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1,000 เส้น ร้านก๋วยเตี๋ยวแบบ Mix and Match ที่อร่อย สะอาด ไม่แพง ในซอยอารีย์ หมู่นี้ดวงชะตาพาให้ดิฉันต้องไปย่านซอยอารีย์บ่อยมาก เลยได้ร้านก๋วยเตี๋ยวใหม่น่ารักๆ อร่อย สะอาด และไม่แพงมาฝากค่ะ ร้านนี้อยู่ลึกลับหน่อย เพราะอยู่ชั้นสองของเวิ้งใหม่ที่ชื่อโครงการ "สนั่นนภา" หากมาด้วย BTS ให้ลงสถานีอารีย์ ออกประตูที่ 3 เดินเข้าซอยอารีย์ใหญ่ (พหลโยธิน 7) มาประมาณ 15 ก้าว

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Gnarly Head Wine Dinner at Kitchen & More Than I Can Say หลายคนที่คุ้นเคยกับ "ลาวิลล่า อารีย์" ขอแนะนำให้เดินเลยไปด้านหลังตรงทางขึ้นลานจอดรถ ที่ตรงกันข้ามกันนี่เองคือร้านอาหาร Kitchen & More Than I Can Say ร้านเล็กๆ น่ารักๆ เสิร์ฟอาหารไทย ฝรั่ง ที่พ่อครัวและเจ้าของเป็นคนซีเรียสกับการปรุงอาหาร มีจินตนาการล้ำเหลือ แถมยังน่ารัก ธรรมดาๆ ถ่อมตัวอีกต่างหาก อย่างว่า...สมัยนี้คนเก่งมักไม่ค่อยพูด

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ขับรถผ่านไปมาหลังซอยสุขุมวิท 24 ก่อนออกไปยังถนนพระราม 4 สิ่งหนึ่งที่เห็นเป็นประจำก็คือร้านอาหารเปิดใหม่ที่ชื่อ The Bar & The Restaurant ที่มี Moet & Chandon ประดับตัวโตๆ ทำให้นึกถึงบาร์ Moet ที่เคยไปที่โอซาก้าเมื่อหลายปีมาแล้ว ที่ญี่ปุ่นบาร์แชมเปญเป็นที่นิยมมาก เพราะว่าไปแชมเปญเป็นเครื่องดื่มที่สามารถเข้ากับอาหารได้ง่าย ดื่มง่าย รสสะอาดๆ สดชื่น ร้านนี้แบ่งเป็นสองส่วนตามชื่อ คือชั้นล่างเป็นบาร์

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Busy cooking station at Mallika Rice Porridge This is the place that has just been recovered from the flood and we were there yesterday just when things have neatly resumed to normalcy. Joke Mallika (Mallika Rice Porridge) has been around for decades and written up by many food writers. The place is always packed especially during weekends. Fried doughs of Pa Tong Go (or Iew Ja Guay) to

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View from Red Sky, a higher ground at Centara Grand Call me crazy, but I didn't see no better place to dine my worries out on the night of high-tide alert (28th Oct 2011) than Red Sky on the 55th floor of Centara Grand at Central World.  From another angle Thanks to the deluge inching into the capital, Bangkok was vastly abandoned. Most people wildly evacuated, and many chose to stay on

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Wan Tan Rad Na at San Yod   ตอนนี้สารพัดสมบัติที่สะสมมา เห็นจะมีค่าน้อยไปกว่าชีวิต สุขภาพที่แข็งแรง และความสุขง่ายๆ โดยเฉพาะการได้รับประทานอาหารดีๆ อร่อยๆ (ที่ยังพอหาได้) ที่ไม่แพงมากนักกับครอบครัวและเพื่อนที่เรารัก ในขณะที่ยังสามารถ | Good morning from a remaining dry part of Bangkok! Thanks to this massive flooding, we were forced to rid ourselves from many excessive once-so-very-necessary

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The Astoria-Megler Bridge running across the Columbia River between Oregon to Washington จากกรุงเทพธุรกิจ @Taste ฉบับวันที่ 8 ตุลาคม 2554  หากดูตามแผนที่จะเห็นว่าเมืองแอสทอเรีย (Astoria) อยู่ติ่งเหนือสุดของรัฐโอเรกอน เมืองนี้อยู่ห่างจากทิลลามุกเพียง 80 กม. แต่ไฮเวย์ 101 เป็นทางสองเลนสวนกันและคดเคี้ยวนิดหน่อยเพราะเลียบชายฝั่งทะเล ก็เลยต้องขับช้าหน่อยเป็นธรรมดา ใช้เวลาประมาณ 2 ชั่วโมงค่ะ

