I guess you wouldn't quite call this an ordinary Sunday for yours truly.  After a early morning game of tennis I woke the Chili Padi for a surprise outing; little did I know that she'd already kinda guessed where we were going to celebrate our 'special day'.  It's funny but our lives both seem to revolve around food.. suppose you can say it's our 'glue'

After mulling about the house for while we donned our helmets and took a quick scooter ride out to Vivo City; first time I've ridden the scooter out so far totally loved it!  Quickly ran inside bought our tickets to Sentosa and enjoy our short little monorail ride across the water, through the construction site that will be the first Integrated Resort (to us normal people we call it a CASINO) to Palawan Station @ Sentosa.  Where were we going?  If you have not quite worked that out yet we were going to Braise @ Palawan Beach. 

Up until now I wasn't too sure whether the travel out to Sentosa, mingling with the tourists was going to be such a good idea, but after having a read of Mae's birthday bash there I was sold.  So there we were at Palawan station with no real idea of where the place was; boarded a tram what winds it's way down the beach and volla we spotted it where funnily enough the old old monorail station use to be.

A quick bound up the stairs and we were greeted by the biggest metal door I'd ever seen.. for a moment I thought the place was closed as there was no one at the main desk; that and the fact that we were already 15 mins late from our original booking time!  Before I go on I have to say the folks at Braise give exceptional service.. so much so I wrote in the next day to compliment them; something which I have hardly done since coming to Singapore.  Anyways enough about that.. after going through the Brunch menu we ordered our stuff and waited.. what happened next was just a blur!

Food, food, food, it didn't stop coming, the entrees were a meal all on their own.. I really cannot stop talking about how nice the food was and the way it was all presented, that and the nice clean crisp surroundings of the restaruant and the exceptional service just made the day great, being there with the Chili Padi was really the icing on the cake.. we both managed to eat our way through all the entree dishes only then to eat our actual breakfast of egg and pancakes.. all throughout we were savouring every bite / morsel.. and a "shit you gotta try this.." in between each bite.

Somehow we managed to fit it all in and then we realised we still had our mains and deserts to follow.. I really didn't think we could fit it all in but somehow (maybe because of all the training from Sydney and Hong Kong) we managed to compress it all in without feeling sick.. that's the problem with good food.. you eat and eat and eat then all of a sudden you realise you've eaten for a team of 40!

It was just a fantastic day out; good food, exceptional service and the best-ous company a boy-friend could wish for.. does life really get any better than this?

Day 3 - Recovery of Sorts
Well it had to happen.. my friends hit the wall from well too much partying.. one of them lay dead in the room until 12+ while the others.. I managed to rustle out of bed at an ungodly 11am (well they say ungodly I was up and raring to go at 8!).

 
Followed the recommendation of one of the travelers and we went walking to have 'authentic' thai brunch.. while the food was alright it really wasn't what I was expecting but I didn't want to be a wet blanket and say anything so I just quietly munched away while my ears were still ringing from the insanely loud music from the Windsor hotel the night before.

With brunch out of the way I decided to let them all go their shopping while I roved around the city again.. I can never get enough of Bangkok, the streets, the people, the food!  I walked all the way over to central world and took a few moments out to sit by the Trimutri and Ganesha shrines and let the world pass me by.  While sitting there I began to think to myself.. these people from all walks of life throng to the Trimutri Shrine to pray for true love... Is love that untrue in this day and age?

After my little moment of self reflection and thoughts of the Chili Padi @ Bintan I made my way into the mall again and wouldn't you know it I stumbled upon a beauty contest looking for the next Thai super model.  For those of you in Singapore who are following the whole Miss Singapore World soap opera of bad English, credit card fraud and.. the girls partaking in the contest I witnessed were far more eloquent and "Miss World" worthy than the afore mentioned.. you want proof.. check this out:

The Last Supper

Sigh sad to say it was almost time to say goodbye to the land of smiles; but before I bid Thailand goodbye just one more night of liver intoxication

Grabbed the gang and we headed down to Siam Square where I shared with them another local Thai restaurant favorite of mine Ban Khun Mae.. much to their satisfaction we left with full stomachs all ready for our last real drinking session @ Ekkami/Thonglor: Curve.

I must say I was quite surprised to find that the crowd that the club was not as packed that Sunday as it usually is.. on my last trip over there my friend and I were at Jet and the club was packed at 1am on a Sunday / Monday morning.  As I am sure you can see crowd or no crowd it didn't stop us from drinking and having fun.

Drinks for most of us ended at 1ish (I had to be at the airport at 6am the next morning) but before going back to the hotel to finish packing I just had to squeeze in one more meal before I left.. so my roomie and I made a slight detour to China Town where we feasted on a bowl of noodles!

To those who made the trip over to Bangkok with me.. Thanks.. hope you ate and drank your fill.. 'till the next time I make my way over there.. stay sober and give your livers a break!