Stacked like green bamboo shoots, bound like jade columns. A moat of your favourite goma sauce, sweet and aromatic. Who knew spinach, blanched and chilled, could tease and titillate so? We are sitting at our favourite table, the one next to the large window where … Continue readingKasa
Here is a burger for my best bro. When you next visit Bangkok, let us hit the gym first and lift some weights. Yes, we’re crazy that way. What’s travel without some sweat and barbells to whet our appetite, to get us really famished for … Continue readingBarney’s Burger
This is a space for quiet contemplation. The narrow windowsill that acts as a tabletop for my croissant and coffee. The morning light streaming in. Outside the waves of power cables intertwined like lovers in an orgy. A flash of creamy white and rufous red … Continue readingKenn’s Ari
Further down Soi Ari 1, just before the rufous-hued Noble RE:D condominium, is the hole-in-the-wall crêperie that you (and later, I) have come to love and frequent. The sliding windows; the pair of flat, circular planchas; the tiny fan on the side to cool down … Continue readingPhumjai Crêpe
I don’t love chicken rice all that much as I eat it nearly daily during the work week. It’s easier, given my regular chicken rice stall shares space with the mixed rice stall (both run by brothers); this means I get my double portion of … Continue readingMoonlight Chicken
It takes some doing but I have finally found my favourite krapao place. My all-time favourite still remains Auntie Pin’s, of course, with that surprising flash-fried liver. But Auntie Pin’s house is all the way in Saraburi, two hours away from Bangkok. Part of the … Continue readingKod Krapao