Pratunam Chicken Rice - Pink Shirt

The famous Pink Shirt Chicken Rice at Pratunam
not to be mistaken as the Green Shirt, unless u are color blind :P

There are 2 stalls operating along this same stretch within 50m away. very very close by with strong competition hahahaha. I guess that's why they have come to an agreement with Pink and Green shirt to avoid the confusion among patrons.

All the staffs were female except the boss
There's a methodology of operation here. I call it SOP - standard operating procedures, with a simple assembly and production line...so plates after plates of chicken rice roll out faster than Intel manufacture their chips by machines. *yeah Monkey had the privilege and visited such factory before watching tech stuffs/chips/parts being manufacture like...errrr like...I dunno... speed-light?? u'll be amazed!!!!*

The Boss oso has got his own operating procedure....of counting money
WAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
small coins into this bowl
big coins into that bowl


Chop-chop-chop-chop-chop
wham-a-bang


chop-chop-chop-chop
I guess the staffs here were so accustomed to tourists snapping their pic
there were no expressions, no smiles, no pausing for u to snap that perfect "candid-pic"


I guess that's bcoz the boss was around...watching them....making sure no chicken were gone to waste, no single grain dropped onto the floor, and no coins gone missing.

BAHAHAHAHAHAHA

spot Notti Monkey at the corner...she was bz hovering around the "kanom luk chup" stall to the agitated vendor bcoz Monkey was not giving her any business but hovering like a fly...
zzzzziiiinnngggggggggggg!!!!!!!!!!!!


back to the chopping and deboning
do u know that all chicken rice in Thailand are served without its bones?!?!?!?!?
oh well really sorry if u like the boney part but for lazy diners this spells good news!!!!!
they'll re-cycle the bones and dunk them immediately into the gigantic enormous pot of boiling soup


Chunks and pieces of de-boned succulent steamed chicken

JS said to me in his broken cantonese: "Hak sei ngor ah!!!"
he rarely speaks cantonese and when he speaks it's as bad as his French.
Hak sei ngor literally means - scare the shit outta me!!!

coz he doesn't consume poultry and the enormous numbers/pieces of chicken plus its smell scared the shit outta him!!! yeah now u know Mr JS is afraid of chicken!!! pok-pok-pok-kok!!!

not even this lady can scare him...

Monkey: "Hey if I eat and eat and eat and became as gigantic as that lady, will u still want me?"
JS O.O *gulped*....trick question...
"YES................" >.<

Monkey -_-"
it took u so long to answer that questions...hmph!!!!!


Finally the chicken rice came.....

Monkey alwiz have the thigh or drumstick. I forgot how do u order drumstick in Thai...got to ask JS coz I relied on him heavily in the Land of Smiles, I felt a bit handicapped though. This is wat happens when both of us are so independent in every aspect of our lives. Yes if u are wondering, his money is his money and my money is my money :P BAHAHAHAHAHA I'm an independent woman yo!!!

Off topic:
Monkey had been shopping like a mad woman in Bangkok to the disapproved Mr. JS. Coz he had to tail around with Monkey to negotiate prices for all her purchases. Yes if u speak Thai, ur prices are naturally slashed way way way lower. WAHAHAHAHAHA

"Do u think it's enuff? Can I still shop a bit more?"
JS: "NOOOOOO....it's ENOUGH!!! hmph!!!"
"Why the hell am I asking u? I'm using MY MONEY!!! grrrrr!!!! Why don't u go sit around have coffee or go snap some nice pics at the temple. I'll meet u in..........say tonite?"
JS smacked forehead but he was stucked to Monkey the entire day coz he's so afraid that I'll be lost.

Hey Mr. JS, Bangkok will be my territory soon though I can't speak Thai...but I'm learning!!!
Chan Khao Jai Thai!!!
I can order food in Thai :))))))))) Heeeeeeeeeeee

Each plate of chicken rice is Bht 300 = RM 3.00
*in KL at RM 3 u eat sh@rt*

The chicken was juicy and moist
its skin was thin minus all the fat. They do have really lean chickens in Thailand huh? Guess it's the feed bcoz the chicken here were fed with rice husks.

The sauce here is also different from our usual chicken rice. It's a mixture of soy sauce, fish sauce, ginger juice, fresh ginger, thai bird eye chilis, and some acidity from lime I pressume. The mixture was a bit cloudy and looked unappetizing but trust me u'll need it bcoz it's so so yummy!!!


