own Tongkat Ali too.

And it's so fly.

Breakfast every morning.

Delivered to our doorstep BUT i had to stumble to the door grumpily to retrieve it every morning. Worth it tho!
Yoghurt cereal, coffee and tea, orange juice and apple juice, hard boiled eggs and chicken ham croissant.

Did i mention hard boiled eggs? (:


Fried Food at Chatuchak

Ginormous Prawns.

Food at Chatuchak
Fat Value: 5.4

Was having a sore throat that day. Didn't really fancy all the fried food but since Calbin offered to peel the prawns, i gladly ate them tee hee. He also got this pot of cow innerds or something... I almost bit into a testicle thinking it was a meatball but fortunately i could tell it was smooth. How disastrous could lunch get! And i kinda forgot what weird eggs those were... Wasn't in an adventurous mood but apparently Calbin said the eggs tasted "richer". I wouldn't like something tasting too rich in protein anyway...makes me think i'm eating...oh nevermind.

Grass Jelly Milk Tea at Chatuchak
Fat Value: 1

At first sight the milk tea looks rather delicious! You'd be thinking tea in Thailand would be cheap since they have plantations of it. Well yeah this cup of milk tea was for 60baht, nowhere near Koi's incredulous pricing. Moreover Thai milk tea is orange in colour. I wanted to buy a cup of it myself but Calbin stopped me and handed over his cup to me. It seems that it failed his expectations. I snatched the cup over to analyse it and after a few mouthfuls realised perhaps we weren't used to their milk tea. It really tastes quite different and lingers on ur tongue far too long... Moreover the straw should be bigger. How to suck properly? To sum it up, i'm glad i didn't buy myself a cup.

Coconut Icecream at chatuchak
Fat Value: 4

I'm not a fan of coconuts so this dessert was merely appealing aesthetically. A nice creamy scoop of coconut icecream topped with nuts in a coconut shell. No wonder there was a long queue at this shop.

Food at Siam Paragon Foodcourt

My bowl of kway teow soup at 60baht was reasonable. I had no choice cos i still had a sore throat.

Papaya salad, a dish we used to like from Thailand. Really crunchy stuff.

The further away we have the Pineapple Rice in a pineapple husk. Obviously only tourists like us would have bought it. It tasted anything but special...

And there's the pad thai. I'm glad we all made the effort to eat thai food even tho we were at a food court... Haha.

Icecream at Gelate

Yes you've read correctly, their ice cream stall is called Gelate (sounds so like Gelare?), located in Siam Paragon's supermarket.
All the ice cream looked really good!

Sijie made me her slaveboy after she bought me the Ferrero Rochere icecream. I still cannot decide if that was worth it... lol.

Body Shape Coffee For Men
Fat Value: Zero cos it says 0 Calorie.

I never knew coffee could give u such a body! I should have bought one box to try... Now i'll never attain such a body! ):

Okay that night HJ came back really excited after patrolling the street stalls near our hotel as he dashed to the microwave oven to prepare. I knew we were in some serious trouble because HJ loves street stalls and apparently he's already had his share downstairs before he came up and yet he was behaving as if he was still hungry...

FWAHH.

Stewed Pork noodles
Fat Value: 100/10

Do u see that. Plonked right in front of me was really a lump of lard. HJ had bought stew pork noodles...and as i searched the styrofoam box for lean meat, it was hardly existent. I resigned to my fate and literally scooped fats and placed them in my mouth. They were real tasty and went really well with the soupy warm kway teow. I could hear my coronary arteries begging for me to stop... I couldn't. I think my arteriole cavities shrunk by 10% that night.

Apple Beetroot Carrot Juice

ABC juice apparently can boost ur immune system, says 2 wise people so i bought a cup to try. For those who have always been timid and reluctant to try new stuff, this one is fine. Just tastes like watermelon juice actually!

A&W Cheeseburger, Curly Fries and Root Beer Float.
Fat Value: 5.8

Yup the grass is always greener on the other side. You'll always want the things u rarely have... We had to have A&W. And i realised drinking the rootbeer does require some skill. Do not prod the ice cream in straight away... Would result in volcanic explosion. Trick is to drink a portion first before u stir the icecream in. *winkz*

And finally the last meal on the plane back.

The air stewardess was asking if i wanted curry chicken rice or "tempting" fish. I don't really get how this is tempting but yeah it was satisfying. I think in-flight food should increase in portion really... Too little for me.

This ends my accidental food blogging post. Never intended to steal any food blogging credits here!

Lastly and most importantly folks, do not mistake my protruding ribs as my tummy. LAST WARNING!