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  Zoom into Love

  Guru, Mika Apichatsakol, Published on 18/11/2016

  » If you're a dancer or have ever been one, you'll know that most of it is practice. Practising at school. Practising at home. Practising on the streets. In the sheets -- wait no. The point is it's a lot of practise, a lot of behind-the-scene stuff. Which is not to say it isn't fun. It just makes the opportunity to finally perform in front of an audience all the more thrilling and worthwhile. That's the kind of attitude reverberating at Studio Zoom right now, as its 250 or so dancers prepare for the school's annual showcase.

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  Creamy and Dreamy

  Guru, Mika Apichatsakol, Published on 03/02/2017

  » When it comes to grab and go treats in this city, we'll never tire of the trifecta: cold, sweet and cute.

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  BKK'S bread heaven

  Guru, Mika Apichatsakol, Published on 16/09/2016

  » What exactly makes for phenomenal bread? The answer is in the name: holes. Just slice through a croissant at Holey Artisan Bakery and you'll see. The layers separate so equally, rendering the cross-section like a rose in perfect bloom. If it looks delicate and fragile, it's 'cause it is. You should be covered in flakes by the time you're done devouring the pastry - a sign of the best.

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  Beef & Shake Doesn't Miss a Beat

  Guru, Mika Apichatsakol, Published on 24/06/2016

  » The first time I visited Beef & Shake, unannounced, I was around Chong Nonsi, hungry and also desperate for a place to briefly anchor ship to put the finishing touches on a story I was supposed to submit a day earlier. Knowing my affinity for mushroom burgers, my entourage suggested a new burger place near the BTS that had, not just one, but several options of fungi burgers.

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  Roads, actually

  Guru, Mika Apichatsakol, Published on 20/05/2016

  » Tests are supposed to measure what we know, or, more accurately, what we don't know but should know. That's why it's problematic when we're passing exams but failing in the real life situations those exams sought to mimic. This could easily be alluding to the shape of our national education in general, but we're directing our frustration to a specifically aggravating application of skill in this country: driving.

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  Kissing and Telling

  Guru, Mika Apichatsakol, Published on 27/05/2016

  » Siam Square is swiftly becoming Bangkok's K-pop town, and it's not just because of the variety of wallet-friendly "Korean fashion" items on offer at the night bazaar. Every month, it seems Siam Square welcomes another cult food chain from Korea, and the latest to join the ranks is Korean tiramisu.

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  It's fry time

  Guru, Mika Apichatsakol, Published on 29/04/2016

  » Have you ever -- while sober and with your conscience intact -- had the sudden craving for fries and only fries but are slightly peeved about going to a restaurant for something that boils down to a cheap two-minute appeasement of impulse? Perhaps, it is with this very struggle in mind that the latest global snack franchise, Potato Corner, comes to our city.

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  On the marc

  Guru, Mika Apichatsakol, Published on 04/03/2016

  » On your last trip to Tokyo, remember that one guilty-pleasure commercial croissant cafe that seemed to be everywhere? And those chocolate croissants that nearly every customer seemed to be eating? This need not be a distant vacation memory, because St. Marc Cafe has extended its franchises to Thailand.  

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  Lettuce eat clean

  Guru, Mika Apichatsakol, Published on 01/04/2016

  » I was very upset when my regular tea place at Silom Complex vanished without notice -- at least I wasn't notified. I had so many memories there: using the free Wi-Fi to submit my Guru articles and being constantly convinced I needed another nifty tea gadget from the little boutique. Hung up on the loss, I didn't think I'd ever embrace the replacement. But to my inner skinny-bitch's defence, it's an organic salad and juice bar. Life goes on, people.

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  Break like a salaryman

  Guru, Mika Apichatsakol, Published on 05/02/2016

  » Parked directly outside Platinum, Pratunam's famed fashion wholesale extravaganza, is a yellow food truck with the name Tokyo Truck in flashing letters.

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