Exploring Siam Paragon and Siam Area

After visiting Icon Siam a couple of times, I was no longer surprised that in Thailand, they like displaying Super Cars inside a shopping mall. This time, instead of a Lamborghini, in Siam Paragon, I was seeing a Rolls-Royce just being displayed and it was one of the things that piqued my interest in this Siam Paragon. On the entrance, you will be greeted by an elephant which is the trademark of Thailand.

It was the day before I was going to Laos and a friend from the hostel wanted to take me for dinner. It was very nice of him that I couldn’t pass up the opportunity while also checking Siam Area. I only heard about it but that day, I got to explore a little of the area before I was catching my Train to Nongkai. Since I was with a friend, I didn’t really check my phone a lot nor take pictures. I was simply enjoying the time and it’s why I didn’t have so many pictures of the place.

About a week ago , I read there was a shooting took place in Siam Paragon. It was surreal to think that such a place would be a place for a mass shooting incident. From my visit, I recalled it was quite packed and popular with tourists. There were detectors but from what I recall, the security in the place was quite okay. It wasn’t super strict but also not too lax. When I was there, I got from the side and as you can see on that thumbnail, that day was not as busy as I’ve seen from recent videos and footage. Inside Siam Paragon,there were many vendors as well as restaurants. Since I have a food court cart that I got from a friend, I decided to use it to get drinks from the place. After getting coffee from the food court, my friend and I got to explore almost every corner of Siam paragon. In Siam Paragon, my friend bought a Bose Headphone for his online programming classes and I was strolling through the store checking out camera prices. What I find interesting is that cameras are also a lot cheaper in Thailand than in Indonesia. After shopping, my friend suggested that we look for something to eat. I let my friend pick and he ended up choosing K-BBQ and I was ecstatic. So, I ended up googling about the place and I found a place called Palsaik. Unfortunately, it wasn’t inside Siam Paragon so we had to walk more to find it. All We did was exit Siam Paragon and next to it, there was Siam Center. That one is a lot more different than Siam Paragon. When I was inside Siam Center, I saw spongebob light displays and also signs that showed Madame Tussauds and apparently the place is around the area.

After circling Siam Center for a while, we ended up finding Palsaik. It was quite a nice K-BBQ place with mostly families. I didn’t get to take too many pictures when we were eating but I took the menu picture where we eventually ordered pork samgyeop. In the place, the servers cut the meat and cooked it for us. It wasn’t something I prefer but it was that way in that place. In the end, I had a food coma and the food was good.

Also, I still prefer exploring Icon Siam than Siam Paragon. It was also why I only visited once because the traffic around the area was also quite heavy and I dislike Bangkok’s traffic. Although accessible by BTS, my place was closer to MRT than BTS which was a factor why they weren’t really on my list before.

Then, when we were back to the hostel,, we got stuck in traffic and once back to the hostel, I frantically moved around, since I was afraid that I was going to miss my train. Anyway, I just realized I have so many places I have yet to tell in my blog, not even my visit to Wat Arun and how I learned some history prior visiting the place.

Now, I am going through my folders and there were a few places like Mickey’s, the place with a sad cheese burger, and Roadhouse BBQ that I have yet to review. So, if you want to know about them, stay tuned!