Showing 61 - 70 of 79
'Old' Pathum thani worth a day trip for taste and tradition
B Magazine, Suthon Sukphisit, Published on 09/06/2013
» Suppose you want to get out of town for the day with a plan that includes a meal at an ordinary restaurant, nothing fancy, but with good food at reasonable prices. Also on the list of wants is the opportunity to enjoy a pleasant rural atmosphere, and perhaps a chance to see ancient sites and check out local arts and handicrafts. One destination that checks all of those boxes is Pathum Thani.
All roads lead to delicious daytripping
B Magazine, Suthon Sukphisit, Published on 26/05/2013
» The great variety offered by Thai cuisine is not limited to the number of different dishes, but can also be seen in the broad range of restaurants and shops where Thai food is served. They differ not only in the kind of food listed on their menus, but also in their mood and atmosphere.
Traditional kitchen tools that helped shape thai cuisine
B Magazine, Suthon Sukphisit, Published on 17/03/2013
» Anyone who does creative work aspires to own and use the best equipment possible. Modern designers and graphic artists want to have the latest and most capable computers and software; painters want the finest-quality canvas, pigments and brushes. Cooks are no different. When they walk into a shop that sells cooking equipment they will inevitably see things that they want, even though they may already have a kitchen full of appliances and utensils at home.
Savour the charm, Warmth and seafood of ban sakha
B Magazine, Suthon Sukphisit, Published on 10/03/2013
» There are places whose charm does not lie in any historical monument, gorgeous beach or other obvious tourist attraction, but rather in the local style and special atmosphere on offer. When rushing around in a big city, it is easy to forget that there are small towns nearby where people spend their days in the same traditional and unhurried way they did in the past.
Last stretch of 'True' chinatown could vanish
B Magazine, Suthon Sukphisit, Published on 03/03/2013
» Anyone who wants to understand Bangkok's past should take a journey down Plaeng Nam Road, a 200m-long street running between Yaowarat and Charoen Krung Road that is packed with the remnants and colour of earlier eras. But before entering this evocative world, it is important to have an overall view of the city's Chinatown. Although every part of it is important and has its special character, it is the area alongside the Chao Phraya River by Ratchawong Road, with its wharves and warehouses, that was the original financial, commercial, and entertainment centre of the Chinese community in Bangkok. There were Chinese opera theatres, tea houses and legal card-playing venues, as well as Thailand's first topless dancing clubs. On Suea Pa Road there were luxurious Chinese restaurants with big bands and dancing.
A bowlful of offal can be purely delightful
B Magazine, Suthon Sukphisit, Published on 17/02/2013
» Pork and beef offal are foods many poor people consider to be choice eating, while wealthier classes may not find them as enticing. But they have been historically important in Thailand for several reasons. They were cheap and not in huge demand, as they weren't used for anything except a few very basic dishes.
The sweet crop with a host of uses
B Magazine, Suthon Sukphisit, Published on 27/01/2013
» When you see sugar in the market as the tan-coloured cakes called nam tan buek in Thai, or as nam tan peeb, the paste or liquid sold in containers, it is a type that comes from sugar palm or coconut trees. But if it is the white, granulated sugar known as nam tan sai, you will automatically recognise it as coming from sugar-cane. Most people will also probably know that Thailand is one of the major producers of cane sugar in Asia.
Rustic ratchaburi: Old style treats and traditions
B Magazine, Suthon Sukphisit, Published on 13/01/2013
» Modern lifestlyles depend so much on speed. Communications technology and the social media it fuels race ahead at such a pace that it seems that after a single night's sleep the world will be changed in the morning. Transport systems are opening up wide roads that go practically everywhere, and that development has had a strong effect on my subject here _ food, which often feels the impact of an incoming barrage of new ingredients and techniques.
Fins ain't what they used to be
B Magazine, Suthon Sukphisit, Published on 09/12/2012
» The traditional Thai way of life has always been centred around water, and Thais have always had a very strong bond with it. The closeness of this relationship was not limited to the places they chose to live, which were usually close to water or floating on it, but also included travel, which was generally by boat, and even the cuisine, largely based on the fish and other animals caught in rivers, streams and the sea. In Thailand there are more recipes for fish than for any other kind of dish.
Meal-Time mysteries something to chew over
B Magazine, Suthon Sukphisit, Published on 18/11/2012
» Thailand is famous as a place where we are surrounded on all sides and at all times by food _ a paradise for tourists, especially aficionados of street food, and for Thais themselves. If you are travelling from Lat Krabang to Nong Chok and Ramkhamhaeng, you'll find a certain kind of food _ good Muslim cuisine, and plenty of it. But if you go from Charoen Krung Road to Yaowarat, the selection will be very different.