Bangkok, Thailand.
08 - 10 March, 2005
YOUR FLIGHT DETAILS
08-Mar ( Tue ) K. Lumpur / Bangkok TG 416 1320 / 1425 2.05 hrs
10-Mar ( Thu ) Bangkok / K.Lumpur TG 417 1555 / 1905 2.10 hrs
Tour Manager : Mr Alan Yuen ( Mobile No. +6012 - 226 5551 )
Departure Flight : TG 416 ( from KLIA )
Departure Date : 08 Mar 2005 ( Tuesday )
Departure Time : 1320 hrs ( 1.20 PM )
Check-in Time : 1120 hrs ( 11.20 AM )
Check-in Counter : Level 5, Row G
Please remember to bring your PASSPORT (with a validity of minimum 6 months from the date of departure) !
Weather : Low 25C / High 32C
Time Zones : One (1) hour behind Malaysia Time
HOTEL
Amari Watergate Hotel
847 Petchburi Road, Pratunam Rajthevee
Bangkok 10400 – BANGKOK
Tel : (662) 653 9000 Fax : (662) 653 9044
ASTRO CULINARY TOUR
ITINERARY
08 Mar 05 ( Tuesday )
Day 01 K.LUMPUR / BANGKOK TG 416 1320 / 1430 ( D )
1120 hrs Check-in at KLIA Sepang.
1320 hrs Flight departs KLIA to Bangkok.
1425 hrs Upon arrival at Bangkok Proceed to Immigration & Custom formalities.
1500 hrs Meet & greet by our local tour guide.
1515 hrs Transferred to the hotel for check in.
1830 hrs Assemble in the evening for Dinner Cruise on board the Chao Phraya Princess. Enjoy the sights and landmarks of the city while you dine.
After dinner,free & easy.
09 Mar 05 ( Wednesday )
Day 02 BANGKOK - CULINARY TOUR ( B / D )
0730 hrs Breakfast at hotel.
0830 hrs Culinary demonstration & cooking session at Baipai Thai Cooking School.
1300 hrs Enjoy lunch tastefully prepared during the session.
1400 hrs Return to hotel. Free and easy.
1900 hrs Meet in the evening at the hotel for dinner
“ Thai dinner at Bann Khun Mae “ restaurant.
After dinner, free and easy.
10 Mar 05 ( Thursday )
Day 04 BANGKOK / K.LUMPUR TG 417 1555 / 1905 ( B )
0830 hrs Breakfast in hotel.
Free & easy for your own leisure and actitivites.
1100 hr Check-out from hotel.
1130 hr Proceed to Airport.
1330 hr Arrival airport for your flight check-in.
1555 hr Flight departs Bangkok to K.Lumpur.
1905 hr Arrival KLIA Sepang.
In 2005 I went on an all-expense paid, 3 day 2 night culinary tour of Bangkok sponsored by Astro. (The above was the itinerary sent to us). Before that we took part in a cooking contest at Rohani Jelani's designer kitchen, and wonder of wonders! my group won!! So we found ourselves booked on a Bai Pai cooking trip, Rohani also came along!!!
This is my room...check out the well stocked junk food drawer!!
My room-mate did not turn up so I had the room to myself.
On board the Chao Phraya Princess, having a floating buffet, while cruising down the Menam Chao Phraya. With me is Boey Ping Ping a free lance journalist who is a winner, too.
A crew from Astro shooting the food.
My group: Boey Ping Ping, me and the woman doctor who studied at Manipal, and Rohani Jelani, the food stylist.
Our delegate from Malaysia. The Malay woman brought along her 16 year old daughter, and their next stop was London to watch Siti Norhaliza perform at (what hall I forgot) Lucky girl eh?
The cooking school was not even a building, just a compound fenced up and cleverly fashioned into an open concept type of kitchen.
We learned to cook a few dishes: a rice dish, Mango salad, green curry,Tom yam soup of course and dessert. The instructor spoke quite passable English!
We had our own cooking space, ingredients all laid out and learning Thai dishes from a Thai in Thailand itself: how authentic can it be???
This place even had a visitors' lounge, a reception and a well equipped office!!
Then we sat down and sampled what we cooked!
Later in the evening we went for dinner but was caught in a massive jam that made KL's jam looked a kampung jam caused by buffaloes crossing the road!
The dinner was worth the wait (actually the restaurant was just opposite the road but the jam made it seem like it was the other side of town.
If you eat thai food here, you will not treat thai food the same again in Malaysia.
That night, we even manage to schedule a tiger show followed by thai massage. You should see Rohani, she never took her eyes off what the guy was doing to the girl, or was it what the girl was doing to the boy?????? My view was blocked, so I viewed Rohani's expression instead!!
The next morning we went to the local market and squeezed in some last minute shopping and headed for home. Quite an exciting free trip! Everything paid for!! Including the airport tax! They dished out the currency for us to pay. At KLIA, Rosnah fetched me back to KL!! I took no pay leave for this!! (I have never taken any leave before!)
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