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Travel back in time
B Magazine, Story & photos by Pattarawadee Saengmanee, Published on 26/07/2020
» Nestled in Kanchanaburi, Mallika City 1905 AD has isolated itself from the outside world and exists in a 19th-century time warp, in which all 300 staff members dress in period costume and play the roles of farmers, vendors, artisans and villagers to simulate the old Siamese lifestyle along the Chao Phraya River.
Conserving river prawns
B Magazine, Story & photos by Suthon Sukphisit, Published on 05/07/2020
» An all-time popular species that has no rival is the river prawn. The best way to cook prawns is to grill them medium-rare with the heads full of shiny orange, liquid fat.
Travelling post-Covid
B Magazine, Story by Pattarawadee Saengmanee, Published on 05/07/2020
» With the government's Rao Tiew Duay Gan scheme launched to boost domestic tourism as well as the recently-announced Songkran holidays which were moved from April to the end of this month, vacationers are drafting some itineraries to satisfy their wanderlust as many leading hotel chains and tourist attractions are offering several options of specially crafted holiday packages with extra benefits.
Exploring the old ways of old town
B Magazine, Pattarawadee Saengmanee, Published on 21/06/2020
» It was a Sunday morning and the skies were brushed with a streak of grey.
What's happening on Thailand's music landscape this week
B Magazine, Tatat Bunnag, Published on 01/03/2020
» Homeshake (March 2)
Keeping it real
B Magazine, Story & photos by Suthon Sukphisit, Published on 09/02/2020
» Thailand can be dubbed the land of kuay tio (Chinese noodle) dishes. But we know very little about how they came into existence. It is known that kuay tio nuea (beef noodle soup) was created about a century ago in Chinatown, where a large number of migrant Chinese workers sold their cheap labour loading goods using their bare shoulders or pulled carts. Homeless and desperate, they took refuge in temporary shelters or storage warehouses at night. They went for the cheapest food, which was boiled pig or cow intestines with steamed rice. Peddlers sold the food in front of an opium den, where many labourers went to sleep at night after eating dinner.
Indie rock done right
B Magazine, Chanun Poomsawai, Published on 09/02/2020
» "When I was 18/ Someone got stabbed in a church/ But I got used to it/ And forgave all the ways and the names/ It was so long ago, anyways," vocalist Jeremy Gaudet recounts on Murder In The Cathedral, the opening track to Kiwi Jr.'s debut album, Football Money. The vivid songwriting, buoyed by his bandmates' jangly instrumentation, is delivered with the kind of drawl that would have you thinking fondly of Pavement's Stephen Malkmus and The Strokes as well as the Modern Lovers' Jonathan Richman and Parquet Courts' Andrew Savage.
Getting on top of Otop
B Magazine, Story by Suthon Sukphisit, Published on 01/12/2019
» The Otop fair to be held from Dec 15-23 at Muang Thong Thani will showcase an enormous range of specialities from all regions of Thailand. It is one of the grandest and most interesting fairs to visit. At the same time, it is one where buyers often face difficulty in finding things they are looking for.
The age of angst
B Magazine, Chanun Poomsawai, Published on 01/12/2019
» Maybe it's a sign of the times, but taking a look at the young, emerging artists of today, you might notice that a great many of them tend to speak openly about their anxieties and insecurities. Much like her contemporaries Mitski, Hana Vu and Beabadoobee, 18-year-old singer Griff channels all of these feelings through unfiltered lyrics that read like a page out of her diary.
Super fun time for families
B Magazine, Story by Karnjana Karnjanatawe, Published on 10/11/2019
» A group of children were standing in two lines waiting for a trainer to signal them to jump on two separated trampolines. They took turns to play. Each of them jumped until reaching a height to perform a front flip before dropping in a foam pit.