Showing 91 - 100 of 135
RIM in the New Year
Life, Noel Maclean, Published on 27/12/2013
» If the idea of wrapping up the old year and launching into the new one on both a figurative and literal high tickles your fancy then Red Sky should tick your boxes. Fifty-five floors above terra firma, there's a palpable air of optimism in this split-level eerie-elevation restaurant and bar complex that is unburdened by any intermittent convulsions down below.
'A really good Thai place'
Life, Noel Maclean, Published on 27/12/2013
» One answer to the question oft-asked by visitors to Bangkok, "do you know any good Thai restaurants?", could be Palm Cuisine, tucked 50m inside Thonglor Soi 16 (opposite J Avenue, Soi 15) on the left.
What's new at Next2?
Life, Noel Maclean, Published on 31/12/2013
» If ever there was a buffet that lucked out in the gene pool, this is it. Picturesque riverside location? Check. High-end design that at once delights the senses and serves vast volumes of freshly-prepared food without anyone's toes getting trodden on? Uh ha. And what of said comestibles? Are they truly top drawer? Well duh.
Bistro heaven
Life, Noel Maclean, Published on 31/12/2013
» Bistro culture is big business in Bangkok, burgeoning like the coffee house and Irish pub crazes before it. The recipe is simple: Continental comfort food, chic surroundings and strategic location relative to the locus of everyday human enterprise, thereby providing a convenient point at which to be relieved of some of that hard-earned cash in return for feel-good food and drink indulgences.
Fabulously French
Life, Noel Maclean, Published on 31/12/2013
» Operating a French restaurant in Bangkok isn't something one gets into lightly. The people you need to run it must be experts in probably the most difficult cuisine and have a passion for it to-boot. Getting hold of the ingredients to make it authentic is hardly a cake walk either.
Definitive Christmas spirit
Life, Noel Maclean, Published on 13/12/2013
» The thing that makes Christmas so special is the way it smothers all the senses at once. It has its own distinctive aromas, visuals, sounds and tactile sensations, not to mention the effect its fables, legends and traditions have on the imagination.
Different dining perspectives
Life, Noel Maclean, Published on 13/12/2013
» Panorama Restaurant is Crowne Plaza Bangkok Lumpini Park's upscale redoubt of international cuisine that features a fab view across the greensward of RBSC to Bangkok's central shop-till-you-drop district.
A 360-degree celebration
Life, Noel Maclean, Published on 16/12/2013
» Skydine Design on 25 Concept is an innovative concept of bar and restaurants on the 25th floor of Siam@Siam Design Hotel & Spa. Overlooking the centre point, it links linking the cosmopolitan business districts with skyscrapers in the east of Bangkok and the contrasting views of traditional Ratanakosin Island untainted by sky high towers.
Steaks and the city
Life, Noel Maclean, Published on 16/12/2013
» The matter of dining on steaks in Bangkok tends to be contentious, with folks who know a thing or two about beef, notably Americans, tending to save their cravings until they get home. They just give up on their quest to find product at the right price in BKK, rebuffed by rates more reflective of caviar.
Top Notch Teppanyaki
Life, Noel Maclean, Published on 17/12/2013
» Japan, France, USA, in that order, are the top three what? Absolutely right. Japan has 32 3-Michelin-star restaurants while France trails with 26 and the USA 12.