Bangkok Saxophone

Today is Wednesday and I am halfway through my free time for the internet. I don't want to be on the web when Victor is not in school. How boring for him to wait for me. And I am only up to Hong Kong....I have to write faster! Readers will notice that in my haste I am lacking in spell check. I shall edit later!

We repeat our morning ritual of Soi 11, breakfast, a walk and then go our separate ways. We plan to meet again late in the day as Victor has another dentist appointment after school. I blog and dine. This time I venture back to Silom, near the Sofitel for sushi. It isn't nearly as good as when Victor and I had it earlier in the week.

Returning home I research again for a new restaurant and find something called Saxophone over near Victory Monument. This is listed as nightlife, entertainment, not food. Before dinner we head over to the British Pub that we found yesterday and meet Scott, the owner. He confirms that Saxophone is a great place to hear good music and suggests we eat there (perhaps as a convenience, certainly not for the quality of the dining experience!)

We successfully train over and find the right place, sit for dinner. It is so dark that the waitresses hold little flashlights so you can read the menu. I am a great browser of menus and am given my own flashlight for the evening. We enjoyed the starters. Victor ordered a steak, which we have learned is not a good thing to do if it is priced under $20 US. The Thai beef comes from cows that were previously working beasts, not field fed all their lives...a bit tough to say the least. Thai cooking of meats is generally Medium Well to Well, which does nothing to enhance the tenderness of a steak.

The evening was not a waste, the music was fabulous. Victor is an old hand at the Saxophone and the band had 3 sax players and another 5 musicians. We very much enjoyed this evening, but with school and dentist, it was not a late night.

Bangkok, Dentist follow up visit

We succeed in getting to the dentist on time, using the train. Only to find that this to is very like the US, we wait and wait before they see us. The good news is they don't have to do as much for our teeth as the consultation indicated. I had my 6 fillings and was released.

We train back to Sukhumvit, the main street closest to our condo and walk around a bit locating the different places noted on our research and maps. We discover an area that we end up returning to every day, Soi 11 and 11.1. Nice people, easy to find stuff, internet, good coffee, great massages... We have our first Thai Massage. It is definitely a push-me, pull-you full participation process using stretching and pressure points, we like most of the bits.

We find this very hidden alley who's name we don't know and off of it are a dozen restaurants and a few bars, we have tapas for lunch and this is great, we will likely come back here again.
Good ambiance, food and pricing. We found an interesting Tapas book and some cool magazines here. We will need to find the distributor and sign up for subscriptions. One included a regular listing of the Sothebys wine auctions which could be a great way to accumulate good wines at a fair price...if there aren't other bidders for the same.

We even found a regular grocery store, Villa Market, and picked up some bread, cheese, coffee....We ended up in bed early and awoke refreshed to take on a new challenge!