Cheesecake Factory to Begin Production at Siam Paragon
BANGKOK — Twenty years after it outgrew California to become an American phenomenon, the first Cheesecake Factory will open in Bangkok next month.
View ArticleNew Zealand Dairy Giant Fonterra to Pay Danone for Recall
CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand — An arbitration tribunal has ordered New Zealand dairy giant Fonterra to pay Danone of France $125 million for recall costs stemming from a 2013 food scare.
View ArticleStar For Street Food Joint as Michelin Bangkok Revealed
BANGKOK — A humble but pricey street food restaurant in old Bangkok received one Michelin star in the first ever such award given by the famous French culinary guidebook. Jay Fai, a humble restaurant...
View ArticleJoin Week-Long Rooftop Celebration of Thai Craft Beer
BANGKOK — It’s been a big year for Thai craft beer. From sun-dried banana-brewed beer and the country’s first legal honey wine, the domestic variety has gone from meh to “more please.”
View ArticleBangkok Gets Block Party with 50+ Music Acts, Food, Art
BANGKOK — More than 50 musicians from electronic and hip-hop to heavy rock will gather in an outdoor space for a 12-hour party.
View ArticleLast Seating: Trader Vic’s Maitre D’ Retires After 57 Years
EMERYVILLE, California — She's worn a gardenia in her hair every day since she started working in 1960 at Trader Vic's, the legendary home of mai tai cocktails.
View ArticleBangkok Quickies: Do Cool Things in Cool Weather
BANGKOK — Cool weather could be gone at any moment, so it will be best to savor it while we can. Here is a list of things to do while temperatures in Bangkok still revolve around the 20 degree.
View Article7-Eleven to Sell Cans of Thai Craft Beer
BANGKOK — For the first time, the shelves of the realm’s top convenience stores will be stocked with cans of Thai craft beer.
View ArticleCraft Beer, BNK48 and Bitcoin: Top Thai Trends of 2017
Tonight we bid farewell to 2017's curiosities and crazes to cleanse our palates for those of next year. But first a look back at the ...
View ArticleChinatown Gets a Street Fair on Soi Nana
BANGKOK — All the new art spaces, galleries, bars, cafes and restaurants that have taken over a small alley off Charoen Krung Road will throw a one-day block party later this month.
View ArticleBangkok’s 2nd Ikea – Southeast Asia’s Largest – Gets Date
BANGKOK — Hej! Fans of affordable Swedish furniture – and we know there are a lot of you – now have a date for navigating a new maze of oddly named products.
View ArticleBar B Q Plaza Recalls Beef Over Mystery Lumps
BANGKOK — A major barbecue chain is recalling a shipment of beef Tuesday after a photo appeared online of lumpy meat served at one of its restaurants.
View ArticleAirport Food Too Pricey? Don’t Eat There: Tourism Minister
BANGKOK — The new top tourism official had some straight talk for anyone unhappy about airport food prices: Don’t eat at the airport.
View Article‘Jay Fai’ Hopes it Doesn’t Get Michelin Star Again
BANGKOK — After spending more than three decades cooking in an unassuming outdoor kitchen, a wok-wielding, goggles-wearing chef has been propelled to international culinary stardom by having her...
View ArticleBreak Bread With Bangkok Refugees at ‘Bazaar’
BANGKOK — Do something to help Bangkok’s refugee population at an event promoting their music, food and crafts next month.
View ArticleBangkok’s First ‘Manga Cafe’ Pays Tribute to Japanese Master (Photos)
BANGKOK — Geeks who love reading comics all day now have their own “third place” for doing so at the capital’s first manga cafe.
View ArticleBoozy Slushie Bar Freezes Bangkok Brains
BANGKOK — Parich “Joh” Sanguamkul, 28, is as fun as the drinks he peddles: boozy slushies.
View ArticleA Night Out With Bangkok’s Woman of the Happy Hour
As one of Bangkok’s top tenders of bar, Suwincha Singsuwan is changing what it means to be a woman in the male-dominated industry.
View ArticleDank Memes, Strange Brews Remixed at Internet-Culture Bar
On the first floor of a random house down a random street in Lat Phrao, a tall man serves food and drinks foods while projecting random memes upon a wall.
View ArticleBangkok Bar Brews ‘First Kombucha on Tap’
BANGKOK — Had too many beer-soaked nights and in the mood for something lighter – but not mocktail light? Problem solved.
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