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Practising purity
Life, Arusa Pisuthipan, Published on 17/10/2025
» The annual Vegetarian Festival returns in this ninth lunar month. This year, the 10-day festivity falls from Oct 21 to 29. Every year, vegetarian options become more diverse and vibrant given that consumers increasingly opt for veganism due to various reasons.
Lunar New Year dining spots
Life, Arusa Pisuthipan, Published on 24/01/2025
» Chinese New Year comes early this year as Lunar New Year falls on Jan 29 and marks the end of the Year of the Dragon and the start of the Year of the Snake. Ushering in luck, prosperity and good health, Life joins the celebrations with a line-up of food promotions from leading hotels around town.
Festive feasts
Life, Arusa Pisuthipan, Published on 20/12/2024
» Let's celebrate the end of 2024 with delicacies and activities at these leading hotels.
Gross yet ghoulishly good
Life, Arusa Pisuthipan, Published on 25/10/2024
» Leading hotels are offering special dishes, drinks and activities for Halloween which is celebrated on Oct 31. To join the fun, Life has put together a few places where you can enjoy creepy (some more than others) treats and terrors.
Let's go vegan
Life, Arusa Pisuthipan, Published on 04/10/2024
» Thailand welcomes the return of the 10-day annual Vegetarian Festival which runs until Oct 11. Yellow flags with red Chinese characters are fluttering at markets, shopping malls, street stalls and restaurants to signify a special period where people abstain from meat, animal products and five pungent plants — onion, garlic, chives, rakkyo (Chinese onion) and tobacco. To join the celebrations, Life has put together a list of dining venues that offer meat-free delicacies, highlights from Phuket's Vegetarian Festival and much more.
Vegetarian festival is back again
Life, Arusa Pisuthipan, Published on 10/10/2023
» With the annual 10-day vegetarian festival returning this year from Sunday to Oct 23, hotels and fine-dining restaurants are preparing to serve specially-crafted meatless dishes for full-time and part-time herbivores alike.
Soft power sells best when not force-fed
Arusa Pisuthipan, Published on 07/08/2023
» South Korea knows how to sell its products. Apart from K-entertainment, the country has also popularised K-merchandise through pop culture. From fried chicken and ramyeon cup noodles to egg drop sandwiches and soju, instant coffee and dietary supplements, we have seen countless products from South Korea in series and movies successfully create a huge customer base in Thailand.
For children, food should be equal
Life, Arusa Pisuthipan, Published on 01/05/2023
» Food -- how it is prepared and consumed -- can be a reflection of social status. A commonly available ingredient cooked in lower- or middle-class kitchens can be seen as mediocre, but the same thing prepared by a renowned chef and served in a star-studded restaurant can be a symbol of wealth.
Lessons from Korea on soft power
Life, Arusa Pisuthipan, Published on 28/03/2022
» South Korean actor Lee Jung-jae recently bagged the Best Actor title at the 27th Critics Choice Awards in Los Angeles earlier this month. This makes him the first Korean actor to take home the Best Actor accolade in the Drama Series category. Lee is known internationally for his lead role in the nine-episode survival drama Squid Game.
The road to healthy lunches
Life, Arusa Pisuthipan, Published on 20/10/2020
» Well-seasoned phalo soup with eggs, crispy fried chicken served with rice, and a khanom jeen dish with side vegetables are all delicious Thai-style treats that can be served to school students for lunch. However, in reality, what some Thai children receive is rotten eggs in phalo soup, small slices of fried chicken on top of a tiny amount of rice that barely fills three spoons, and khanom jeen or fermented rice noodles with sprinkles of fish sauce and nothing more.