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New year's revelation
Holiday Time, Noel Maclean, Published on 17/12/2020
» Do yourself a Thai flavours favour and book your New Year’s Eve dinner at Front Room, the Waldorf Astoria’s vibrant, high-ceilinged, lower lobby level Thai restaurant.
Shanghigh
Holiday Time, Noel Maclean, Published on 14/12/2018
» It’s wiggle room only at street level on Surawongse but ascend to Yào Restaurant & Rooftop Bar’s high-flying lair at levels 32 of Bangkok Marriott The Surawongse, and you feel free and see far as a bird.
Crouching classics, Hidden Innovations
Holiday Time, Noel Maclean, Published on 27/12/2017
» If you’re the sort of Cantonese cuisine fan who doesn’t handle change well, you have nothing to worry about at Shang Palace, the Shangri-La Hotel Bangkok’s 2nd incarnation restaurant of that ilk: it’s never going to stop perfecting its ha gao with whole shrimp, Peking duck or monk jumped over the wall soup. But fads and fashions come and go, and inevitably some dishes fare better than others over the long haul.
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.
Ripe for revelry
Holiday Time, Noel Maclean, Published on 14/12/2017
» ‘If a festival’s worth celebrating, it’s worth celebrating thoroughly,” could be the motto of Bangkok Marriott Marquis Queen’s Park’s buzzing, still relatively new communal kitchen’s upcoming Christmas and New Year programs of exquisite excess.
Blessings in disguise
Holiday Time, Noel Maclean, Published on 12/12/2017
» Isn’t the real point about Christmas and New Year to have fun and feel great? But that doesn’t just happen. You need a runway, momentum and lift-off.
And now for something completely different
Holiday Time, Noel Maclean, Published on 30/12/2016
» It's great to see the old Imperial Queen's Park Hotel back in business after a three-year, reportedly 3.5 billion baht rehab, as Bangkok Marriott Marquis Queen's Park.
GoodWell to All
Holiday Time, Noel Maclean, Published on 14/12/2016
» The holidays come but once a year but they do come. And yet every time feels kind of new which, in the case of Seasonal Tastes restaurant at 7th fl. The Westin Grande Sukhumvit, Bangkok goes for the festive feasting too.
Catch the festive feasting fever at Up & Above
Holiday Time, Noel Maclean, Published on 14/12/2015
» Christmas feasting at Up & Above is all about capturing the nostalgia of the occasion, for those who have had a lot of Christmases, and standing by tradition so those less familiar with the celebrations can be sure of authentic experiences -- all while presenting gourmet specialties alongside all the essential dishes.
Panorama Goes High Copacabana!
News, Noel Maclean, Published on 30/12/2014
» Panorama restaurant has been quietly picking up plaudits for bringing originality to the Bangkok buffet scene.