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Canon Fodder
Holiday Time, Noel Maclean, Published on 15/12/2017
» Drift into the lower level of Bangkok’s august Dusit Thani Hotel on any given day for a slice or a sandwich from the excellent deli or a suit fitting at the tailor and one is struck by the buzz around The Pavilion restaurant. Its open plan almost gives it a popup vibe except that its faux-antique filigreed silver silk wall hangings, gold-rimmed miniature signature roof domes, upscale granite-topped dining tables and sturdy wooden arm chairs, the décor exudes a paradoxical, private club-like permanency.
Let there be LUCE!
Holiday Time, Noel Maclean, Published on 09/12/2016
» LUCE -- Italian for "light" -- with the 'e' pronounced 'e'' as in cafe' -- Italian Restaurant at 14 fl., Eastin Grand Hotel Sathorn Bangkok (Surasak BTS) is well-named in many ways.
Party on the Roof
Holiday Time, Noel Maclean, Published on 28/12/2015
» Perk up your year-end program at "Mode Sensation 2016", the city's most vibrant rooftop dinner buffet and party at The Roof@38th Bar, Mode Sathorn Bangkok fashionable lifestyle hotel, on New Year's Eve, Thursday, December 31.
Enthaicing Flare
News, Noel Maclean, Published on 03/12/2014
» Combining traditional tastes of rural Thai kitchens with fine ingredients from around the world, Flare, located at Level 15 of the Hilton Pattaya, offers a Thai dining experience unlike others you find in fun city.
Extra special Thai cuisine
News, Noel Maclean, Published on 03/12/2014
» How can you make a great cuisine even greater? Be lavish. Be inspired. Be uncompromising. Present it beautifully and originally in a setting that transports all the senses, not just the taste buds.
Spa tales from the river bank
Life, Noel Maclean, Published on 17/12/2013
» Though ultra-contemporary, like the hotel that houses it, eforea Spa at the Millennium Hilton Hotel channels nature so effectively it actually enhances it, which is probably why treatments there leave you feeling so on top of the world.
Steaks and the city
Life, Noel Maclean, Published on 16/12/2013
» The matter of dining on steaks in Bangkok tends to be contentious, with folks who know a thing or two about beef, notably Americans, tending to save their cravings until they get home. They just give up on their quest to find product at the right price in BKK, rebuffed by rates more reflective of caviar.
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.
Out of the ivory tower into the indigenous fire
Life, Noel Maclean, Published on 03/12/2013
» While there is an automatic close association between any Peninsula hotel and cosseted luxury, they also understand that too much buffering against life as it is lived by the masses in each of its exotic locations can be stifling.
Nice venue for A wine wedding
Life, Noel Maclean, Published on 10/12/2012
» At first encounter, I'd surmised that Chatrium's inaugural wine dinner, held at its chilled-out pool terrace commanding panoramic infinity river views far upstream and down, was all set up for an ensuing society wedding, complete with silver and gold photo op and speech stage topped with a maid of honor arch.