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Eating outside the box
Guru, Pornchai Sereemongkonpol, Published on 15/02/2013
» Signs that maybe it's time to shake up your eating habits include: 1) Your waiter is on a nickname basis with you; 2) You've found two pictures of the same dish from the same restaurant in your food porn album; 3) You discover you have 50 check-ins at the same place over the last 60 days on Foursquare; 4) You find yourself in eateries at department stores every weekend. If you have any of these aforementioned symptoms, you're in luck because we might have just the cure for you. Here are eight eateries in Bangkok we've spotted that offer a one-of-a-kind experience to reinvigorate your dining habits.
Love sex magic
Guru, Pornchai Sereemongkonpol, Published on 08/02/2013
» Romance and Valentine's Day usually conjure images of hearts, roses, chocolates, teddy bears, more roses, and all that lovey-dovey stuff. But in Thailand, love can also entail consuming weird stuff in the hopes of pleasing your lover in bed, asking supernatural entities to help you get laid, and carrying explicit-looking charms on your body. We take a look at some bizarre things people do for love in Thailand to get you ready for the upcoming Valentine's Day.
Costly Cosmopolitanism
Guru, Pornchai Sereemongkonpol, Published on 11/01/2013
» Thai people have a way of expressing negatively charged words in nicer-sounding terms. For example, kathoey takes on a word that means the second kind of woman or a gender-crossing woman (or man?), while a soi dog is called a sunak if you want to appear pretentiously proper. The name for a type of reptile often seen dwelling in Lumpini Park and canals is considered so offensive some refer to it as tua ngern tua thong (silver-and-gold animal), even though no Thai in their right minds would ever hug one like it's made of treasure.
Street cart Charisma
Guru, Pornchai Sereemongkonpol, Published on 30/11/2012
» There are tons of roadside food vendors in this city which explains why Bangkokians can eat around the clock (ruining any chance of diets). So it should be considered nothing less than a feat if one shop can stand out amidst the sea of street eateries. Well, you're in luck, because we've found four vendors that have managed to cook up ways to get noticed and attract the crowd. Here's what they have to say about their unique businesses.
The Bookworm
Guru, Pornchai Sereemongkonpol, Published on 20/07/2012
» HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE THE READING ROOM?
Thailand's got weird talent
Guru, Pornchai Sereemongkonpol, Published on 29/06/2012
» With the current barrage of talent shows on television, we guestimate that every Thai person will have their 15 minutes of fame by the end of 2013. However, most of the "talent" we have seen is either debatable (painting with bare breasts), as original as eating green curry with kanom jeen (covering the same ol' songs) or kinda disturbing (children belching out love songs). To flesh out the real capabilities of this fine nation, we have sought out individuals with unique and special abilities for your entertainment. And for our own amusement, we decided to appoint ourselves as the judge for our very own "Thailand's Got Weird Talent" show. Here are the finalists.
Yakuzaaa HQ
Guru, Pornchai Sereemongkonpol, Published on 22/06/2012
» What would you expect to find in a yakuza den? A jar of pickled pinkies? Dried blood stains on the tatami? Samurai swords and more samurai swords? Heavily tattooed men wearing nothing but fundoshi? (Don't image search that term if you don't have any homoerotic tendencies.)
Alternative ways
Guru, Pornchai Sereemongkonpol, Published on 03/02/2012
» Although we're all budding non-materialistic Buddhists, we need money and can always use more of it. And while most of us try to get a degree and become a white-collar salary slave, some people have made serious baht in more imaginative ways. Besides drug trafficking (which we strongly advise against), here are six unconventional ways people have generated their dough.
Chinese life Cycle
Guru, Pornchai Sereemongkonpol, Published on 20/01/2012
» For non-Chinese people, Chinese New Year (Jan 23) probably conjures images of dragons, lions and ang pao. But there is much more than simply these things to the Chinese way of life. You really don't know what goes on in the life of a Chinese unless you're born one. And, as the resident Chinese-descendant of the Guru team, I feel it's my duty to offer insight into the different stages of Chinese life in Thailand so you can enjoy the upcoming Chinese New Year like a true Chinese no matter what age or ethnicity you are. Kung Hei Fat Choy, everyone.