I am always very cautious when travelling to developing neighbouring countries. Like I'm always paranoid that I will be a victim of pickpocket or something. And I never buy things that are super valuable like jewelleries because I have been cheated once! My mom and I were in China 13 years ago and the tour guide brought us to this Jade jeweller. Each piece of jade comes with certification and etc. My mom bought a nice pendant for a couple of hundreds. Few years later, the colour turned. And our hypothesis is that, the jade was probably of a bad quality and colour and they colour injected it. And so after a few years because of chemical reaction or something, the colour fades back to its original bad colour.
So yeah, the lesson my family learnt is : Never buy jewellery from developing countries.
The reason why I brought this jewellery thing up is because while we were making our way to Go Ang pratunam chicken rice for lunch, we were stopped by this thai dude who was fluent in English. He said " Where are you all going? " And Nick's father said " To eat chicken rice "
Thai dude: Do you know today thai government is having a sale, 1 day only for tourist, ends at 12noon. Alot of thai souveniers. It is very near, just go down this stairs towards that building. Go there and see before lunch at chicken rice because chicken rice not open yet, Still cooking.
At that point I was thinking.. No way... Chicken rice open from 6am
But Nick's dad decided that perhaps we should check this place out first since the thai dude said it was near.
We went down the stairs and the building beside was actually a hospital... Super weird, red flag number 2.
But just as we were about to turn back, a thai woman approached us and said " Do you know today thai government is having a sale, 1 day only for tourist, ends at 12noon. Alot of thai souveniers.I just come from there. I call you tuk tuk, very cheap only 40 baht.
And Nic's father thanked her and off we went on the Tuk tuk
WTF It was so far. And when we finally reached the place I was thinking okay... this is a huge scam. The building was was gem pte ltd. And nick's dad walked into the buildng and....
We were just so pressured to buy gems and jewellery. The thai chinese dude kept saying " you are chinese, I am chinese I give you good price you will say thank you to me when you go back to your country "
I refused to be entertained and we left the building after 45 mins ( Because Nick's parents were looking at the jewellery, the thai chinese dude was trying to sell at SGD 12000 Ruby necklace)... very far away from our chicken rice...
Nick then later did a google search and many people had listed them as a SCAM.
So yeah, I then later told Nick that I had my suspicion since we walked down the stairs after talking to thai dude. And I told him how I think the thai dude and the thai woman are in cahoots. And possibly the tuktuk driver as well. I mean, the thai woman could be saying anything to him because we didn't understand thai, she could be saying " you drive them there I give you commission later "
So... As I mentioned before in my
previous post (click) , Nicholas is a HUGE chicken fan. And I assure you if he could, he will have chicken rice everyday for both his meals.
Unfortunately as much as how I always say everybody's taste buds are subjective and to be honest I've had some disagreements with the recommendations of Michelin guides....... I still inevitably turn to the guide for meal ideas. I mean... it's the most convenient way isn't it? But I still do my cross check with blogger reviews and such. But lets be honest, if you're reviewing a place as a blogger, you will be recommending the place right? I mean alot of time is actually spent on drafting a post and the last thing I want to do is to waste my time on a restaurant that I don't like. Plus... taste is subjective isnt it? My poison may be your food.
The only time I will ever write a bad review on my blog is when a restaurant is seriously terrible and ought to close down and is poses a risk to the health and mental wellbeing of mankind.
Anyway, so I consulted the Bangkok Michelin Guide and found a bib gourmand chicken rice that is near Platinum mall. I do note that they have newly opened a branch in Singapore NEX mall, but from experience usually overseas branches don't do main shops justice.
There was a queue but it moved quite quickly despite it being lunch time. We only waited perhaps 15 mins for a table.
We ordered a whole chicken, 4 rice, chicken bone soup and liver + gizzard. We had thai milk tea for drinks
Nick's parents REALLY enjoyed the meal.
I on the other hand, would choose our singapore hainanese chicken rice over this anytime.
See, my personal experience of one man's poison is another man's food.
Nick's dad really like the chicken meat, he says it tastes like Kampong chicken. For me I felt that the meat was a little tough. I guess Kampong chicken run alot, so they are more muscular hence their meat are more firm and tough.
I do however have to admit their special black sauce with cut chilli that you can dip your chicken meat in is really good !
I spent an extra 20baht ordering chicken bone soup but actually they do serve you a small bowl of soup each, so perhaps you can hold off the extra chicken soup order unless you really like the soup. It was nice though!
Thumbs up for their thai milk tea !!!! But then again, thai milk tea everywhere in thailand is nice.
Go Ang Pratunam Chicken Rice
960 962 Phetchaburi Rd, Khwaeng Makkasan, Khet Ratchathewi, Krung Thep Maha Nakhon 10400, Thailand
Opens everyday 6am - 2pm, 5pm -2am
