Life for Beginners

We’re seated outdoors at the corner shop that sells pork noodles along Sukhumvit 26. (There’s another shop nearby, almost indistinguishable, so I guess regulars will go to the one they’re familiar with. There are no wrong choices.) The fun part about dining alfresco is the … Continue readingA bigger splash

This might be the last time we eat here at Kao Bahn. Before leaving Bangkok. Before the shop closes for good or moves away. Either way, it won’t be the same. Everything is subject to change, whether we approve or not. Yet this is what … Continue readingKao Bahn

Anniversary dates are merely suggestions. There’s nothing that says we can’t have an early celebratory dinner, even if it’s more than a week early. The point is in toasting the special occasion together, rather than stubbornly following the calendar. This evening we are having identical … Continue readingRamen, chashu and you

Outside it’s sweltering and sunny. Bangkok’s wintertime has come and gone before we could even pile on the extra layers. Good thing we’re indoors then, inside the café where the furniture seem to have moved themselves every time we visit; the layout never remains the … Continue readingIn the mood for blue

We are wandering the streets of Yaowarat, a little further away from the heart of Chinatown. We feel peckish; time for something more substantial than a cup of black coffee. Yet we don’t feel like the typical Chinatown fare: not soupy kway chap or old … Continue readingBreakfast in Yaowarat

It always feel like a weekend morning here, even when it isn’t. How inviting is a place that feels as though it has no walls? (Floor-to-ceiling glass windows will do that for you.) Breakfast at Baker Gonna Bake has been a ritual for almost as … Continue readingRoses and croissants