How long have you been a coffee street vendor?
It’s been five years now. I am from Phangnga, but I started earning a living in Bangkok by selling roti. Then I began selling coffee and drinks at yellow shirt gatherings and protests.
Why did you name your stall Starbung?
I’ve used this...
How did you become a sundried fish vendor?
I started off as a farmer in Chainat. At first, when my sister-in-law asked me to be a vendor, I turned her down to work as a construction worker, which I did for 10 years. Working on building sites is grueling work and very tiring. It’s also...
WISUT PONNIMIT CARTOONIST/ILLUSTRATOR, 36
His favorite mangas: Toriyama Akira [Dragon Ball], Inoue Takehiko [Slam Dunk] and Adachi Mitsura [Rough]
Essential work: Hesheit 1+2+3 and 4+5+6, published by Typhoonbooks
Why you should care: He contributed to Katch and A Day magazines, before making his...
Fans of The Motorcycle Diaries were probably thrilled to hear that the same director, Walter Salles, had been hired to helm the project to finally bring one of the greatest road trip novels of all time to the silver screen. But On The Road, Jack Kerouac’s semi-autobiographical tale of...
BK: Where did you first learn acrobatics?
In the second year of vocational school at Phranakhorn Academy of Business, where I was majoring in marketing, I took a five month internship program. I chose to go to Patravadi Theatre where I got the opportunity to study performing arts. Before that, I...
From Oct, Zabbver (02-655-6000. www.zabbver.com) will deliver street food direct to your door. Between 10am-10pm, members can order from places like Rad Na Jae Fai, Guay Jub Nai Lek and Pad Thai Thip Samai, while exclusive members will get a 24-hour delivery option.
GrillMii (Siam Square Soi 2, Bangkok, 02-658-1951) may look like your typical Siam shophouse restaurant, but it actually aims to be just the place for stylish (and skinny) teens to get their fill of red meat at dirt-cheap prices, with pork steaks starting from B79.
Cozy new café Casa Lapin (Thonglor Art Village [between Soi 17 and 19], 353, Sukhumvit Soi 55, Bangkok, 081-257-7920) has already built a bit of a following with its handsome bleached wood Japanese coffee bar vibe. Expect sweet treats like blueberry cheesecake (B60) and banana crumble...
The rooftop Zense Gourmet Deck & Lounge Panorama (17/F, Zen, CentralWorld, Ratchadamri Rd., Bangkok, 02-100-9898. www.zensebangkok.com) has returned to the center of Bangkok. Taste dishes from their five kitchens—White Café (fusion), Gianni Ristorante (Italian), The Kikusui (...
How did you get started as Bie the Ska?
It was actually in the middle of a busy exam week. I’m currently studying my master’s in IT at King Mongkut’s University of Technology Thonburi. Many students were stressed out, so I just wanted to relieve the tension. I made my first parody...
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