My Search for Hello Kitty in Bangkok City Started from Chinatown and Ended at Siam Square One.
Now Bangkok also has Hello Kitty store for Hello Kitty lovers, so Singaporeans can visit their shopping paradise city to get a dose of cuteness and kawaii-ness, without flying to Taiwan or Japan. Besides the huge Hello Kitty store in Siam Square One, we also found out by chance that there is another good place for Sanrio products, which is Chinatown in Bangkok.
Hello Kitty in Sampeng Lane, Chinatown area of Bangkok
It just so happened that on the first day after we arrived at Bangkok, we decided to take the boat route to Chinatown as a different experience to sightsee. From our Airbnb, we took the BTS Sukhumvit Line from Phra Khanong station to Siam station, and changed to Silom Line to alight at Saphan Taksin BTS. It was a very short walk to the Saphan Taksin pier.
Saphan Taksin pier Boat Tickets
To get to Chinatown area, we had to take the orange boat to Ratchawong Pier and the fare was pretty cheap at 15 Thai baht for one-way trip, no matter which pier you alight. It was about 40 minutes boat ride – a leisurely way to get around Bangkok.
on the Orange Boat ride
We spent some time wandering along the many alleys of the area and finally navigated to the Sampeng Market and its surroundings. There are many many shops and stalls selling all kinds of accessories, stationery and even Hello Kitty products!
Found this Hello Kitty shop totally by accidentally in Sampeng Lane, Chinatown. Of course, I couldn’t resist to buy several products as well!
Search for Hello Kitty Part 2: Hello Kitty House at Siam Square One [CLOSED]
After Chinatown, we went to the Hello Kitty House at Siam Square One to continue my search for Hello Kitty! This Hello Kitty House is a 2-storey department with Hello Kitty Cafe, Hello Kitty Spa and Hello Kitty Shop.
I stood in front of the main entrance of Hello Kitty House, and you can also buy drinks for takeaway at this counter outside the shop.Posing just inside the Hello Kitty HouseThis was the the desserts menu for Hello Kitty CafeOne of the cake displays at the Hello Kitty CafeThe first floor of Hello Kitty House is the cafe, where you could order drinks or cakes or sweets. We decided to try their cakes and desserts along with the drinks.I ordered the Hello Kitty thai iced tea which came in this very sweet hello kitty container. I decided to bring this container home with me after drinking.Haha my fiance looked uncomfortable sitting with the Hello kitty tea set and cakes.Another close up of the slice of cake and hot tea potSometimes your partners might be bored so they could sit at the cafe and drink, while you slowly browsed the shop or go for spa treatments. However, I only browsed the shop and took photo with this cute wall.When you walked up to the next level, there was this staircase with Hello Kitty cute wallpapersOn 2nd level, there was more seating area and with Hello Kitty’s Grandparents statues for photo op! Very European style and awesome for a private event.When I came back down to the Lower Ground level, I saw these displays for the merchandise at their shop.I wish I could drive this vintage car home!Next to the shop, it was Hello Kitty House Spa. I didn’t go for any spa treatment but just took a quick look.The spa reception area looked so cozy and sweetThey displayed a sample spa set at the reception too.They even have Membership for those who adore Hello Kitty. I bought a number of their merchandise as well, so I also signed up for their membership and received a free cosmetic case.These were my purchases after one day of Hello Kitty shopping! Some of these were bought from Sampeng Lane HK shop.
After shopping whole day, we had dinner at Siam Center, next door.
