Indochina Day 19: Tim Ho Wan

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We got up late today and went straight to Terminal 21 to try out Tim Ho Wan, the Michelin Star dim sum restaurant in the mall. The mall opened at 1000 and we wanted to get there early to get a seat. When we got there at 1030, there was already a long line, and the restaurant did not open until 1130. When the restaurant opened, we were not lucky enough to be one of the first wave of customers to sit down, so we had to wait another forty minutes before we got a seat. Fortunately we were able to take a look at the menu and set up our order before we got our table.

The food came really quick, and it was all tasty, although considering the prices we were paying, most of it was fairly standard dim sum fare. Just the BBQ buns really stuck out as interesting and worthwhile.

Tim Ho Wan's version of BBQ pork buns.

We went to our last massage session at Health Land, which was kind of sad because we had gotten used to getting cheap hour long therapeutic massages each day we were in Bangkok! What will we do when we got back home?

We spent the rest of the afternoon shopping at the gourmet grocery store in Terminal 21 picking up treats for friends and family. We tried to find items that one would not normally find in Toronto, although considering the things you can find in Toronto these days, it took us a while to decide on the snacks to bring back.

We had dinner at BonChon Chicken in Terminal 21. Maggie was told to try it by Jean I think? It's a Korean fast food chicken restaurant which was quite tasty.

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