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Reinventing hansik
Life, Nianne-Lynn Hendricks, Published on 05/09/2025
» In the Asian food world, chef Mingoo Kang is one of the most respected chefs and a household name in South Korea.
Best face forward
Guru, Nianne-Lynn Hendricks, Published on 13/02/2025
» Bangkok’s pollution not only takes a toll on the lungs, but also the face. But help has arrived in the form of a skin longevity-enhancing serum. Omorovicza has launched the "Blue Diamond Super Serum” facial at select Four Season spas and we in Bangkok are lucky simply because the Four Seasons Hotel Bangkok at Chao Phraya River is one the lucky ones.
Not all smoke and mirrors
Guru, Nianne-Lynn Hendricks, Published on 26/11/2024
» The Smokaccia Laboratory in Phuket started out selling a filled crispy sourdough created by chef Luca Mascolo, which was perhaps incorrectly, named as “smokaccia”.
To balance A with B
Life, Nianne-Lynn Hendricks, Published on 02/08/2024
» 'I like discovering the new facets of familiar vegetables," says chef Hiroyasu Kawate of Florilège, No.2 on Asia's 50 Best Restaurant 2024 list, in Tokyo, Japan. Having opened in 2009, Florilège won two Michelin stars in 2018 and five years later was awarded the Michelin Green star.
Coming into her own
Life, Nianne-Lynn Hendricks, Published on 08/03/2024
» Peruvian chef Pía León is well known on the Latin American dining scene, but even more so on the world stage.
From the Amalfi Coast to Bangkok on a plate
Guru, Nianne-Lynn Hendricks, Published on 10/09/2023
» Cetara Ristorante e Pizzeria may not be a new fixture to Bangkok’s Italian dining scene, but it has been a staple on Sathon 12. What is new is that it has finally got a chef who’s menu makes it worth a second, third and fourth visit… you get the drift.
This is what you came for
Guru, Nianne-Lynn Hendricks, Published on 12/02/2023
» As soon as it was announced that Rihanna aka RiRi would be performing at the biggest and most prestigious gig in America, the Super Bowl half-time show, her fans have been eagerly awaiting it.
New age traditions
Life, Nianne-Lynn Hendricks, Published on 03/07/2020
» Cho Hee-sook began her career as a teacher and though she is Asia's Best Female Chef 2020, she still embodies the principals of being a teacher.
Cooks in the house
Guru, Nianne-Lynn Hendricks, Published on 29/05/2020
» I am all cooked-out. These work from home, stay at home and cook at home hashtags have worn me out. Back in the good ole days (early March this year), I ate out a lot. Well, mostly because the job demanded it and I like to eat out. Though these days, I long for food not cooked by me. Just simple home-cooked food and the one thing this pandemic has given rise to (apart from the obvious) is home cooks. And there are a wide range of them offering a variety of cuisines. Here are a few:
Yellow gold
Guru, Nianne-Lynn Hendricks, Published on 07/02/2020
» Jean-Yves Bordier is a master artisan butter-maker and cheese-ripener. The son and grandson of cheese mongers, Bordier is perhaps the last-remaining artisan to knead his churned butter in a wooden cylinder and to sprinkle fine sea salt by hand. Le Beurre Bordier can be found in the best creameries throughout France and in a few other countries, including Thailand.