The last couple of months have yielded a bumper crop of new openings, albeit mostly in the pricey range. New mall offerings include the Tawandaeng German Brewery’s first stab at a mall eatery, Red Sun Tawandaeng (7th floor Siam Discovery Center | 02-658-0821: www.facebook.com/pages/Redsun-tawandang). Expect all the comforting signature dishes fans know and love from… [more]

Among the locals, Thai restaurants with exotic, picture-perfect settings are often regarded with suspicion, many writing them off as contrived tourist traps serving watered down approximations of the real deal. Often that is the case, but the truth is that even we sometimes crave silk runners, teak carvings and a gracious ‘wai’ on arrival, especially… [more]

There are pad thai shops on every street but picking the wrong one can haunt you for life. To help you avoid second-rate encounters with this famous stir-fry noodle dish, and prove that the delicious pad thai is not just tourist board propaganda, this month we made it our mission to be your guinea pig… [more]

A glowing recommendation brought us back to La Table de Tee, a restaurant we rushed to when it opened down a Silom backalley two years ago. Its story is worth retelling: at the ripe young age of 25, Chatree ‘Tee’ Kachornklin returned home with six years of experience under his belt at London’s Michelin-starred Roussilon… [more]

The new Rain Hill boutique mall right on the corner of Sukhumvit Soi 47 hosts a clutch of dining outlets, among them 2046: The Izakaya Nouveau. It’s another cutely-designed venture from the team behind the popular Japanese diner In the Mood For Love, and like its predecessor named after a Wong Kar-Wai movie, 2046. The… [more]

In recent months, we – like many – have been diligently reading the Bangkok Burger Blog (bangkokburgerblog.wordpress.com), the first blog dedicated to the city’s burgeoning burger scene. It’s an entertaining read penned by the Hamburglar, an unidentified expat who scours the streets in search of the good and the bad, and then reports his comically… [more]

Pairing red brick walls with pine wood, raw concrete floors and tan leather sofas, Mellow looks great. Certainly, this black steel and glass rectangle located at Thonglor’s popular mini-mall Penny’s Balcony is one of the hippest, slickest looking joints on Bangkok’s trendiest boulevard. Windows on two sides allow you to spy on the street (and… [more]

Old market communities survive here but you need to go looking for them. Tucked down an alley on Nakhon Sawan Road, just a few minutes northeast of the Old City by taxi, Nang Loeng is one of them. In the past the local cinema, the famous Salerm Chalerm Thani, and the market that sits in… [more]

Enjoy your healthy lunch:  One Pasta Dish + All You Can Eat Salad Bar with special price only B 168 (Net) Condition: Weekday 11 am – 3 pm (except public holiday) WHERE Blue Spice & Herbs, 5th Terminal 21 | Sukhumvit Rd | BTS Asok / MRT Sukhumvit | 02-108-0948 | terminal21@blue-spice.com

Le Meridien’s all-day diner, Latest Recipe, has added a clutch of Middle Eastern dishes to its daily international lunch buffet (Mon – Sat only). Arabian flavours like braised lamb shoulder and baklava have now been incorporated into the line-up. The price including free-flow soft drinks, coffee and tea is B1,300++, or B 980++ for food… [more]

One of Lebua’s two outdoor dining venues, Breeze is one of the city’s finest – and priciest – al fresco restaurants, pairing cool design with contemporary Asian dining and stunning 52nd floor views over the city. To lure guests up and along its dramatic lit glass suspension bridge, they’re currently offering a special five-course set… [more]

If you’re in need for a good hearty meal and happen to be in the Sukhumvit area, head for the Firehouse. Open from 11:30 am till 3 am in the morning, the kitchen here will satisfy your cravings for filling bar food with fish and chips, freshly cooked burgers made from quality Thai-French beef and… [more]

For the last week of the month Hong Kong born Chef Chan will present a selection of creative dim sum at Lok Wah Hin restaurant. His Healthy Dim Sum menu will feature new creations based on healthy ingredients like snow fish, salmon and green tea. If you’d like to scarf as many as you can… [more]

City views and Japanese food go hand in hand at Kacho, the Japanese restaurant on the 37th Floor of the Imperial Queen’s Park Hotel. For guests bamboozled by the wide variety of Japanese cuisine on offer, there’s now an easier way than sifting through the menu: Japanese Bento sets that pack appetisers, main and side… [more]