The hot rice was really fluffy!!!! If u are expecting it to taste like Hainanese chicken rice then u'll be disappointed. The pungent taste of garlic/ginger/pandanus leaves were definitely non existence in any Thai Chicken Rice.

So u just need to be open mind and enjoy the local taste/palate here. However if u are expecting it to taste like Singaporean Hainanese Chicken Rice, then u'll dislike Thai Chicken Rice.

washed down with a mug of really really cold tea
2 Bht = RM 0.20
can we still buy anything at RM 0.20 in Msia??? that's like 8 cents in Singapore.



it's a really clean place and overall I would say it's a good eat at this price. They also serve chicken blood jelly, intestines, roast pork and other peripherals at this place. If u are really hungry there's a kao niao mak meung (mango sticky rice) stall nearby and also a steamed sago dumplings. Just too much to eat!!!!

They will increase the price to 400 Bht = RM 4 come this September.

If u ask me for my personal favourites, I would say the rice here @Pink Shirt is fluffier, But the chicken @Green shirt is definitely better with flavours and texture. Both of their sauces were quite similar. Soup wise, @Pink shirt is more peppery.

Next time I'll just pack rice here and go over to @Green shirt for chicken. Good idea? after all it's less than 50 metres away.

Read about our visit to Green Shirt Pratunam Chicken Rice *here*

Kaiton Pink Shirt Pratunam Chicken Rice
Petchburi Soi 30,
Bangkok.
*it's just across the street from the famous Platinum Mall/Novotel*

Monkey see, do, eat, buy @ Bangkok

Kanom Krog with toppings of ur choice :)))) my breakfast :))))) Crispy on the base and creamie in the middle.

We touched down last nite to a hot humid KL, stomach as round as a hippo, HAHAHAHAHA. Why are u not surprised right? It was a FOOD SUICIDE trip whenever it comes to Bangkok, the city of Angels. Yes that's wat the Thai call their city.....Krungtep Mahanakorn, the city of Angels.

In fact in many Thai songs u will hear the word Gor Tor Mor. It's an abbreviation for GTM.
GTM = Grung Tep Mahanakorn
thai usually pronounce their alphabet this way...with an OR at the back.
Example Or Tor Kor market is actually OTK market :))))


Congratulations to the name of their city for it made it to the book of Guinness World Records for the longest name of a place..

Krungthepmahanakhon Amonrattanakosin Mahintharayutthaya Mahadilokphop Noppharatratchathaniburirom Udomratchaniwetmahasathan Amonphimanawatansathit Sakkathattiyawitsanukamprasit

NO. I didn't simply type and made the above up. It was copied and pasted from Wikipedia

phew....and it translates to:
City of angels, great city of immortals, magnificent city of the 9 gems, seat of the king, city of royal palaces, home of gods incarnate, erected by Visvakarman at Indra's behest

Spicy can die Som Tum for lunch, Papaya Salad from Or Tor Kor Market
will blog about this clean market another day.

Dinner of steamed Thai mussels with lemon grass and basils
and nope, our meals didn't stop at dinners only...


grilled thai pork sausace, chicken wings served with raw sweet crunchy cabbage, sliced young gingers and loads of bird eye chilis. Bought from the roadside along Ratchadamri Road near our hotel. Served on a beautiful plate in our hotel room - Grand Hyatt Erawan :)))))))))

the most efficient and fastest mode of transport in a city that's perpetually in a traffic jam. Hahahaha. I lurve my Furla rubber/plastic sandal. So comfy and good to go around a city like this.

Beautiful water lilies
so u've saw wat Monkey ate...this was wat Monkey saw...the largest Flower Market in Thailand.
I was amazed at the size of this trade. Will be posted soon....soon...akan datang...too many things to blog...GAH!!!!

and wat Monkey bought....wahh banyak lor....these are just those few items.
LOL Thai instand noodles in different flavours.
It has to be this brand - MAMA

in Msia they only sell the tom yum flavours but in small size packs. Over there they have BIG PACK!!! as in each pack is of a larger portions. Sorry the small pack ain't enuff to satisfy my appetite :P and not to mention all the different flavours and types of noodles. But there's opportunity cost bcoz my bags won't accommodate too many packs of noodles though...there's still Thai kuehs, dodols, palm sugars, chilis, spices, MANGOS *shhhhhhh we are not suppose to bring mangoes back into the country*....and shhhhhh yes Thai Jasmine Rice :P

Monkey's loot from Terminal 21
the bed couldn't fit everything

Sheep Sheep, Berr, Bear and Labbit stared in horrors!!! coz the dresses took over their territory on the bed.

