This morning I found out that my glasses were beyond repair. Trying to keep it together and hoping that the super glue would fix it, I went ahead and fixed my glassed. But alas, 4 months on the road, my glasses gave up. It was not easy to find a good replacement. To be fair, my requirements were very low which is as long as it fits my tiny budget for them, I would not replace it. The other week, I have asked my friend and she spent 1700 baht for glasses and I was shocked. That money was quite too much especially for a pair of temporary glasses. So, I ended up just super gluing my glasses until today, when I found out about a place called “ Union Mall”.

I initially did not go there for glasses. I made an appointment with my friend to find Indomie, a rare commodity in Thailand. So, when I heard there’s a place called Good Noodle which sells imported noodles not only from Korea and Japan, I went there hoping I could find indomie. This place is such a bizarre spot. You can buy the noodles, cook it there and pay a lot of money to just experience a high-tech cooking noodle. But it’s a good spot for hunting imported noodle from other countries. From what I know, Thailand doesn’t seem like they’re big on instant noodles unlike Indonesia.

Good Noodles

Good Noodles is located on the basement of Union Mall. It's very easy to find as there are quite a few signs pointing to the place.Inside the shop, you can find some cute spots to take picture as well. But of course, this isn't like a regular noodle, they are priced quite steep and I definitely won't go back haha. After all, the noodles are often something I have tried.

When we were inside the good noodles, I tried so hard finding indomie but the only thing I found was this dried noodle snacks from Indonesia that was extremely overpriced.

Seeing 1 pack for 15 bath, my inner Indonesian was dying. Back home these snacks would cost 3 Baht but here, it was 15 Baht. Anyway, I was just so happy to have found these. I ended up buying some and gave some to my Thai friends to try. I am definitely biased but Indonesian noodle is the second superior after egg noodle from any Chinese noodle shop.

Since I can’t find any indomie to cook, I went with Korean noodle. So in this place, the first step is that you have to pick the noodle and the toppings,

Then you have to pay and next, go to these machine below and enjoy the noodle!

After the lunch, we explored more places inside Union Mall. There were many shops that are mostly visited by local youngsters and the prices were so reasonable. They are unlike malls I have been to and in this shopping malls, majority of the visitors are young folks and instafluencer.

There are about eight floor building and we explored 3 of them. On around 3rd floor, I saw a packed pop-up store selling accessories. I was so intrigued and found out that you can buy imitation accessories and jewelery 5 for 100 Baht. It was such a good deal because if you buy only a pair it can cost from 29 Baht to 35. Next to it, I saw a glasses and something written in Thai and a word with like 300 baht. I asked my friend and she told me that the starting price for the glasses was 300 Baht. I thought it was a good deal and I could finally find replacement.

BUT......................

300 Baht was only for the frame and the whole thing would ended up costing 580 Baht. So, I walked away and didn’t get any glasses from that store. Then, some hope came again when I saw a stand with glasses on the shelves. I checked that there are a few pre-made glasses.

I picked the ones that fit my prescription and just tried some that were close to it. I was shocked to notice that they were priced around 150 Baht which to be fair, I was okay paying 300 Baht. In the end, I picked one temporary glasses and now I no longer have to be miserable especially when I have to figure out places, street and where to go.

This Union Mall is also reachable by MRT and definitely a great place to shop for cheaper fashion. You can shop as low as 100 Baht in this place and it’s also not super touristy. Almost everything is also university student budget friendly and a lot of accessories were also sold in fair prices. The glasses were not so expensive as well as in a good shop, you can get by with 580 but since my budget for it was just 300 Baht, I was thrilled to find something for 150 Baht and no more miserable :D. Also this is perhaps just my observation, now I understand why Thai people are so fashionable. It’s because good fashion is very easy to find here and cheap. There are different sizes as well which back home would cost 5x more for a bigger size. Here, everything is starting from 100 Baht and not some ugly-looking shirt. It’s pretty decent and fashionable too. So considering everything, I'd say it was a good experience and next time if you visit Thailand, this place is a must-see too!