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Bangkok day trip: Mahachai
First published: 30 May 2011
Sometimes you need to get out of Bangkok for a minute, to some place that is a bit quieter, and preferably cooler. Mahachai is a port town about 45 kilometres southwest of Bangkok. It squats on a bend of the Chao Phraya river as it heads out into the Gulf of Thailand, divided up into … read the full post
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Bangkok street food: Heaven in a soup bowl
First published: 23 May 2011
Enter: Hat Man. He’s a man who used to wear a hat and serve the best noodle soup (gwuay tiow naam) I’ve ever had. Hat Man used to set up in the alley behind the apartment I was temporarily renting to see if it was possible for me to learn any Thai at all before … read the full post
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Cooking school in Bangkok: Helping Hands
First published: 20 May 2011
One of the joys of visiting (or living in) Thailand is the food. Some people come for the weather or the scenery or the exoticism; I came for the food. And stayed for the food. And continue staying for the food. Did I mention the food? The food. Food is so central to Thai culture … read the full post
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Dinner in Bangkok: BK Magazine’s Top Tables Guide worth its salt?
First published: 17 May 2011
Where, exactly, should we find dinner? Well, everywhere in Bangkok — street carts, shophouse restaurants, tables set out underneath an expressway flyover – the strangest locations can yield some amazing flavours. But what about that just-right Italian place? Or a wine bar? Or fancy Chinese food? Travelfish.org loves to drink a bottle of beer under … read the full post
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Skipping Bangkok: How to head east or north straight from the airport
First published: 14 May 2011
Daydreaming of Thailand involves images of mountains and elephants and beaches. No one loses their train of thought in a business meeting imagining lugging their bag into Bangkok from the airport on a local bus. In the words of a Friend-of-Travelfish who lives in Shanghai, “Yes, yes, cultural melange and city-in-transition and all that — … read the full post
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Iron Fairies in Bangkok
First published: 11 May 2011
Ever feel like not having a night in Southeast Asia? No really, I love it here and all, but every once in a while I want something that doesn’t involve fish sauce or karaoke or being sweaty. Whether you have been travelling for awhile and need a break from beer and buckets, or are just … read the full post
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Left luggage at Suvarnabhumi Airport
First published: 06 May 2011
The ability to free yourself from your heavy pack, even for a few hours, is a luxurious treat. Bangkok’s international airport has an excellent left luggage service. Using left luggage can allow you to enjoy a quick tour of Bangkok unencumbered or leave those conical hats you bought in Vietnam for someone else to care … read the full post
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Karaoke! Karaoke! Karaoke in Bangkok!
First published: 03 May 2011
For the record, before I moved to Asia I hated karaoke. Hated with a capital H. I grew up on the prairies where karaoke was someone named Lurleen screaming a country song about divorcing a dog into a microphone while everyone drank themselves to heaven. There’s something supremely unsettling about having a bunch of drunk … read the full post
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Ba Mee Cap Kang: The best coolie noodles in Bangkok’s Chinatown
First published: 01 May 2011
Ba mee cap kang is not a meal for the dainty. And while it’s available at other places in Chinatown, Thais flock to the food stall bearing the same name, Ba Mee Cap Kang, with weekends seeing queues of people wanting a seat or some take-away. At Ba Mee Cap Kang, chewy, springy egg noodles … read the full post
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Baan Bai Pluu: Thai vegetarian food at its best
First published: 26 Apr 2011
Real vegetarian food in Bangkok can be hard to find. Lurking behind every plate of Chinese kale or mound of vegetable fried rice are vegetarian-eating’s ninja assassins: fish sauce and oyster sauce (and sometimes, inexplicably in a “vegetarian” dish, fried slices of pork belly), which makes the food at BP Vegetarian all the more of … read the full post