Then the cheap cheap loot from Platinum Mall...everything from RM 20 to RM 35 each.
Don't ask why so cheap.

And also some cheap stuffs from local Thai designers which weren't in the pics. I know it's a bit excessive but then if don't buy...it's like...damn!!!

JS's loot...he didn't allow me to post more pics of his shopping :P
WAHHAHAHAHAHAHHAA
All the polo shirts were under RM 50 :P and he was too lazy to negotiate but I made him negotiated for my loots.

Yeah why would Monkey needed a man to negotiate her shopping? Coz JS speaks/writes/reads perfect THAI!!! so so so damn useful. If u speak Thai, ur price naturally goes down 40%
:))))))))))) heeeeeeeeeeeeee

Good bye Gor Tor Mor!!!

and we went home really eppy, having explored new corners of this city,
came back heavier on body weights, stomachs, luggage bags...but lighter on the pockets.

WAKAKAKAKAKAKA

time to re-earn more $$$$$$ for TAIWAN next month!!!
woohoooo~~~~
Do return back to this blog for more detailed postings of wat Monkey saw, did, ate and bought :P

Snacking in Hong Kong

the ladies bz chomping before goin to bed :P
yea it's alwiz non-stop stuffing our faces with food in HK
but u can't blame us coz there's just too much of food around kekekekeke

"Watcha havin?"
"it's succulent deep fried baby octopus marinated in thick sauce"


"and yours?"
"meaty thick sausage....it's good yo!!"
this is a very rare chance of uploading such pics into this blog :P
thanks to photog JS

"I'm having Kai Tan Chai"
yea the famous egg waffle/eggette
a good kai tan chai should have such eggie nose
with crispy outer shell
*I missed Bo Innovation's kai tan chai, read about it here*

but nothing beats the photog
so passionate eh? kekekekkeke

hey mate, it's only a steamed chicken..and u dun eat poultry anyway
*talkin bout poultry I have problems with my reservations in Japan....No Chicka? yes no chicka no duckie no goosie no foie gras des ka? but me.... Monkey everything oso can des...wakarimasu ka?*

JS doesn't snack....it's weird huh?
he only takes 3 main meals a day with strict calories intake
such a healthy person whom I should emulate...
errrr a bit difficult for me....:P
with such different lifestyle and preference we still manage things around under one roof
how eh? :P
hehehehehehehe

Thai Banana Rama Pancake

  

Banana and eggs :)))))))))))))

bliss~~~~~~

the best ingredients combo :))))))))))))))

anyway I'm a sucker for eggs so anything with eggs will do

so we just finished our yummy dinner at Ban Khun Mae

had the lovely pampering massage, mani pedi and all cost under RM 80 for 2 *plus tips*???

kay, minus the mani pedi for Mr. JS

of coz after all these activities the rumbles in the stomach begin :P

here the vendor cut one whole banana into eggs mixture

mixing and blending em
the next lady vendor sells Thai Lok-Lok but we were not interested

hey wait!!! this looked like our Msian version of Roti Canai?????

yea yea roti canai gets flipped this way too!!!!!

this guy was rather obliging :P
I think deep inside he's hiding a sinister smile
or prollie he gets this a lot with "Farang" aka "ang mohs" tourists

Monkey: "I want Krop Krop wan!!!!!"
krop krop means crunchy in Thai

the pan is semi-flat and not totally flat like those in Msia

carefully laying the mixtures of bananas and eggs

WWUUUAAAHHHHHH nice smell

fold em!!!!

flip it a bit more!!!!!

and wait......

almost ready :)))))))))))))))

checking for precision of my request....
whether it's "krop" enuff of not :P

VOILA!!!!!
Thai Banana pancakes drizzled with syrup
or chocolate or honey or butter up to ur liking

it smells so damn good bcoz of the eggs...
told ya Thai eggs are so different :))))
bananas = super sweet

pastry = crunchy very very crunchy!!!!

initially Mr. JS didn't wanna eat coz he complained that he gained weight

after giving him a more sinister smile...he waved his white flag and ate 2/3 of the above

hua hua hua!!!!!!!

Thai Banana Pancake vendor

along Thanon Rama 1 Road opposite Siam Paragon

well since they are vendors...they could be pushing their cart and move around...

so if u can't locate it, go ask.

"Sawadee kaa....u low..... the Banlala Krop Krop? where kaa???"

:D

or just maybe u should ask in proper english instead of my broken english + nuisance thai :P