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  Deconstructing Isan

  Life, Nianne-Lynn Hendricks, Published on 27/04/2022

  » If you need one, just one, reason to visit Udon Thani in Thailand's Northeast, it would be to eat at chef Weerawat "Num" Triyasenawat's brilliant Samuay & Sons. Since I first wrote about Num in 2018, Samuay & Sons has gone far beyond its menu of local ingredients cooked with medicinal values in mind.

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  Dine Good Do Good

  Life, Nianne-Lynn Hendricks, Published on 24/12/2021

  » Local ingredients, live fire and a zero waste concept is the name of the game at Trisara Phuket's latest dining outlet, Jampa.

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  Restaurant city

  Life, Nianne-Lynn Hendricks, Published on 26/06/2020

  » Covid-19 has been a challenge for the world, but never more so for the F&B industry. Most existing restaurants adapted by offering delivery or a private chef experience in the comfort of your home, while others shut shop temporarily, a few permanently. Though the pandemic brought along unknown problems for existing restaurants, it hasn't deterred a few others from starting afresh. Nothing stops the food scene in Bangkok from growing, not even a global pandemic. ELITE speaks to the people behind new restaurants, which have opened or are opening soon

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  Asia's best in your home

  Life, Nianne-Lynn Hendricks, Published on 26/03/2020

  » Making its debut on the list of Asia's 50 Best Restaurants, sponsored by S.Pellegrino & Acqua Panna, is Charoen Krung favourite, 80/20 at No.47. The eighth edition of the awards was announced virtually yesterday.

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  Pincer movement

  Life, Nianne-Lynn Hendricks, Published on 17/01/2020

  » Sri Lanka's famed Ministry Of Crab has quite a following. Small wonder when it's been on Asia's 50 Best Restaurant list since 2015 (No.35 in 2019). It's fair to say, they take crab pretty seriously there. Indeed, Ministry of Crab has its own constitution with eight "amendments" paying homage to Sri Lanka's iconic lagoon crab.

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  Paddling through seafood

  Life, Nianne-Lynn Hendricks, Published on 28/06/2019

  » The House on Sathorn has a new dining room and it's an ode to Thai seafood. Paii, a Thai word meaning "to paddle", is a casual dining space showcasing the best of local and imported seafood. The restaurant pays homage to the founder of The House On Sathorn, Luang Sathorn Rajayutka, who also created the Sathon canal.

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  100% fresh

  Life, Nianne-Lynn Hendricks, Published on 04/01/2019

  » A familiar pok-pok sound greets me as I enter the newly-renovated Charoen Krung favourite, 80/20. This is intentional, I later learn, intended to remind diners that 80/20 is a Thai kitchen serving Thai cuisine. The expanded space has a wall with murals by local artist Luke Satoru and Khun Rose, the mother of one of 80/20's chefs.

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  Lionising Singapore

  Life, Nianne-Lynn Hendricks, Published on 02/11/2018

  » 'New Sin", chef Han Li Guang explains, is the expression he uses to refer to the way he pushes the boundaries of Singaporean cuisine.

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  Bollywood parties big into the small hours

  Life, Nianne-Lynn Hendricks, Published on 29/06/2018

  » Monsoon season may have arrived in Bangkok, but on Sunday it rained Bollywood stars as the International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) put on a spectacular melange of glitz and glamour at the Siam Niramit Theatre in Bangkok. The grandest celebration of Indian cinema, the 19th IIFA Awards returned to the City of Angels for the second time since their inception in 2000.

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  Swede's in season

  Life, Nianne-Lynn Hendricks, Published on 01/06/2018

  » Fäviken Magasinet is often described as the world's most isolated two Michelin-starred restaurant and chef Magnus Nilsson tends to agree. "One should go once, maybe twice and it should enrich the rest of your year as a very unique experience."

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