Thai restaurant Bo.lan (Sukhmvit Soi 26, 02-260-2962-3) will host a special four-course menu with seasonal flowers as its theme. Each course will be a trio of mini-portions paired with floral liqueur concoctions like St. Germain Elderflower Liqueur and Sagatiba Pura Cachaca. Sep 29, B2,500 net.
La Monita Taqueria
Hands-down the best place to get a super flavorful quesadilla or fish taco (B70-80) and cozy up with a date or a large party of friends. Burritos and the steak torta are also excellent.
Sunrise Tacos
Forget the new branches at Emporium and Paragon (unless you just can’t)...
Dance-themed films are a well-explored genre and vary from the fun and romantic (Step Up 2: The Streets) to the artful and terrifying (Black Swan). So it’s exciting that we now have a Thai equivalent in Kon Khon. But due perhaps to khon’s mythical overtones and its importance to Thai...
Monsoon Valley Muscat
Hua Hin, Thailand. B850 (375ml) from Siam Winery Wine Shop
Many sweet wines are made by stopping the fermentation process before the yeasts have had a chance to consume (and convert into alcohol) all of the sugars in the grape juice. As a result, traditional sweet wines have...
Are you a fan of dessert wines? In Thailand, we’re not much into them.
I don’t drink a great deal of dessert wines either although German Rieslings—dry and dessert ones—are a favorite. Good dessert wine relies on acidity to cleanse the mouth of all that sugar. Without...
Opened in 1992, Spasso (Grand Hyatt Erawan, 494 Rachdamri Rd., 02-254-1234) is one of Bangkok’s oldest Italian restaurants, though lately it probably gets a great deal more traffic as a nightlife hangout with its live music and dancing. While that remains true, Grand Hyatt Erawan is...
Speaking of upping the ante, homely little vegetarian café Indian Chaat (next to Robinson School of Music, Sukhumvit Soi 23, 02-259-7900), which already does tart, crunchy Indian chaats [chutney-heavy street snacks], has extended their menu. Now they’re also doing proper meals, still...
We’re on the fence about Bourbon Street (29/4-10 Sukhumvit Soi 22, 02-259-328). We adore their New Orleans specialties, but we’d like them to be better done. Well, when their lease expires, Bourbon Street is upping the ante by moving closer to the foodie enclave of Thong Lor-Ekkamai. A...
On the occasion of its 135th anniversary, the Mandarin Oriental Bangkok (48 Oriental Avenue, 02-659-9000) is doing a kind of running dinner—around all the F&B outlets at the hotel. Start with a drink at Bamboo Bar, followed by two courses at China House, two courses at Lord Jim’s...
Can blogging still generate revenue with a content-saturated world wide web? We spoke to Carl Heaton of Web Courses Bangkok, who provides web training to novices and experts alike. Several of his students have gone on to create their own websites and blogs, many of which generate money. Heaton...
