This week's best food and booze events in Bangkok (Oct 3)
World Sake Day, midnight brunch, "Silent Brew Yoga" and endless cheese and wine.
Through Oct 7, Beer Belly celebrates the world’s biggest beer festival with new German dishes, a special buy-one-get-one-free promotion on all German beers (Paulaner, Weihenstephaner, Erdinger), and many more games and prizes.
Through Oct 7, 5pm. 72 Courtyard, Sukhumvit Soi 55 (Thonglor), 023-927-770.
Wine Garage and Tastes of Austria are collaborating with 20 leading restaurants, including Le Du and Bo.lan, to offer exclusive Austrian wine tastings and pairings through Oct 5. For full list of participating restaurants, visit bit.ly/2xnqHGy.
Through Oct 6, Japanophiles can head to Benihana at AVANI to belatedly celebrate Oct 1's World Sake Day with sake tastings and sushi platters, from B650.
Through Oct 6, 5-10:30pm. Benihana at AVANI Atrium Bangkok, New Petchaburi Rd. For reservations contact 02-718-2000 or [email protected].
Every Tuesday to Thursday through Oct 31, A Bar's special menu will offer 12 craft gin and tonics for B350 each. Find out more about the drinks here.
5-8pm. ABar & ABar Rooftop, Bangkok Marriott Marquis Queen's Park, Sukhumvit Soi 22, 02-059-5555.
Rossini’s executive chef Gaetano Palumbo presents Zenato wine-pairing with modern Italian cuisine, from three to five courses (B2,350++ to B3,900++). Full details here.
Through Oct 7, 6pm. Rossini, Sheraton Grande Sukhumvit, 250 Sukhumvit Rd.
This new tea set celebrates the love story that the Hilton Sukhumvit Bangkok is themed around—namely that of Jay, an Italian who moved to America, and New York socialite Daisy, who fell in love with one another in Bangkok. Served in a leather-bound picnic case, the set includes "Daisy's favorite" smoked salmon sandwiches, and "Jay's favorite" ham and fontina spinach croquettes, as well as traditional scones, pastries, cakes and coffee or tea. B850/set.
Through Oct 15, 12pm. Hilton Sukhumvit Bangkok Hotel, Sukhumvit Soi 24, 02-620-6666.
On Oct 4, try Argentinian dishes and free-flow wine from the award-winning La Celia at Zoom Sky Lounge. Limited 30 tickets for B1,099 with free-flow wine.
7:30-9:30pm. ZOOM Sky Lounge, 38/F, Anantara Sathorn Bangkok Hotel, Narathiwat-Ratchanakarin Rd. For reservations contact 02-210-9000 or [email protected] or visit the website.
On Oct 6, Brew Yoga Thailand combies yoga, beer and dancing all together under a concept called “Silent Brew Yoga.” The new exercise is a combination of silent disco and brew yoga, in which attendees will get to groove to three different dance channels: Zumba, street and cardio through a pair of noise-isolating wireless LED headphones led by different instructors and DJs. Tickets cost B850, which covers brew yoga, Zumba and cardio dance class, as well as food and beverage and after party. No yoga experience is required.
The event will take place on the 5/F, Helix Garden at The EmQuartier at 2:30pm. Grab your tickets here www.ticketmelon.com/event/brewyogaep4
On Oct 6, enjoy oysters from Ireland and France paired with a selection of free-flow wines from Spain, France and South Africa at Bangkok Sofitel Sukhumvit. B1,350.
6pm. Bangkok Sofitel Sukhumvit, 189 Sukhumvit Rd. (between Sois 13-15), 02-126-9999
On Oct 6, head to Zuma for a "night brunch" that's set to combine midnight snacks with music from DJ Moor.
7pm. Zuma Bangkok, Ratchadamri Rd., 02-252-4707. Free entry.
Vegan food purveyors Broccoli Revolution and Barefood Bangkok team up with Haoma for a two-night vegan culinary feast to celebrate Jay festival this Oct 10-11. Seven-course meal is B1,700, another B499 for juice pairing.
6:15pm. 231/3 Sukhumvit Soi 31, 093-014-3002
Il Fumo’s head chef Nelson Amorim teams up with fellow Portuguese chefs Alexandre Silva, of the Michelin-starred Loco Restaurant in Lisbon, and Antonio Amorim of Fabrica Pastel de Feijao, Lisbon, this Oct 10 and 11 to present new-wave Portuguese cuisine in seven courses (B3,400), where classics like Portuguese rice and pastel de feijao (Portuguese kidney bean cakes) will be given cutting-edge modern twists. Wine pairing available for an additional B1,400.
6pm. Il Fumo, Rama 4 Rd. For reservations contact 02-286-8833, 097-170-6260 or [email protected].
On Friday Oct 12, Bangkok's uncompromisingly authentic Thai restaurant Bo.lan will welcome into the kitchen the husband and wife team behind Singapore's Cheek by Jowl. The current holder of a Michelin star, Cheek by Jowl has made its name for an ingredient-driven take on "modern Australian" cuisine since opening in 2016. The one-off dinner, titled "In Close Intimacy," will see Sri Lankan-born chef Rishi Naleendra handle the food, while his wife, Manuela Toniolo, takes care of the organic/biodynamic wine pairings. Best to book your seats now since there’ll only be 45 tickets available, priced at B4,200 per person (plus B2,800 if you fancy the wine pairings). To reserve a spot, call 02-260-2962 or [email protected].
Bo.lan, 24 Sukhumvit Soi 53, 02-260-2962. www.bolan.co.th
This Oct 26-27, The Commons welcomes Tsuyoshi Komatsu, the chef/owner of Roppongi Sushi Komatsu in Tokyo, to showcasing his skills and craftsmanship across a 13-course omakase dinner. B3,800/person or B4,800 with sake pairing for each nigari sushi. Reservations at http://bit.ly/2IkW34F and http://bit.ly/2QfYN6h.
3/F, The Commons, Thonglor Soi 17, 096-556-1596
One of France’s most acclaimed chefs, and purveyor of veggie-driven haute cuisine, joins the massive list of visiting chefs this year when he drops in to cook dinner at Issaya Cooking Studio on Oct 27-28. The 10-course menu that will set you back B9,900 (B12,500 with wine pairing) includes some of chef Passard’s most influential dishes, such as the classic l’Arpege Egg and the ever-so-delicate Bouquet of Roses Tart. We recommend making your booking as soon as possible, as there are only 18 seats per night.
Issaya Cooking Studio, LG/F, Central Embassy, 1031 Phloen Chit Rd., 02-160-5636. BTS Phloen Chit.[email protected]
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