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Normal is for other people
Muse, Parisa Pichitmarn, Published on 05/05/2018
» 'You can't work for Karl for 33 years and be bored," says Caroline Lebar. "If I did, I would have been bored a long time ago."
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For the 90s kids out there
Muse, Parisa Pichitmarn, Published on 21/10/2017
» New fashions featuring cartoon favourites
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Food as art
Muse, Parisa Pichitmarn, Published on 16/09/2017
» Ever had saccharine dreams of gumdrop covered walls and tables made out of chocolate? Such creations are not only limited to the pages of Roald Dahl's fiction, as we've come to witness with the works of one pastry chef from Singapore. She may not wear a top hat, but Janice Wong is very much the modern-day Willy Wonka whose chocolates and desserts can unlock the chambers of wonder and glee inside all of us. On the "little red dot" on the world map, she is practically dessert royalty, having opened 2am:dessertbar 10 years ago to serve the sort of mouth-watering confectioneries that are so beautifully-plated it is literally painful to stab your fork into it. Today, her fanciful sweets are not only limited to being served in boxes or plates, as they actually make up the environment visitors find themselves in.
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Blue goes pink for charity
Life, Parisa Pichitmarn, Published on 16/10/2015
» There's only good that can come out of eating for a cause. For the third year, Blue Elephant once again turns on their pink lights that beautifully splashes onto their century-old building on South Sathon to raise awareness for breast cancer. Throughout October, an a la carte "Pink Ribbon Menu" will be on offer, for both lunch and dinner, with proceeds from the menu benefiting Thai women in need at the Queen Sirikit Centre for Breast Cancer (QSCBC).
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Tea, glorious tea!
Life, Parisa Pichitmarn, Published on 24/07/2015
» Good news for sipsters — our city has welcomed yet another tea powerhouse. Looking at how the culinary winds are blowing, by 2020, Bangkok will have lured in every single tea tycoon and will be packed to the eyeballs with their drinking establishments.
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Farang food with a zapp
Life, Parisa Pichitmarn, Published on 10/07/2015
» In the traffic war zone that is Vibhavadi, it may just be smarter to stick around for a bit to let the gridlocks die down before heading home. Nothing sounds bad about merrymaking after work anyway, especially when there's lots of booze to choose from — wines, cocktails, beer towers galore — and food made to go with it as well.
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It's political correctness gone mad
Life, Parisa Pichitmarn, Published on 25/03/2015
» Last week, legendary American comedian Jay Leno appeared on NBC's Late Night With Seth Meyers and shared an example of how college kids (in the US) are painfully politically correct these days. He tells of a day when an intern asked him what he'd like for lunch. When he asked where the interns would be picking up their food, he answered they were "getting Mexican". To which, Leno replied, "I don't really like Mexican", and the intern instantly goes, "Whoa, that's kind of racist."
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Swearing by Thailand
Life, Parisa Pichitmarn, Published on 10/11/2014
» 'John, John, John, John, Jooooohn!" That's how Nelson Howe is greeted by Thai fans. They bombard him with his "father's name" in hopes that he'll joust back with a curse.
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The taste of an estate
Life, Parisa Pichitmarn, Published on 17/10/2014
» One half of the Dilmah brand — Dilhan Fernando — laughs when asked how he feels about his name being used as part of the moniker of his family's single-origin tea. "I suppose we are used to it," adds the youngest son of Dilmah's founder, Merrill J. Fernando. His older brother, Malik, makes up the other half of Dilmah, named from a combination of the first syllables of both names put together. "But it's a big responsibility because when our own name is there, it means we have to make sure the product is good."
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Grazing to number one
Life, Parisa Pichitmarn, Published on 09/09/2014
» If you want to make some money by selling your buffalo character to the Line Creators Market, it's already too late, so forget it. Chances are you'll probably have a hard time competing with the popularity of Sanya "Oh" Lertprasertpakorn's creation: Tidlom.
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