Blue Elephant and ME

I enrolled into the half day cooking course at the Blue Elephant Cooking School, Bangkok.

I started off early from Pattaya and reached the Cooking School by 9:00 AM. Half hour late; in this half hour the Chef would have described day's menu and the class would have gone off for their market trip.

To top this, to my dismay, I find the main door to my school locked! I walked around the wonderful heritage buidling which houses the school and could not find a soul! Just a plump cat on the porch. I checked my email confirming my class on 2nd September.

I walk around again and whenI got to the main door the third time, I found it open! Joy of joys!!!!

I sneaked into the front hall, and is immediately transported to another era. There was no one around, it was just like walking into an old abandoned home's living room.

I just stood there looking at all the beautiful arrangement of flowers and Blue Elephent line of merchandise, when 2 Stewards walk in carrying washed linen for the day. They just smiled, nodded at me and were gone. I decided to wait for someone to turn up, and settled down in one of the chairs in the parlour. No one turns up except for the stewards who were carrying in more linen. I asked them about the cooking school.


"Cooking School...Chef Up...go up" they prod me on.

I say thanks and climb the wooden staircase to the first floor. Not a soul again. This floor has a beautiful restaurant. I decided to explore further up. The next floor had a reception desk.

At the reception desk, I found "Fong" my only contact with the School. I quickly identified myself and she takes care of the rest. Soon, I am sitting in a parlour with a cup of hot coffee and a bottle of mineral water and the day's papers. I am told I have to wait till 10:00 AM for my class to return from their market trip.

A whole hour to explore this magnificent heritage property all by myself! That's quite a nice thought. I look around. Every where I look, I find huge pots filled with orchids of all colors. On my coffee table, I had a simple arrangement of two white lotus buds. Everything about the place feels magical.

There I was, running up and down the whole place, happy to be left alone to discover the beauty of a Thai Heritage property all by myself!