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At home, with strangers
Life, Vanniya Sriangura, Published on 11/07/2014
» I’ve ridden a boat, taken a hoisted carriage up into a tree, and walked through a filthy fresh market in order to get to a dining destination. But never once in my career as a restaurant reviewer has a trip to an eating place involved an astounding 30-minute expedition through a maze of rustic alleys in a century-old residential community. That’s not to mention the laid-back dinner with random strangers in a private living room of unforeseen hosts that followed.
Being diplomatic
Life, Karnjana Karnjanatawe, Published on 12/06/2014
» The diplomatic relationship between Thailand and Japan has entered its 127th year. The current military rule has not yet undone ties between the two countries, although the Japanese government and the present Japanese Ambassador Shigekazu Sato, 64, have expressed their concern towards the present circumstances.
A fond foodie farewell
B Magazine, Suthon Sukphisit, Published on 01/06/2014
» Last week was Satun, this week we’re off to Trang, the final stage of my tour of the South. This province isn’t one of the top tourist destinations like Krabi, Phangnga or Phuket, but it is ideal for those who prefer a quiet spot with beautiful beaches without mobs of tourists swarming around, a place where they can spend time looking at interesting local attractions and finding good things to eat.
Living art in miniature
B Magazine, Normita Thongtham, Published on 01/06/2014
» During a trip to Japan years ago, I visited a village in Omiya, in Saitama prefecture outside Tokyo, where more than a dozen families grew and sold bonsai. “We get visitors from all over the world all the time,” Saburo Katoh, owner of Mansei-en nursery and founder of the Omiya bonsai village, told me at the time. “But the bonsai season is in October and November, when seasoned bonsai enthusiasts come to buy plants.
Taste and table
Guru, Pornchai Sereemongkonpol, Published on 30/05/2014
» Sukhumvit is a hub of hotel dining with many options to choose from. Opened on May 1, Radisson Blu Plaza Bangkok is the new kid on the block and currently offers five restaurants and bars (with two more to come), one of which is China Table. With many sqms and a ceiling high enough to even accommodate a lion dance, the restaurant exudes a spacious and airy feel, befitting a special lunch or dinner event more than a normal meal. It has a good yin-yang design that offers Chinese flair without being too gaudy. Natural light floods the space, brightening up vases, urns and tea sets on shelves as well as other impressive decor details. Get comfy on the plush couch or sit on a high chair from where you can view traditional tea making. The majority of patrons are Asian tourists and expats.
On song in Songkhla
Suthon Sukphisit, Published on 18/05/2014
» Last week I began a tour of the South in Phatthalung. Today I’d like to continue on to Songkhla by crossing the bridge and elevated road across Thalay Noi in Phatthalung to Amphoe Ranote in Songkhla. The road is wide and smooth, and the route is direct.
Heading down South
B Magazine, Suthon Sukphisit, Published on 11/05/2014
» This week, I’d like to take a look at another part of Thailand’s South. I went there recently and took a circular route, starting in Trang and going on to Phatthalung, Songkhla and Satun, then returning to Trang without retracing my original route.
Pak boong's flying circus
B Magazine, Suthon Sukphisit, Published on 06/04/2014
» People who pay attention to food know that cooking soup and stir-frying vegetables to perfection is a gift that God bestowed specially on Chinese cooks. Stir-frying vegetables would seem to be a simple thing, but in fact, it’s not. Doing it properly requires a store of precise accumulated knowledge. How soft or hard is the vegetable? How does this affect the length of time it should remain on the fire? How hot should the cooking fire be? What seasonings should be used, and at which point during the frying process should they be added?
Historic Bangkok ’hood unearths its colourful past
Life, Sirinya Wattanasukchai, Published on 17/03/2014
» Charoen Chai is an old Bangkok neighbourhood located between Charoen Krung and Plabpla Chai roads, from which names its own is believed to have been derived. In 2010, rumours that residents would be evicted to make way for the construction of a new underground train route (the MRT’s blue line) caused members of this century-old community to band together and form the Charoen Chai Conservation and Rehabilitation group in an effort to save their own homes.
Leaving las vegas for dead
B Magazine, Published on 09/03/2014
» The sport of boxing often walks the fine line that separates fantasy from reality and you can put that fact down as one of the reasons its power brokers have set their eyes firmly on Macau.