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Restaurant city
Life, Nianne-Lynn Hendricks, Published on 26/06/2020
» Covid-19 has been a challenge for the world, but never more so for the F&B industry. Most existing restaurants adapted by offering delivery or a private chef experience in the comfort of your home, while others shut shop temporarily, a few permanently. Though the pandemic brought along unknown problems for existing restaurants, it hasn't deterred a few others from starting afresh. Nothing stops the food scene in Bangkok from growing, not even a global pandemic. ELITE speaks to the people behind new restaurants, which have opened or are opening soon
A star is born
Life, Nianne-Lynn Hendricks, Published on 30/11/2018
» When chef Thitid "Ton" Tassanakajohn isn't jet-setting the world as the unofficial ambassador for Thai cuisine, he is busy making a name for himself and Le Du worldwide. Having been on the Asia's 50 Best Restaurants list for a few years, No.14 in 2018, Le Du earned its first Michelin star this month.
The new black gold
Guru, Nianne-Lynn Hendricks, Published on 24/08/2018
» Canadian Blake Dinkin is the creator and owner of the world's rarest and most expensive coffee, refined naturally by elephants — Black Ivory Coffee. Partnering with Ban Taklang in Surin and the Golden Triangle Asian Elephant Foundation, Dinkin produces "elephant dung coffee". However, production of Black Ivory Coffee provides valuable income for elephant care-giving families, as well as students who are taught how to wash and dry the coffee. The mission of Black Ivory Coffee is to take a negative situation, namely human-elephant conflict and turn it into a positive one by creating a luxury product that helps not hurts elephants, as Dinkin tells Guru.