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It's hip to drift
News, Noel Maclean, Published on 01/12/2014
» With all due respect to Tiffany, the best show in town when you're in Pattaya is the bay. The only challenge is finding somewhere that measures up to the view from which to drink it all in.
Harrods Tea Room celebrates with special menus
News, Noel Maclean, Published on 01/12/2014
» Harrods Thailand is celebrating its 1st anniversary of Harrods Tea Room together with the festive season with newly-created authentic British menus and festive decoration.
Game changer
Noel Maclean, Published on 01/12/2014
» Don’t laugh. Or rather, please do. Strange as it may seem, scads of Silicone Valley techies get their after-work kicks in the wifi-free world of the likes of Dominion, Battlestar Galactica, Pandemic, Takenoko and other amazing board games with a lineage that goes back to well before colour TV, let alone cyberspace.
Enthaicing Flare
News, Noel Maclean, Published on 03/12/2014
» Combining traditional tastes of rural Thai kitchens with fine ingredients from around the world, Flare, located at Level 15 of the Hilton Pattaya, offers a Thai dining experience unlike others you find in fun city.
Extra special Thai cuisine
News, Noel Maclean, Published on 03/12/2014
» How can you make a great cuisine even greater? Be lavish. Be inspired. Be uncompromising. Present it beautifully and originally in a setting that transports all the senses, not just the taste buds.
Surf-turf and Champagne surge
News, Noel Maclean, Published on 03/12/2014
» You've got to hand it to Fifty-Five fine dining restaurant at CentaraGrand: it sure knows how to organise a successful invasion of airspace by seafood and meat on the hoof from deep beneath the rolling waves and ground zero way below and finish with a flourish.
Land of the rising samba
Life, Noel Maclean, Published on 02/12/2014
» Panorama restaurant has been quietly picking up plaudits for bringing originality to the Bangkok buffet scene.
Elephant evolution
Life, Noel Maclean, Published on 02/12/2014
» Believe it or not, there are still some solvent Bangkokian fans of Thai food who've never been to Blue Elephant. That's the Thai restaurant and cooking school whose skin is that remarkably restored century-old mansion that stands sentinel in stark contrast to the sheer black-glass tower behind that is the headquarters of its landlord, the Thai-Chinese Chamber of Commerce, and a manicured lawn away from the equally incongruous stanchions of Surasak Skytrain station.
Cantonese culinary couture
News, Noel Maclean, Published on 04/12/2014
» As in the world of fashion labels, restaurants that are institutions always have a name to live up to. You have to keep things fresh but you can't stray too far from the original identity and signatures.
Heading for the Horizon
News, Noel Maclean, Published on 04/12/2014
» 'Horizon isn't just another outlet; it's a destination." Bold words from Hilton Pattaya's chief impresario, F&B Director, Matthew Wren, but not inaccurate.