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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.
Blue Sky at night, revellers’ delight
Holiday Time, Noel Maclean, Published on 15/12/2017
» If you live in Chatuchak, Bang Khen or Huai Khwang, or even Bang Kapi, Hua Mak or Pak Kret, you’re lucky. You’ve a perfect solution to where to celebrate virtually on your doorstep. No vexing vehicular or sardine can train ride to a cool party venue for you.
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.
VIU Halloo!
Holiday Time, Noel Maclean, Published on 15/12/2016
» The most impressive thing about VIU, the ritzy St. Regis Bangkok Hotel's level 12, every-epicurean dining room, is the exquisite balance it achieves in its cuisine between underplaying and overstating.
He ain't heavy – he's Rossini's Iron Chef
Holiday Time, Noel Maclean, Published on 04/12/2015
» Rossini's belongs to that select band of Italian fine dining restaurants in Bangkok that constitute the status quo. That's not just because it's been around longer than most but due to the consistency with which it raises bars, sets new benchmarks, and introduces latest trends, thereby ensuring its perennial popularity among the upper echelons.
Euforia at eforea
News, Noel Maclean, Published on 08/12/2014
» What a blessing it is for the inherently lazy that lying down doing nothing is one of the best ways you can give your "mind, body and soul" a thorough workout. And one of the ultimate places to do that currently is at eforea Spa, ensconced at the Hilton Pattaya and packaged with ocean views.
Heading for the Horizon
News, Noel Maclean, Published on 04/12/2014
» 'Horizon isn't just another outlet; it's a destination." Bold words from Hilton Pattaya's chief impresario, F&B Director, Matthew Wren, but not inaccurate.
Surf-turf and Champagne surge
News, Noel Maclean, Published on 03/12/2014
» You've got to hand it to Fifty-Five fine dining restaurant at CentaraGrand: it sure knows how to organise a successful invasion of airspace by seafood and meat on the hoof from deep beneath the rolling waves and ground zero way below and finish with a flourish.
Land of the rising samba
Life, Noel Maclean, Published on 02/12/2014
» Panorama restaurant has been quietly picking up plaudits for bringing originality to the Bangkok buffet scene.
Game changer
Noel Maclean, Published on 01/12/2014
» Don’t laugh. Or rather, please do. Strange as it may seem, scads of Silicone Valley techies get their after-work kicks in the wifi-free world of the likes of Dominion, Battlestar Galactica, Pandemic, Takenoko and other amazing board games with a lineage that goes back to well before colour TV, let alone cyberspace.