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'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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Looking down on Pattaya
Life, Noel Maclean, Published on 02/12/2013
» Love it or leave it, there's no denying that Pattaya is popular. And not just among a certain genus of male tourist. Almost equally shocking is the preponderance of innocents at large, ranging young nuclear families, retiree couples, assorted executives/experts and, yes, hormone-charged honeymooners.
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Spa tales from the river bank
Life, Noel Maclean, Published on 17/12/2013
» Though ultra-contemporary, like the hotel that houses it, eforea Spa at the Millennium Hilton Hotel channels nature so effectively it actually enhances it, which is probably why treatments there leave you feeling so on top of the world.
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Lucky Signor Sassi
Life, Noel Maclean, Published on 19/12/2013
» From little acorns mighty oaks do grow. Or in this case, from a single stand-alone Italian restaurant gambit a couple of blocks down from Harrods in London's upscale Knightsbridge district, four globe-girdling chains have been spawned.
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Festive flare par excellence
Life, Noel Maclean, Published on 19/12/2013
» If you're looking for a suitably special venue to celebrate Christmas and/or New Year with some seasonal indulgences of a gourmet nature, consider what Voila! at Sofitel Bangkok Sukhumvit Hotel has to offer.
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Thai Flare
Life, Noel Maclean, Published on 04/12/2013
» Level 15 of the Hilton Pattaya hotel is no longer a bastion of Continental fine dining. All the gourmet surf 'n' turf thrust has decamped 19 levels above, to Horizon, the fashion-forward rooftop restaurant and bar.
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Down Under on top
Life, Noel Maclean, Published on 06/12/2013
» While it's taking a while to convince naysayers of Australia's aspirations to be considered Asian, when it comes to cuisine, the Lucky Country's chameleon characteristics cannot be denied. Aussies'll eat anything from anywhere so long as it tastes good and the old staple cliche of steak and fried eggs just doesn't wash anymore.
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