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New year's revelation
Holiday Time, Noel Maclean, Published on 17/12/2020
» Do yourself a Thai flavours favour and book your New Year’s Eve dinner at Front Room, the Waldorf Astoria’s vibrant, high-ceilinged, lower lobby level Thai restaurant.
Crouching classics, Hidden Innovations
Holiday Time, Noel Maclean, Published on 27/12/2017
» If you’re the sort of Cantonese cuisine fan who doesn’t handle change well, you have nothing to worry about at Shang Palace, the Shangri-La Hotel Bangkok’s 2nd incarnation restaurant of that ilk: it’s never going to stop perfecting its ha gao with whole shrimp, Peking duck or monk jumped over the wall soup. But fads and fashions come and go, and inevitably some dishes fare better than others over the long haul.
Happy Shogatsu at Yamazato
Holiday Time, Noel Maclean, Published on 20/12/2017
» It’s a lesser-known fact (among non-Japanese) that New Year is the biggest annual festival in Japan. One thinks of all those “visits to the shrine”, the Sapporo Snow and Cherry Blossom festivals, and assume that their New Year’s is merely a gracious nod to the Western Gregorian phenomenon.
Canon Fodder
Holiday Time, Noel Maclean, Published on 15/12/2017
» Drift into the lower level of Bangkok’s august Dusit Thani Hotel on any given day for a slice or a sandwich from the excellent deli or a suit fitting at the tailor and one is struck by the buzz around The Pavilion restaurant. Its open plan almost gives it a popup vibe except that its faux-antique filigreed silver silk wall hangings, gold-rimmed miniature signature roof domes, upscale granite-topped dining tables and sturdy wooden arm chairs, the décor exudes a paradoxical, private club-like permanency.
Blessings in disguise
Holiday Time, Noel Maclean, Published on 12/12/2017
» Isn’t the real point about Christmas and New Year to have fun and feel great? But that doesn’t just happen. You need a runway, momentum and lift-off.
Exquisite festivities from Italy
Holiday Time, Noel Maclean, Published on 11/12/2017
» As they say in Italy, “Buon Natale e Felice Anno Nuovo” (Merry Christmas and Happy New Year). And for those who have reservations about roast turkey and can’t countenance Christmas pudding, it’s the sound of salvation. Even in Bangkok, all you have to do is join the in-crowd at Jojo for your celebratory lunch or dinner, and have a wonderful time steering well clear of culinary clichés.
That Old Thai Magic
Holiday Time, Noel Maclean, Published on 08/12/2017
» This New Year’s Eve, Baan Khanitha will be plying up-river to beyond the Grand Palace and returning downstream to its point of embarkation/disembarkation by the gay godowns of Asiatique the Riverfront, including the local branch of the illustrious Baan Khanitha Thai fine dining restaurants.