Eat/Drink

Surprising to some, Bangkok, Thailand has some of the most famous and best French restaurants in the world. Home to top French restaurants like La Truffe, Le Beaulieu…

I eat Christmas Eve dinner every year with friends in Bangkok, Thailand. Having lived in the Thai city for a decade now, I’m already familiar with many of…

  Siam Square is a large shopping and dining area slap bang in the middle of Bangkok, Thailand. It’s also a popular student hangout so most of the…

  If you’re looking for a great place to eat Thanksgiving dinner in Bangkok, Thailand,  don’t worry.  Surprisingly, there are many excellent restaurants and hotels in Bangkok that…

  There are hundreds of winter beer gardens in Bangkok When the weather starts to get cooler in Bangkok, Thailand, the outdoor winter beer gardens begin to appear….

Daddy Dough is a Bangkok-based donut company with franchises now in several countries, but with its main operations still in Bangkok. Started in 2006 by Peter Thaveepolcharoen, there…

Thais love pastas and pizza so, when Italian restaurants began to open in Chiang Mai a few years ago, they became hugely popular with Thais. In the last…

I love Doi Tung coffee shops. All over Bangkok, and outside the city too, this chain is a spin-off of a Thai royal family charity, with proceeds from…

Fuji in Bangkok serves cheap, fresh and delicious Japanese food Fuji is a Japanese restaurant chain in Bangkok, Thailand serving cheap but tasty traditional Japanese cuisine. It is…

This Chester’s Grill restaurant is at the new Chang Wattana immigration office building in Bangkok   Most of the time, I try not to eat at chain restaurants…

One of the most popular things to do on a Sunday in Bangkok is to go somewhere fabulous for Sunday Brunch. Thais love having Sunday brunch and the…

  On one of my regular trips to eat at Siam Paragon last weekend, I was surprised to see in the basement of Siam Paragon a large sign…

  It is a surprise to many that Thailand is the world’s number one or number two rice exporter depending on the year, and the world’s fifth or…

Many Thais and westerners living in Thailand eat mostly at restaurants near one of Bangkok’s sky train stations. Bangkok has some of the world’s worst traffic jams, so…

  If you like Italian food you’ll love Bangkok, Thailand – weird eh? In fact, there are so many good Italian restaurants in Bangkok, you’ll be spoiled for…

Right, so it is not technically “Thai food” but it is still lovely. I am talking about BOH tea, an instant tea mix I buy every time I…

  Recently featured in the book “Cafe Culture”, Macchiato Cafe has become one of Bangkok’s in places. As coffee shops go, Macchiato is cute anyway. Tucked away in…

  One of my friends took me out for my birthday last week. We had lunch at Hongmin Chinese restaurant, an excellent and yet cheap Chinese restaurant popular…

I recently read an article about the new McDonald’s concept – offering gourmet coffees at McDonald’s restaurants. The McCafe has apparently been around for a few years, but…

  There are certain foods in Thailand I can’t get enough of and “Khao kha moo” (stewed pork leg on rice) is one of the most delicious.   Pork…

One of my recent guilty pleasures when it comes to restaurants is Triple O’s by White Spot in Bangkok. Triple O’s by White Spot is originally a Canadian…

  In my years in Thailand, I’ve often seen these curly, shiny things on sticks. Always in a rush I’ve never bothered to find out what they were….

There is a small outdoor restaurant at Chatuchak Weekend Market which, I swear, makes the best fried rice in Bangkok. They have a choice of shrimp, chicken or…