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Lunch last week at Baan Nual in Soi Sam Sen 2, Bangkok. Owner Sittisak Sakornsin takes care of the diners lucky enough to secure a reservation at one of his two tables in this small homely restaurant while his Sister Yuwarat cooks family style Thai dishes of the highest quality using ingredients procured from Trok Mor market each morning. It feels less like a restaurant and more like you are eating at your Grandmother’s house. This relatively new Bangkok eatery is fully booked up to 2 months in advance and it is easy to see why. The only way to enjoy this style of cooking is with a group of friends so get on IG or Line and book your table today, you won’t regret it. Less

We wanted to try some rustic Italian restaurant near to our hotel and we have found this little enoteca with a short but very good regional menu and quality wine selection. On the menu they present every dish paired with a local wine.
For starter our choice was a red chicory and pears salad, served with gorgonzola cheese and balsamic vinegar. For main we have ordered a lovely bowl of tagliatelle with asparagus and local Ossola bacon and the second main was a Sirloin with rosemary and baked potatoes. The steak was tasty and cooked perfectly, the pasta dish needed some extra seasoning.
The owner with his good experience takes personal charge of the service, specially the wine orders.
All together it is a nice restaurant a bit away from the main tourist area with relaxed atmosphere and great hospitality. Well worth a visit! Less

Another visit last week to my favourite restaurant in Bangkok, ⭐️⭐️Sühring with Andy Yang and Firm Hongsananda. The Michelin guide Bangkok is only in it’s second year here and there isn’t a ⭐️⭐️⭐️ restaurant in the city.........yet.
Thanks again Thomas Sühring , Mathias Sühring and team for another stellar meal. It honestly keeps getting better and better every time I visit, which is hard to believe when after every visit I think I’ve just had a perfect meal. See you again in October I hope ?? Less

Dinner a couple of weeks ago at Front Room in the Waldorf Astoria Bangkok. Here, chef Rungthiwa Chummongkhon (Fae to her friends) and her team take inspiration from her 12 years cooking in Denmark (Geranium, Noma) and also from local Thai ingredients to produce a cooking style that marries the West and the Far East using Nordic cooking techniques such as curing, fermenting and smoking.
I visited Front Room late last year when it had only very recently opened and I had a very enjoyable meal. There were a couple of issues that I think were forgivable for a restaurant and a chef with this ambition at such an early stage, but overall I thought it was great and I was eager to return in a few months to see how it had developed.
Apart from the bread and a few of the petit fours, this was an entirely new menu. I have to say that I was hoping for a leap forward from my last visit having had the time for the kitchen to settle down and find it’s identity. Don’t get me wrong, it was still a nice meal but I definitely preferred the previous menu to this one.
I think that maybe this type of restaurant and ambition from Chef Fae may not be suited to an enormous dining room tethered to a 5* hotel. I doubt they are attracting the sort of diners that they would do in a stand alone restaurant space with fewer covers and I think that that would make a real difference. I imagine that being attached to such a large hotel brings with it a whole different set of challenges other than focusing on the food.
Anyway, I still say give it a try if you are in Bangkok and if you do I would be interested to hear your opinion as this is just mine.
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Another visit last month to the incredible ⭐️ Sorn in Bangkok. This is an absolute must visit when in Bangkok serving refined Southern Thai cuisine in a tasting menu format. Though not for the faint of heart as this is some of the spiciest Thai food you can get. However, they are happy to dial down the heat if you let them know. Also the menu is very well balanced with any of the particularly fiery dishes usually followed by a dish that is designed to cool you down and bring some welcome relief. I did try to make a good showing of myself during my first foody date with Samantha ,aka Bangkokfoodies.com, but inevitably ended up sobbing like a small child during a couple of the courses ? ?. I don’t think she noticed ??‍♂️?
Thanks again to Yodkwan U-pumpruk for the incredible food and hospitality and also to my pal Ice. See you both in October I hope ?? Less