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For all the talk of its Japanese restaurants, Silom has quietly become a hub of good, honest Spanish food. Joining Taburete, Spanish on 4 and the Moorish-leaning Via Maris in the neighborhood, Kika is a sleek and showy tapas bar that may just outshine them all.
That won’t come as a surprise to fans...
There’s something satisfying about effortless minimalism, and Kokopan delivers just that. Located in Silom, the bakery-slash-cafe offers a calming cream and wood escape from the chaos outside. Upstairs, a terrace connects to Vive Silom hotel.
The name translates to ‘bread is here’ in Japanese, and...
Named after that most neon-lit Hong Kong district, this Silom institution is best known for its B429 all-you-can-eat dim sum buffet (11am-2pm daily), for which you’ll probably have to book ahead. That’s a decent deal for penny-pinchers, but you can’t really expect top quality for that price.
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La Dotta Silom, which briefly opened in mid-April, is open again where the Italian cocktail bar 1919 once stood.
The new digs resemble its sister branch in Thonglor with aquamarine walls, counter seating, and loads of fresh pasta on display.
Head chef and partner Francesco Deiana brings a...
A group of interior design graduates have renovated an old café on Sathorn Road into Bangkok’s latest tastefully twee coffee shop.
Launch Café specializes in local beans, specifically 100-percent Arabica coffee grown in Chiang Rai and Chiang Mai (starting at B50), as well as teas by TWG (B45/cup...
Sukhumvit Soi 39’s favorite bakery has just moved to Silom. Tucked in a small alley down Pan Road, Le Blanc’s new shop-house location offers takeaway delicacies in a space just big enough for a display table, cashier booth and a few people.
The Japanese owners bake delicious French-style pastries...
Le Du is powered by a young Thai chef, Thitid “Ton” Tassanakajohn, who holds a degree from the Culinary Institute of America (CIA) and some experience in Michelin-starred restaurants The Modern and Jean-Georges. He has returned home to show off their creative cooking, which mixes modern techniques...
Finding a good, cheap seafood restaurant in the center of Bangkok can be a real headache, let alone one close to the BTS. But Lek Seafood on Narathiwasratchanakarin Road ticks all those boxes. A few steps from BTS Chong Nonsi, right opposite the newly opened Joel Robuchon, this small restaurant...
With its 4:30am closing time, Liaoning restaurant is no secret among Silom’s party crowd. Weary heads from Whiteline jostle for tables with Chinese mainlanders when the hour’s late, though you’ll find Liaoning’s no-frills diner in hot demand pretty much any time of the night.
Weirdly, for somewhere...
Seafood importer Thammachart Seafood (also behind The Dock and Seafood Mahanakorn) has opened a second branch of its lobster-filled kiosk at the new Commons Saladaeng. Straying from their namesake, they’ve taken the opportunity to diversify their menu with a host of new items, ranging from oyster...