Bangkok restaurants shopping 2020

June 10, 2020 by David Herd

Bangkok between Nana & Asoke

Bangkok restaurants shopping during the Covid-19 lock-down was still an enjoyable weekend, I really needed to get away from my home in Pattaya for a welcome change of scenery. This photo was taken from my the Ruamchitt Plaza Hotel where I only paid B700 or $22 USD per night, use THIS Link to get a very good discount.

View from my hotel room

Exactly halfway between Nana & Asoke BTS stations.

Landmark Hotel on Sukhumvit

They have an excellent Chinese restaurant.

Viva restaurant Soi 8

Usually very busy here but not tonight due to the virus lockdown.

Crab & Avocado

Avocado & crab meat, delicious.

Starbucks at Thonglor

I visit Starbucks at least once a day, sometimes twice. 🙂

Not another selfie?

Actually I limit myself to one selfie every 6 months. 🙂

Emporium shopping mall

Quite a spectacular display at this upmarket shopping mall.

EmQuartier shopping mall

Dean & DeLuca is an American chain of upscale grocery stores

Harrods at EmQuartier

Upmarket retailer carrying specialty foods, including prepared dishes, plus home & kitchen items.

El Mercado with Mark Yagalla

El Mercado is our favourite restaurant in Thailand. You gotta love oysters from France. For more photos follow THIS LINK.

Great selection

A fabulous selection of cold cuts.

Centre Point Hotel

Centre Point hotel in Soi 55 Thonglor, use THIS LINK for an excellent discount.

Beside Nana BTS station

The building construction in Bangkok never stops.

Bangkok restaurants shopping

Sukhumvit Rd Nana, great name for a bar.

French Oysters at El Mercado

Even though the prices have escalated they are still good value at $50 AUD a dozen.

Before the virus

Nana Plaza before the lock-down, now it’s dark & lonely.

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Author: David Herd

My history, particularly over the last 30 years is dominated by overseas travel. I sold my home in Australia October 20th 2011 and have have been living in Thailand since then. I don’t know where the time has gone? It seems like you go to sleep one night, wake up the next morning, and 20 years have flashed by. Not sure how many years I have left, however I have enjoyed a wonderful charmed life, and if it all ended today I would leave this world with no regrets. I was born in Sydney halfway through the last century, started my travels in the 60s with the usual U.K. Europe adventure at the age of 20, back to Australia and worked in Sydney, Melbourne & Adelaide in Sales & Marketing with multinational companies including Sanyo, Canon & Remington. Engaged to be married 3 times and never quite made it to the alter, finally realized by the mid 90s I was not cut out for "long term relationships" so I moved to the Gold Coast in Queensland in January 1987, worked for a couple of banks as a Financial Planner, I took a year off work in 1998 to travel and never went back to full time work again, after 25 fun filled years on the Coast I packed up and moved to Thailand. What is the purpose of this blog? Well I really want to use it to record my travel experiences & to display my photographs, give and receive travel tips, comment on places I visit, restaurants I eat in and use it to replace the autobiography I intended to write, apart from all that it helps me fill in my day. :) I moved to Thailand mainly because I wanted to keep travelling while my health allowed me to, there are huge advantages being closer to all the places I want to visit. Cost of living in Thailand is around 35% of the cost in Australia, plus flights are 50% cheaper because you are much closer to everywhere. ???? Consequently I am able to travel to many more places compared to living in Australia. Having said all that, it is & has always been my intention to return to Australia when my travelling is finished, I predict this will happen around 2021.