Hatyai 6 - Shopping Spree and food~

Seriously, its all about food and shopping (and of course temple~) when you are here in Hatyai, or generally Thai~

Generally, Siamese goods are all cheap...by cheap I mean super shit cheap~ =P
For example... a Longchamp beg only sell for 300 bahts.... lets be honest, how many could really differentiate their authenticity?





Their fashion are also very up to date, better then Malaysia I would say.... most importantly, cheap~





Sometimes, you can even found some extremely funny brand, or caption (no disrespect though.... XD)





Some of the tourist prefer to buy real stuff in shopping mall~ Not the fruits though~





Pretty scary if 259 is actually ringgit





This is the part I remember the most about Thai~ haha! Sawasdee kap~





Pity......





Seafood is a must try here in Hatyai..... they are cheap and fresh!!!!





If you happen to visit their night bazaar, be sure to go with an empty stomach!





A rather famous delicacies... Manggo Sticky Rice





Manggo tasted like manggo, sticky rice tasted like steaky rice.. but I can't correlate both together la~

All in all, if you love cheap holiday, with cheap and nice food, Thailand is definitely on your list. Just one setback though, MOST of them can't speak ANY english, if you were to bargain, at least slough half the price offered...... scary huh?~

Another pretty amazing thing I encounter that day, A Malay looking lady with baju kurung and tudung everything start bargaining in Hokkien with my mum..... @.@ Amazing Thailand eh? Explore it yourselves folks~~~

Hatyai 5 - Stainless Steel Chedi (白钢塔）

We spend more then an hour to search for this place and apparently, there isn't even a decent road, with winding path and rocking surfaces. What is worse is that non of the signboard points to our destination (maybe there is since we can't read Thai~).

I mean this chedi was built by the princess herself, surely they should upgrade the road condition? Enough said about how I think of the signboard and the road, this is still a very worthwhile visiting point. The upper part of the chedi was built using stainless steel. Pretty cool huh?~

You see what I mean





They keep Buddha relics （舍利子）in this place





Wao... still a distance away before the chedi.......





Few layers of chamber





The middle chamber is the place where they kept those relics （舍利子）






Spiral staircase to reach the top of the chedi






Careful





The whole structure was made of steel





Pretty amazing

We almost gave up looking for this chedi after more then an hour of failed attempt. Just when we did some last minute shopping in Macro before going back, met a sales manager who know how to speak english! (limited command though)...... Quite a struggle for both sides to send through our messages, but well, quite a nice lady and we found our way finally!

Hatyai 4 - Dim Sum and Municipal Park

As recommended, we went to the allegedly great dim sum restaurant within walking distance. Ah, abit over rated...... Still, the price is very very cheap with 14 bahts per steamer.

Choose all you want, and they will steam on the spot...





Wao...its barely 7.30am local time





strange to serve tea using this kinda pot~





These many definitely gonna cost alot in Malaysia





Loh Mai Kai..... Not nice~





G-Cheong Fun?! Even the looks unacceptable





Fine, the taste are equally unacceptable....





The filling are not bad, the skin abit too sticky





The best of all! Prawn dumpling...only 14 bahts!!! Thats like 3-4 times cheaper then Malaysia. Plus, the prawns are very large. and so we ordered 4 steamers! ha!





Nice nice!





Siew Mai, not bad





We even ordered a pot of Bak Kut Teh.. 120 bahts...





So so je~

After the refreshing breakfast, we went around the city centre for some early shopping, then off to our next destination, the Municipal Park!

There are 3 Buddhism Statue deep in the Park, quite some distance up the winding road. The Buddha Statue, Guan Yin Statue and Brahma Statue, all located at different part up the hill.

Is huge!





The temple is under the golden statue





Very very magnificent!





The Guan Yin statue can be seen from afar





Just a distance away by car





Hmm...all these tourist spot was built because of high demand of Chinese tourist I guess....





Ha!





In the end, we didn't manage to visit the Brahma Statue.... due to time constriction, since we have to cross the other side using Cable car.....





Ice Dome?~ Maybe next time......

Hatyai 3 - Lee Garden's Sky Buffet

One of the most recommended dinner on travel forum would be the Lee Garden Hotel Buffet. It is famous rather just by price with each person 169 bahts... Eat all you can, as always~

Salad corner.....





Most of their food is a fusion of Thai and oriental...seeing that most of their customers are actually Malaysian Chinese....





Fried chicken





Tempura





Chicken





Roasted duck... among few of the best~





Tom Yam!





SUPERB!!! Yum Yum~





Packed





Started off small~





Nice looking dessert





Variety of ice cream to choose from





This is very very nice. Forgotten what flavor it is though





Bubur Chacha.......

Just as we finished our meal, a couple sitting next table from Malaysia started telling their many times experience in Hatyai. Recommending all kinda food available around the area. Weird enough, there is a Dim Sum shop just nearby within walking distance. Hmm... I never know Dim Sum is a Thai delicacies?