Krung Thep observations

A couple of observations, so far, from our latest sojourn in Bangkok (Krung Thep, in Thai, which hopefully explains the title):

1. Shabushi restaurant (a mixture of Shabu Shabu and Sushi), is definitely not worth the 219 baht per person. Save your money and go to Coca, or even MK (though MK is pretty average as well). Better yet, go to Daidomon. It’s a bit old, but much better value for money — plus the locals are a (mostly) bored with it, so it’s easier to get a seat. We waited almost an hour to get into Sabushi. What a waste of an hour that was.

2. Today I managed to get across 3 lanes from the exit from a car park building without too much pain — admittedly by following a BMW. Here’s a trick for driving in Bangkok: get behind someone more obnoxious than you are (the bigger the car, the better).

3. The difference between a foreigner (me) driving in Bangkok, and a local (expert) driver: last night the driver of a friend of my wife, drove from a carpark across 5 lanes of traffic. Amazing. It was like Moses parting the Red Sea. If you’ve experienced Bangkok traffic, you’ll know what I mean.

4. “Breakfast included”, is overrated. You can get really sick of eggs on toast, or thai-style omelets, really quickly. A serviced apartment with breakfast included is nice, but not really worth the extra money (unless, of course, your company is paying for it).

More to come when I think of them…