Siam Center is taking a bit of a break from the whole holiday season madness with a pop-up store that will tickle your fancy if you are into cutesy Japanese cartoons. Usagyuuun is a white rabbit of unknown origin that bounces through life with a permanent smile on its face, which it stuff with delicious food as often as it can. The cartoon itself is more of a branding mechanism to sell merch, which you can see a bunch of here, but it also makes for good pop-up shop fodder.

From now until Jan 31, there will be a Usagyuun pop-up at Siam Center as part of a global initiative that sees malls all over the world construct similar stores over the same time frame. The local pop-up shop here will sell all of the beloved goodies that Usagyuun fans usually have to purchase online, and will include some sweet treats like “Very Happy Cake”, “Chocolate Lava” and “Swiss Roll Vanilla Rainbow Macarons” if you feel the urge to feast like Usagyuun. You can find the shop at the Atrium 1, G Floor.

The pop-up is part of a larger event called “Siam Center Celebrates Play to the Full 2021”. There is more to the event than a damn-near ecstatic rabbit, there are also some activities put on by Siam Center. There are several displays throughout the mall meant to act as photo backdrops of sorts, as well as LED sculptures and special Christmas tress to feed you feed.

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Italian-Argentine chef Mauro Colagreco has teamed up with Capella Hotels and Resorts to launch a new signature venture on the banks of the Chao Phraya River: Côte. The theme of the venue is “Riveria on the River”, basically alluding to a nine-course “Carte Blanche” tasting menu that mixes French Riviera and Italian Liguria cuisine together. There are also, smaller, three-, four-, and five-course tasting menus alongside a la carte offerings. 

The joint in Bangkok will have its own culinary team, but with direct oversight from chef Mauro on big-picture aspects of the food and experience. One of the people on that team is Davide Garavaglia, a former Chef de Cuisine of Mirazur — Mauro’s breakout restaurant in France that ranked number one in the World’s 50 Best Restaurants 2019 and currently holds three Michelin stars. 

Like most venues these days, Côte is making good use of Thai ingredients despite the fact the culinary traditions don’t overlap that much—so there are moments when you will taste the familiar flavors of ginger, lemongrass, kaffir lime and pomelo. However, the team says produce will be sourced “day by day” and the set-menu will be more fluid than the name implies. Part of that diversity comes from ‘Green House’ where the culinary staff also grows more than 100 different kinds of herbs for use in the kitchen.

Côte by Mauro Colagreco, 2/F, Capella Bangkok, 02-098-3888. Open Wed-Sun noon-2pm, 6-10pm.  

For reservations, email [email protected] or call 02-098-3888. 

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