Popular Thonburi restaurant Treebox Café & Restaurant (The BLOC, 32/3, Ratchapruk Rd., Bangkok, 086-555-8789) just re-opened after expanding to occupy another three more containers flanked by big trees. Dishes include grilled back pork chop steak (B265). Right next door you’ll find Think...
Newly opened Saigon Recipe (46/5 Sukhumvit Soi 49, Bangkok, 02-662-6311, www.saigon-recipe.com) claims to serve up authentic Vietnamese dishes prepared by Vietnamese cooks. Set yourself down in the Indochinese-themed venue, with its hanging lanterns and bamboo-strewn balcony, and try classic dishes...
HONMONO SUSHI BK PICK!
Honmono is an excellent sushi joint that’s worth the high prices and, thankfully, isn’t a bewildering experience for those of us who aren’t Japanese salarymen. After a year, almost every branch of Honmono still packs in hi-so Thais every night. The...
BK TOP PICK: Best French restaurant in BangkokD'SENS While Singapore and Hong Kong have more Ducasse and Robuchon spin-offs than you can wave a chef’s hat at, Bangkok can only count D’Sens as a proper Michelin-star annex, of a pair of two-star chefs, the Pourcel brothers, from...
From Feb 6-9, L’Appart (32/F Sofitel Bangkok, Sukhumvit Rd., 02-126-9999) presents guest Chef Jeremy Biasiol, who's worked alongside esteemed Michelin-starred chefs such as Paul Bocuse and Pierre Orsi since embarking on his culinary career at the age of 15. Not without recognition himself...
W Hotel
B4,200 per couple for 4-course set dinner with a bottle of red or white wine and glass of sparkling wine.
106 Sathorn Rd., 02-344-4000. BTS Chong Nonsi
Oriental Residence
B5,900 per couple for 6-course set dinner with two glasses of cocktails at Cafe Claire. Reservation required by Feb 12...
Roast Duck at MK
It all started with one tiny shophouse in Siam Square a half-century ago, which the owner took over from a woman named Makong King Yee. We won’t comment on MK’s suki (we’ll leave that to the Japanese), but some of Bangkok’s best (and most affordable) roast...
From Jan 29-Feb 2, Reflexions (3/F, Plaza Athénée, Witthayu Rd., Bangkok, 02-650-8800) welcomes guest Chef Jacques Barnachon, head of the Michelin Star L’Etang du Moulin Hotel and Restaurant in France, known for his artistry when it comes to presentation. Expect authentic French fare with...
As peak season for black truffles comes to an end, Brio’s (Anantara Riverside, Charoen Nakorn Rd., Bangkok, 02-476-0022) is serving up a few last-minute winter truffles from France with dishes like Australian Black Angus beef carpaccio with smoked eggplant caviar, Argan oil and slices of...
The Crystal Design Center has yet another meat-centric bistro in the shape of Grill101 (Navamin City Avenue, Kaset Navamin Rd., 02-907-1467), complete with requisite black framed windows and bar. But the food is also looking to Japan, with dishes like the recommended Kobe strip loin (B2,200 for 120...
