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    Just what they always wanted

    Life, Noel Maclean, Published on 25/12/2013

    » Finding gifts is pretty easy. Finding something special is a whole different ball game. But at least Jaspal Home makes it do-able with its specially created Gifts Program that has something to delight every recipient of one's seasonal largesse.

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    Above and beyond at the heart of Bangkok: The Roof @ 38th Bar

    Life, Noel Maclean, Published on 26/12/2013

    » A fashionable new rooftop lounge and tapas bar has arrived, soaring into the starry night sky way up on Level 38 of Mode Sathorn Hotel, managed by Siam@Siam.

  • LIFE

    RIM in the New Year

    Life, Noel Maclean, Published on 27/12/2013

    » If the idea of wrapping up the old year and launching into the new one on both a figurative and literal high tickles your fancy then Red Sky should tick your boxes. Fifty-five floors above terra firma, there's a palpable air of optimism in this split-level eerie-elevation restaurant and bar complex that is unburdened by any intermittent convulsions down below.

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    'A really good Thai place'

    Life, Noel Maclean, Published on 27/12/2013

    » One answer to the question oft-asked by visitors to Bangkok, "do you know any good Thai restaurants?", could be Palm Cuisine, tucked 50m inside Thonglor Soi 16 (opposite J Avenue, Soi 15) on the left.

  • LIFE

    What's new at Next2?

    Life, Noel Maclean, Published on 31/12/2013

    » If ever there was a buffet that lucked out in the gene pool, this is it. Picturesque riverside location? Check. High-end design that at once delights the senses and serves vast volumes of freshly-prepared food without anyone's toes getting trodden on? Uh ha. And what of said comestibles? Are they truly top drawer? Well duh.

  • LIFE

    Bistro heaven

    Life, Noel Maclean, Published on 31/12/2013

    » Bistro culture is big business in Bangkok, burgeoning like the coffee house and Irish pub crazes before it. The recipe is simple: Continental comfort food, chic surroundings and strategic location relative to the locus of everyday human enterprise, thereby providing a convenient point at which to be relieved of some of that hard-earned cash in return for feel-good food and drink indulgences.

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    Fabulously French

    Life, Noel Maclean, Published on 31/12/2013

    » Operating a French restaurant in Bangkok isn't something one gets into lightly. The people you need to run it must be experts in probably the most difficult cuisine and have a passion for it to-boot. Getting hold of the ingredients to make it authentic is hardly a cake walk either.

  • TRAVEL

    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.

  • LIFE

    Let's go to Mexico!

    Life, Noel Maclean, Published on 12/12/2013

    » Mexican cuisine has come of age in Bangkok with Senor Pico's recent revamp. It's more authentic, modern, immersive and classy. If you tried it before and thought ho-hum, you might want to take another look.

  • TRAVEL

    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.

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