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Akart Bistro is a breed of restaurant that’s bound to have foodies turning up their noses. Like neighbors Bitterman and Jann Bistro in Sathorn, this restaurant’s bipolar Thai-Western menu insists on shoehorning gooey cheese, foie gras and lobster into many of its dishes, with frequently disastrous...
Taking over the well-preserved 90-year-old wooden house once belonging to Coffee Craftsman, this early-opening cafe is all about taking it easy.
The colonial-style interior of Akart Day's will transport you back to the Rattanakosin Era. While the original structure of the old building has mostly...
Visiting Wat Phra Singh temple? Make sure you drop by this renouned nearby coffee spot. The decor might be an en vogue blend of blond woods and quaint illustrations, but that doesn't mean they're not deadly serious about their coffee beans, which are produced by the Akha hilltribe community in Mae...
The buzz: Born in Korea but raised in the States, chef Akira Back made his name in the noughties with a Vegas-based, Michelin-starred Japanese restaurant where celebs of the hour like the Olsens and Paris Hilton liked to hang out. Now he commands an empire of 10 eponymous restaurants, all serving...
Akshaya is one of those identical-looking Indian restaurants populating the riverside end of Surawong Road—fluro-tube lighting, big food photos on the windows and black steel chairs that scrape against the bathroom-tiled floor. But what Akshaya offers is quite different.
Rather than the heavy...
The buzz: Anything Thailand-based Australian chef David Thompson touches generates buzz. And Aksorn, his latest restaurant, which offers a time-traveling journey to the past via old cookbooks, has drawn tons of attention, if not
adoration, from many in Bangkok’s food circles.
The vibe: Perched on...
On top of using premium local Arabica coffee beans, Lad Phrao’s latest hangout, Al Coffee, also prepares all its dishes according to strict Islamic dietary laws. Try the cocoa or jasmine green tea (starting at B40), and snacks like the tuna sandwich (B30), chocolate chip cookies (B40) and brownie...
Amid brushed concrete walls and bright hanging lamps, pull up a seat at Al Dente’s open kitchen counter for a front-row view of chefs churning out fresh pasta.
Italian treats include the spaghetti “Bottagara,” featuring garlic chili, parsley, rock lobster, dried gray mullet and pesto (B390) and the...
It seems like there’s a Middle Eastern/Lebanese food craze going on, with new places opening in and around Sukhumvit. Some are even giving the genre a lift with more contemporary decoration. Al Ferdoss is not one of those. Nestled in the heart of the Arab quarter, surrounded by other establishments...