#221: 100 Things to Eat in Bangkok Before You Die

100 Dishes to Die For

All through 2007, we stuffed ourselves in our unrelenting quest to find the best food in the city. The result is here: a compilation of our notes, reviews and memorable food moments randomly listed from 1 to 100. Just to be on the safe side, we also spoke to our network of food connoisseurs and went back to some places we had only hazy recollections of. (read more...)

Angelina, Jan Jaow, Aubergine, IUTA

Nothing to do with Brad

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Time to Flirt
Chivas has launched its Chivas Music Terminal campaign, bringing us many international DJs. First Flight, on Feb 14, kicks off on Valentine’s Day with DJ Raul Rincon, a master (read more...)

Latino Nights

Dear Mr. KIA, I don’t know if you remember El Niño (opposite Amarin Plaza) or Taurus, down in Sukhumvit? (read more...)

Market No. 5

A lunch-hour JJ right in heart of the city.

Right at the corner of Lang Suan Soi 5, an otherwise desolate parking lot turns into a busy and crowded market when the clock strikes twelve. For lunchtime shopping and eating, Talad Lang Suan Soi 5 is your new best friend. (read more...)

Pattaya, Koh Lanta, Hua Hin, Lonely Planet

PATTAYA

Get Yer Fur Out

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“Good” morning. Another nasty hangover. Rivaled in nauseous skull-pounding misery only by the last one, December 24. Stumble to the toilet, head and stomach spinning in different directions. Gag. Someone says something about “Prime Minister Samak.” Dry heaves: eaaaghhh! eaaaghhh! (read more...)

Q&A: Josef Polleross

Australian by birth, Polleross began his career in photography in New York, but took up residence here in 2005. He has exhibited in Egypt, Austria and NYC and is now showing a solo exhibition, Triptychs (see +art page 20), at La Lanta Gallery. (read more...)

Q&A: Katie Duck

Magpie is an Amsterdam-based collective made up of dancers, musicians, and visual and video artists. We talk to Katie Duck, one of the founders, before her troupe’s improvisational performance at the Fringe Festival (see +stage page 18). (read more...)

Q&A: Koichi Shimizu

Koichi Shimizu The Japanese Bangkokian founded an experimental music label So::On and is behind the avant-garde soundtracks in Apichartpong’s Syndrome and a Century and Pen-ek’s Ploy. (read more...)

Q&A: Vuttinun Soontornkajit

Almost Famous Vuttinun Soontornkajit is Officer of Mobilization and Public Relations at the Sathirakoses-Nagapradipa Foundation. His latest campaign is for No Shopping Week: a call for people to stop buying anything but essentials for a week. (read more...)

Veni, Vidi, Vang Vieng

Check out the Pai of Laos. (read more...)

Rating: 4/5 Price: B

Baan Chamnong may appear baan baan, but its food is stellar. Located on the Mahaset strip, a bit further down from Je Ngor and across from Love Me Tender, this two-story house has an open-air dining area downstairs, where the middle-aged female staff like to gather in front of the TV for their daily soap opera. (read more...)

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Rating: 2/5 Price: B-B

Le Casbah by Ted’s is lively and attractive, but the food doesn’t exactly possess the same charms as the setting. The bistro is decked out in plush North African furnishings, which combine contrasting turquoise blue and dark brown pieces with bold orange lanterns against white walls. (read more...)