Travelogue Bangkok Day 1: All for a good cause

Not too far down a dodgy alley was this place; the place where we had dinner...

 

They have the cutest tagline for themselves, 'Our food is guaranteed not to cause pregnancy'. I loved the concept they have behind the restaurant as well as their handicraft shop.

"Our restaurant was conceptualized in part to promote better understanding and acceptance of family planning and to generate income to support various development activities of the Population and Community Development Association (PDA),a non profit organization inThailand." ~ Quoting C&C

But enough said! It is now time for the food. First, we started off with some skewers. You can have either chicken or pork but we knew exactly what we wanted...

 Marinated pork on a stick.

  

And how can I possibly visit Thailand and not get a dose of this?

Thai spicy shrimp soup, seasoned with chilli, lime, lemongrass and galanga

Deep fried pork with pepper and garlic 

This was not what we expected. If I'm not mistaken, we were thinking that the dish would be thinner strips of pork meat.

Steamed whole sea bass with chilli, lemons and vegetable

Bah! Another flavour you cannot afford to miss in Thailand. Simple yet totally appetising.

Steamed prawns with glass noodle and celery. 

This was a rather disappointing dish. It really didn't taste bad, but we were (or I was) just misguided by the illustrations in the food menu. Why can't I remember the other famous tagline 'Photos are for illustration purposes only.'?

Glutinous rice two ways. 

At the end of the meal, each patron gets a condom to keep. I still have mine - haven't removed it from my bag. Again, another pretty expensive meal for the three of us as the bill came up to 1454 baht. 

Well, this has summed up my first day in the hot country. It didn't help that it was the hottest month of the year.  

Cabbages and Condoms

Sukhumvit Soi 12

Bangkok