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From Pattaya with panache
Life, Noel Maclean, Published on 25/12/2012
» With its chic decor and Escoffier-inspired menu, Flare takes fine dining in Pattaya to a whole different level.
What New Year is all about
Life, Noel Maclean, Published on 24/12/2012
» A multidimensional spread truly in tune with the momentousness of New Year targets the heights of gastronomic indulgence at Rain Tree Cafe, the gourmet buffet restaurant at Plaza Athenee, a Royal Meridien Hotel. Premised on the finest and rarest products from their most sought-after origins, prepared with consummate flare, every mouthful invites you on a delectable journey of culinary discovery.
Celebrate and Recuperate
Life, Noel Maclean, Published on 24/12/2012
» For many of us, New Year celebrations tend to turn into something of a manic blur, in which pleasure and pain come together seamlessly. However, objective observation suggests that the whole event is usually divided into two parts; an evening of frenzied indulgence ending in sleep several hours past midnight, followed by a restorative late lunch at which excessive activity and loud noise are probably best avoided. With a fine sense of corporate social responsibility, the Grand Millennium Sukhumvit will be catering to both phases of this time-honoured process as the calendar inevitably flips over to 2013.
A little piece of Paris in Bangkok
Life, Noel Maclean, Published on 21/12/2012
» Ah yes, I remember it well. I fell under the spell of Parisian apartments when I joined a friend on a cross-channel visit to a distant cousin of his and found myself inside one around the corner from Pigalle, surrounded by young arty types. This was how life should be, I strongly felt. But I'd never had the opportunity to repeat the experience until I recently visited L'Appart, Sofitel Bangkok Sukhumvit's top-floor restaurant bar conceived in the same spirit.
Uber-prime Land of the Rising Sun-style Sunday lunch to savour
Life, Noel Maclean, Published on 21/12/2012
» First the answer to the obvious question. What's "atarachi"? Painstaking research (i.e. Googling it), leads to 'new, fresh, recent, up-to-date' as the meaning.
Up for the occasion
Life, Noel Maclean, Published on 19/12/2012
» Sofitel So Bangkok was only the second Sofitel So in the world, after Mauritius, and is distinctively conceptualised. Far from being another cookie cutter upscale tourist and business hotel, it is an elaborately designed, differently run world of its own. What's more, up there, above the surrounding rooftops, the sight line is clear across Lumpini Park to the iconic concrete canyons of Wireless and Siam.
URBAN CHIC design for dining
Life, Noel Maclean, Published on 18/12/2012
» You can tell Red Oven's heart is in the right place because, of all the fanciful names it could have come up with, given its dramatic design and view, it chose instead to give the salute to its plumbing, if you will.
The right Christmas stuff
Life, Noel Maclean, Published on 18/12/2012
» Some kind of seafood to start, roast turkey with stuffing to follow, plum pudding for dessert and a good strong blue cheese to conclude. So go the essential ingredients of a traditional Christmas Dinner.
Iconic festive indulgences await your discovery
Life, Noel Maclean, Published on 14/12/2012
» Before you decide on a venue for your Christmas dining ritual, make sure it ticks all your boxes.
Altitude with Attitude
Life, Noel Maclean, Published on 12/12/2012
» Horizon is a bar/restaurant with star quality. Its restaurant serves some of the tastiest cuisine in the Kingdom and with its breathtaking open air bar it's a destination that you haven't 'done' Pattaya yet if you haven't at least chilled out there over a 5-star cocktail.