In Bangkok, inspired by the early morning dishes that are usually finished by mid-morning, I make the local egg dish kai yat say, an omelette stuffed with minced pork. At 7am in Bangkok the city is animated. And of course being Bangkok, a city where...
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As travel and food writers we have to eat out every day, sometimes two or three times a day. In Bangkok one of those meals will involve street food. That means we’ve eaten a lot of street food. That doesn’t mean we don’t reach out to...
There’s nothing like a few drinks at a buzzy Bangkok bar after a busy week. But we’re freelance travel writers I hear you say! Yes, but we still work every day, we work hard, and we still have those particularly demanding weeks we want to forget about...
Eating street food safely is vital when you’re travelling. Whether you’re on a weekend escape, a short holiday or a long journey, you don’t want to spend a day or two in bed from what was meant to be a fantastic street food meal. Eating...
We love street food. Whether it’s yakitori in Tokyo or tacos al pastor in San Miguel de Allende, snacking on street food is an essential part of the travel experience, as is writing about it. But we also enjoy reading about, which is why we’ve started...
With its spiky skin and an odour so offensive that it’s often likened to smelly sports socks, the poor old durian is much-maligned by many yet for others it’s the most beloved and most heavenly fruit around. How many other pieces of fruit provoke authorities into erecting signs...
From the buzz of fashionistas chatting excitedly as they find their seats pre-show, to the moment the lights go down, music goes up and the first model hits the runway, fashion shows can be exhilarating – even electrifying – events, and the shows we saw...
Interviewing Thai fashion designers and photographing models backstage during the 2011 Bangkok International Fashion Week was the last thing we expected to be doing when we went to Bangkok to work on a first edition Hedonist’s Guide to the city. While it’s not unusual to...
Why do travellers find transportation so fascinating? After all, for holidaymakers a trip away is a temporary retreat from the rituals of work – the dreaded daily commute, the tiresome crowded train rides, the slow bus trips into the city from the suburbs. And for...
Tables are turning in Thailand‘s capital. There’s a restaurant revolution in Bangkok. In the last twelve months a new wave of chefs has transformed the city’s gastronomic scene, giving foodies something to salivate over other than cookie-cutter Thai and generic ‘international’ fare. Each of these groundbreaking chefs...
Shades of saffron, mustard and tangerine stretched as far as our eyes could see – the robes of some 12,600 Buddhist monks from southern Thailand who travelled by bus to Bangkok to attend the mass alms giving to commemorate Visakha Bucha Day*. The sun may...
Bangkok is a fun place to shop. For most visitors that means buying cheap hippy clothes and skimpy stuff for the beach holiday they’re about to have on a Thai island or a resort on the coast. And then buying even more revealing gear once...
