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Prolific Design Ingénue
Holiday Time, Nikki Busuttil, Published on 28/12/2015
» Bangkok is well documented as a design hub of Southeast Asia, home or adopted domain to many a local and international creative. New design firms, boutique fashion stores, art galleries and ateliers pop up in a continuous stream, with no shortage of installations, catwalk displays and exciting exhibitions that launch or bolster the careers of the highly hyped or grossly underrated. From mainstream to extreme niche, residents and tourists never need tire of the creative offerings in the City of Angels.
New Year’s Eve Affair at Café Claire
Holiday Time, Nikki Busuttil, Published on 22/12/2015
» Tucked away from all the fuss, drama and noise of the city’s celebrations for New Year’s Eve, there’s a haven of friendly French bistro style sophistication like no other, on Wireless Road, Bangkok. The auspicious whereabouts for this inviting and most civilized affair is Café Claire, at the Oriental Residence, nestled between the American and Dutch embassies.
Urbano Riverside Retail Therapy
Holiday Time, Nikki Busuttil, Published on 14/12/2015
» Shopping, feasting and entertainment are the ultimate urban spices of life in Bangkok, and definite fun factors for the holidays. Seeking out exciting and interesting new places and avenues to explore is also an enticing challenge. The key is to explore places that have everything you could need in one accessible area, to avoid getting stuck in traffic, moving from one part of town to the next. During the milder weather, it is certainly a delight and a bonus to be out of freezing aircon-intense malls and enjoy being in the open.
A view L'Appart
Life, Nikki Busuttil, Published on 18/12/2013
» As the name suggests, step out of the elevator and it feels like you're setting foot into an exclusive private penthouse apartment, in Paris, but with an extraordinary view of Bangkok, at L'Appart.
Melt into a chocolate rush
Life, Nikki Busuttil, Published on 26/12/2012
» Every chocolate lover's dream sits right on Rama 4 Road, in central Bangkok, as a tempting siren of indulgent calories, glorious unctuous fat and nutrient rich cacao, beckoning passersby into its velvety rich, uniquely decorated vices.Chocolab is cleverly at street eye-level, right next to the entrance of the chic, still relatively new Sofitel So Bangkok, and sets a proposition that is nigh-on impossible to refuse. All of its elements conspire to invite you in and keep you submissively captive, in its meltingly sensational choco-experimentation. Part cafe{aac}, part laboratory, all chocolate, Chocolab is a veritable chocolate cornucopia of the naughtiest, highly tempting kind.
Therapeautique chocolatiness
Life, Nikki Busuttil, Published on 20/12/2012
» Walk into the lobby of the Shangri-La Wing of Bangkok's famous riverside Shangri-La Hotel, and veer right. Before you in all of its chocolatiness is the spaciously inclined splendour of The Chocolate Boutique. With its comfortable chairs, high ceiling and light and airy atmosphere, it has all the elements required to settle in and spend some quality moments indulging in 'you-time'. A chocolate lover's haven, the chocolate coloured menu, with mint pages and chocolate font colour, already has you salivating. You can choose a chair looking towards to the river, or, better still, facing the high-end retail-style chocolate display of chocolate sculptures and other goodies, to eat in, take away or gift to someone special, which includes yourself! Aside from chocolate, The Chocolate Boutique does sell other cakes, macaroons, pastries, coated fruit and nuts, as well as a whole selection of hot and cold beverages.