10/27/12 - One Night in Bangkok (Encore - The Deck)

Well we had to eat again :).  We took this trip for some great food, cheap drinks as well as some sightseeing.  This dinner let us combine all three of them.  Thanks to our friends a Tripadvisor again it was back into the heart of Bangkok to eat at "The Deck" a restaurant on the bank of the Chao Phraya River, just across from Wat Arun (temple of the dawn).

Our taxi driver didn't exactly know where he was going so he dropped us off at a pier on the river.  We walked to the end of the pier, past a bunch of trinket shops, looked down at the water, didn't see a restaurant, so turned around and walked back.  At this point we were starting to wonder exactly how we were going to find this place when one of the "Tourist Police" walked up to us and asked where we were going.  Not sure if other cities are doing this as well, I know I saw something similar in Minneapolis, but he sure was helpful.  Turned out we were less than a 2 minute walk away, so feeling confident in the direction we were headed, we were off again.

The Deck had 4 different levels including the bar on top and we ended up with a place on the third deck with only 6 other people.  Solely based on the food the P Kitchen from the night before probably won the weekend battle.  In terms of dinner (more spring rolls, satay, vegetables and pineapple fried rice), dessert (homemade coconut, strawberry and blueberry ice cream) as well as the view.... I could get talked into it calling it a draw.  Pretty easy to get sucked into that view alone.  You felt like you were looking at an Asian Eiffel Tower.

After dinner while searching for another taxi we finally got taken advantage of as tourists (that we know of at least).  The driver wanted 400 baht to take us back to the hotel when we had just paid 100 baht to get to dinner.  The funny part is, both Sarah and I exchanged a look and then said "Fine" at the exact same time.  Maybe it was because we were full of ice cream, maybe it was the second Tom Collins we each ordered with dinner, or maybe it was because it was only about a $9 difference.  I think ultimately we each considered it to be a goodwill gesture to Bangkok at the end of a jam packed, fun filled weekend.  We'll be back again, didn't have time for that 2 hour massage after all, so best to leave the city on good terms.