Songkran day 1 dinner in Bangkok (THB$1000)!
Our first dinner of a Songkran trip: Thai fried rice with a fried egg, pad thai with prawns, and a round of cocktails. THB$1000.
The first dinner of our Songkran trip to Bangkok with BB, kicking the holiday off in style: THB$1000 (around SGD$42) for the spread and drinks. 🇹🇭🍹😋
What we had:
- Thai fried rice (khao pad) topped with a fried egg
- Pad thai with prawns
- A round of cocktails and iced teas
Arriving and settling into the first dinner is one of my favourite parts of a trip, that moment the holiday properly begins. The Thai fried rice was the comforting one, fragrant and savoury with a runny-yolked fried egg perched on top and a tidy garnish of cucumber, tomato and spring onion, with a lime to squeeze over.
The pad thai was the other plate, springy rice noodles in that sweet-sour tamarind dressing with prawns and bean sprouts, fresh and tangy. And the drinks made it feel like a celebration: a couple of fruity cocktails and tall iced teas, perfect in the warm Bangkok evening.
A relaxed, generous first dinner that set the tone for the trip. Bangkok always delivers, and at around SGD$42 for all this it was lovely value too.
Overall: 4.7 / 5. 😋👍🏼 Comforting Thai fried rice and tangy pad thai with cocktails, a great start to the trip. Would return.
