In the spotlight this month are recommendations from three celebrity chefs. Chef Ian Kittichai (of Issaya Siamese Club), chef Thitid Tassanakajohn (of Le Du) and chef Thanunya Kaikaew (aka Iron Chef Gai of Iron Chef Thailand) pick different dishes Eathai offers and make their own set.
Chef Ian highlights yummy local seafood in this set, which features crispy fried oysters, fish noodles in tom yum soup and crab meat curry with Thai vermicelli. Get some khao kriab pak moh (steamed dumpling) to start and young coconut ice cream to complete the meal.
While chef Thitid’s set sees a different influences to Thai food, including Hong Kong-style rad na (gravy noodles) with pork and Chinese kale, som tum with fermented fish and crab, seafood soup and fried rice with spicy shrimp paste with pork. He recommends to take some kanom bueang (Thai crepes) to finish.
For a lighter meal, go for chef Gai’s set, where grilled squid roe and tom yum noodles with mantis shrimp and seafood star the stage. Before you wash it down with butterfly pea iced tea and Thai-style shaved ice dessert.
Other zones under the Eathai roof also celebrate in their own ways. The Moom Aroi zone presents Samyan’s favorite khao tom shop, Je Ow, which is known for dishes like crispy fried pork belly and salmon spicy salad. While Eathai Cafe rolls out special dishes like tom kha (Thai coconut soup) cocktail and mixed Thai desserts. A pop-up market will offer a selection of Thai art and craft pieces, including goodies from The Archivist Project, Beehive Art-icle, Tistgraphy, A Clay Ceramic and Jua. There's also Eathai Fun Fair where you can win prizes from several games.
More privileges apply to AIS Serenade customers (5% discount on purchases up to B1,000), The 1 Card members (50 points for a 10% discount), Toyota members (B50 discount for an over B200 purchase) and Central The 1 Credit Card members (5% discount).
May 18 - Jul 2, LG/F, Central Embassy, 1031 Phloen Chit Rd.
