Mah Boon Krong(MBK) - Bangkok Shopping

MBK Center, also known as Mahboonkrong, is an enormous marble shopping mall in Bangkok, Thailand. At eight stories high and 330 metres long, with 2,500 shops using a total selling area of 89,000 square metres. This shopping mall used to be one of the biggest malls in Asia, when it first founded in 1985. It is particularly well known for its many vendors of mobile phones and other electronics, as well as furniture stores.MBK Center has an average of 105,000 customers daily, and is considered to be the most visited mall in the country.

In MBK, fashion outlets cover everything from jeans, outsized clothing (for the 'larger' Western frame), shoes, handbags, accessories, jewellery, trendy apparel and famous-name brands. The bargain prices of many of these items mean that merchandise is often copy products or from questionable origin. It's important to take a closer look at the quality and craftsmanship. But if your idea of a shopping bargain is to pay a few dollars for an Adidas T-shirt or a Gucci belt - and authenticity is not an issue - head straight to MBK. Many of the products that can be found here are similar to that at markets, but the convenience of shopping in an air-conditioned environment beats hot and sticky markets - especially in the hot season. And, just like the markets, all prices are negotiable; MBK is probably the only mall in Bangkok where you can put your bartering skills to the test. You'll be surprised how much a big smile can knock of the original asking price. If you're shopping wholesale, prices get even more competitive.

for dried fruit (or what thai's call dehydrated fruit) THAI FRUIT Location: Zone B,Floor 3 Tel:026209338, dried mangoes 500 grams for 90 baht (Off course philippine dried mangoes are sweeter and tastier but are more expensive at about roughly 64 baht for 200 grams), dried jackfruit, dried tamarind, 3 100 gram packs for 100 baht. chinese sausages 3 packs for 100 baht, longkong (lansones in philippines) is 90 baht a kilo. There are other dizzying varietes of dried fruit and thai snacks!

for eating, I ate at sizzlers at level 7, it is near the cinemas. they have at large hotplate wherein you use porkfat to cook a variety of meats, vegetables, etc and eat them with rice and sauce and a kind of thai Hot Pot soup. Very good and the price was ok at about 150 baht for 2 person.

at the ground floor, they have a food center selling all kind of thai foods like thai iced tea, Kao niao Durian (sticky rice with durian), Kah-Feh Yen (thai iced tea), Gluay buad chee (banana w/ coconut milk) a variety of thai noodles and coolers. more expenive than in chatuchak but is cleaner.

Shopping Tip: Tourists can apply for a special MBK Tourist Discount Card at the information kiosks on the first and second levels (remember to take your passport along). Armed with this card you will be entitled of discounts between 5 and 30% on selected merchandise and at some restaurants - a list of participating stores will be provided when you apply for the card.

Mah Boon Krong(MBK), Bangkok

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