Restaurants
By Anonymous Paul on 11 September, 2015
The gang met up for dinner a few weeks back and tried out Siamaroi on Jupiter. It’s run by a Thai family and was quite happy to see not-just-the-usual-pad-thai in their relatively encyclopedic menu. I couldn’t believe they carried dishes I used to eat on the sidewalks of Bangkok. Like the kung chae nam plaa. …read »
Food and Travel
By Kitchyart on 23 June, 2015
Some friends and I took a quick trip to Bangkok a few weeks ago, thanks to Anonymous Paul, his recommendation to stay in the Silom area was perfect. It’s been a decade since I last visited and our other two friends were excited for their first time. We made a pact that we would exclusively …read »
Food and Travel
By Anonymous Paul on 13 December, 2013
Touchdown Bangkok. It had been years since I’ve been back without any work involved and was quite excited to finally have time to visit places, old and new. We had arrived on a weekend so might as well get Chatuckak (MRT Exit: Kampheng Phet) out of the way. Our very first destination. Bangkok is pretty …read »
Food and Travel
By Anonymous Paul on 8 October, 2012
I was a little torn having to trim my list of places to eat at during a recent Bangkok trip. I was mainly there for work and dinners would be the only time to have real decent meals. So I had to cut out a few things; giving up the trek to eat atop Chinatown’s …read »
Food and Travel
By Anonymous Paul on 26 July, 2011
The wife and I spent several days over the Christmas break last year in Chiang Mai and decided to spend New Year’s eve over Bangkok before going back home to Manila. I forgot I had these pictures so here they are in this post. These were taken on new year’s day. The night before was …read »
Food and Travel
By Anonymous Paul on 28 February, 2011
Tired of bringing home the same tubes of spicy sampaloc from Bangkok for pasalubong? I suggest you try shopping at Chainarong, Bangkok’s top purveyor of Thai style snack foods. It’s one of my must-go shopping places when I’m in town and I must admit I tend to go a bit overboard on the snack food …read »