Showing 1-9 of 9 results
-
Volti UPS the ante
Holiday Time, Noel Maclean, Published on 18/12/2019
» Like the best architecture of Italy, the more water that flows under Volti's ponte the more iconic it becomes. While the software, from the cuisine and cocktails to the scheduling and service, gets ever smarter, the décor, one bold brushstroke at a time, gets ever more lux.
-
That Old Thai Magic
Holiday Time, Noel Maclean, Published on 08/12/2017
» This New Year’s Eve, Baan Khanitha will be plying up-river to beyond the Grand Palace and returning downstream to its point of embarkation/disembarkation by the gay godowns of Asiatique the Riverfront, including the local branch of the illustrious Baan Khanitha Thai fine dining restaurants.
-
Teleport to Tokyo
Holiday Time, Noel Maclean, Published on 01/12/2016
» In a few years, when the underground line being built beside it is completed, Hagi might be one of the best-connected Japanese restaurants in this fair city. Until then, Phahon Yothin MRT is your nearest station and the mega infrastructure project is requiring radical, though well signposted, redirection of the traffic.
-
Germ of a gem
Holiday Time, Noel Maclean, Published on 31/12/2015
» Looks like Water Library Hospitality Group's (WLHG) gone and done it again. Its latest iteration – a sustainable straw sphinx arising from the ashes of The Water Library Thonglor after its home was redeveloped – is virtually reservations only after just a couple of months.
-
Looking down on Pattaya
Life, Noel Maclean, Published on 02/12/2013
» Love it or leave it, there's no denying that Pattaya is popular. And not just among a certain genus of male tourist. Almost equally shocking is the preponderance of innocents at large, ranging young nuclear families, retiree couples, assorted executives/experts and, yes, hormone-charged honeymooners.
-
Bangkok borderland ECO escape
Life, Noel Maclean, Published on 02/12/2013
» Wouldn't it be great to get the heck out of Dodge and fill those lungs with sweet fresh air without having to prepare like Dessert Storm and survive an ordeal more jarring than the Paris-Dakar to get there?
-
Way to go
Life, Noel Maclean, Published on 04/12/2013
» Starting today, you can fly Bangkok to Chiang Mai for as little as B400 and be there in a shade over 70 mins. You'd be pressed to buy a rickety bus ticket for that and you'll be bumping along for a solid nine hours at least.
-
Euforia at eforea
Life, Noel Maclean, Published on 11/12/2013
» What a blessing it is for the inherently lazy, like myself, that lying down doing nothing is one of the best ways you can serve your "mind, body and soul", as the stock spa saying goes. And one of the ultimate places to do that currently is at eforea Spa, ensconced at the Hilton Pattaya and packaged with ocean views.
-
In the zone away from home
Life, Noel Maclean, Published on 12/12/2013
» Nowhere is Bangkok's confidence in its future more evident these days than down by the river, especially in the neighbourhoods of the skytrain stations and bridge that now also put the Thonburi side, the city's original temple precinct, on the mass transit map. Some of the most euphoric condo concepts in the city are taking shape there on both banks, along with upscale mall projects, including a new Paragon, surging ahead with the ambition of chaneling the surging affluence.
Your recent history
-
Recently searched
-
Recently viewed links
Did you find what you were looking for? Have you got some comments for us?