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จากหนังสือพิมพ์กรุงเทพธุรกิจ @Taste ฉบับวันที่ 1 ตุลาคม 2554 แซนวิชทูน่ากับชีสและซุปแคลมชาวเดอร์ที่บลูเฮรอน หลังจากเดินรอบและชมวิวที่แหลมเมียเรสเป็นที่เรียบร้อย ก็ได้เวลาไปทานอาหารและขนมในเมืองทิลลามุกกันบ้าง เมืองทิลลามุก (Tillamook) เป็นภาษาอินเดียนแดงแปลว่า “ดินแดนแห่งสายน้ำ” เป็นหนึ่งในเมืองชายทะเลริมฝั่งมหาสมุทรแปซิฟิกของโอเรกอนที่เก่าแก่มากที่สุด เมืองเล็กๆ

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Deep-fried Japanese tofu with lemongrass tangy sauce, Bt125 หากใครอยากเปลี่ยนบรรยากาศของการกินเจ จากร้านที่ปักธงเหลืองเป็นแถวๆ มาเป็นร้านเก๋ๆ เพื่อรับประทานอาหารที่ปราศจากเนื้อสัตว์และรสชาติอร่อย รสจัด ทำให้ไม่โหย แถมยังรู้สึกสุขภาพดีเพราะวัตถุดิบที่เลือกสรรมาอย่างดี ไม่มีสารเคมี ไม่มีจีเอ็มโอ รวมทั้งขนมก็แสนจะอร่อยล้ำ ก็ขอนำเสนอร้านอโณทัยค่ะ | Timely, but not exclusively limited to this J

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จากหนังสือพิมพ์กรุงเทพธุรกิจ @Taste ฉบับวันเสาร์ที่ 24 กันยายน 2554 หน้าตาตะเกียงที่ทำจากเลนส์กระจกเฟรเนล อย่างที่ได้เล่าไปแล้วว่า พอร์ตแลนด์ โอเรกอน (Portland, Oregon) เป็นเมืองที่ขนาบข้างไปด้วยทะเลและภูเขา ซึ่งทะเลในที่นี้ก็คือ The Oregon Coast ติดชายฝั่งมหาสมุทรแปซิฟิกที่สวยงามจับใจ เป็นหนึ่งในวิวที่น่าจะติดอยู่ในรายการสถานที่หนึ่งที่ควรได้ไปขณะที่ยังมีเรี่ยวแรง 

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Tapioca cracker with caviar, rocket oil and rocket puree บล็อกโพสต์อันนี้ออกจะยาวหน่อยนะคะ เพราะเป็นการทานอาหารเย็นที่ยาวนานร่วม 4 ชั่วโมง ที่ห้องอาหาร Mezzaluna พร้อมวิวแม่น้ำเจ้าพระยายามค่ำคืนมุมสูงจากชั้น 65 ของโรงแรมเลอบัว หาดูที่ไหนไม่ได้ง่ายๆ ที่สำคัญอาหารมื้อนี้ไม่ใช่อาหารเย็นธรรมดา แต่เป็นอาหาร 6 คอร์สจานพิเศษที่เชฟคิดและปรุงใหม่ทุกๆ วันให้เหมาะกับวัตุดิบที่หาได้

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Airy scene at Ciao on Rama 3 เพื่อนสาวชวนไปทานอาหารอิตาเลียนเปิดใหม่ร้านชื่อ "เชาว" เป็นภาษาอิตาเลียนแปลว่าสวัสดี อยู่ที่ห้างใหม่ชื่อโมโนโพลี่ ตรงพระราม 3 ค่ะ ร้านนี้เปิดมาได้ 4 เดือนแล้ว มีการลงโปรโมชั่นมากมาย รวมทั้งกับ Ensogo ที่ขายดิบขายดีด้วย| Along with new community malls popping up around town are some new restaurants worth noting about. Ciao is a brand new Italian place that serves

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The 12th World Gourmet Festival Bangkok dinner on September 9, 2011 presented David Lee of Nota Bene restaurant in Toronto The 12th World Gourmet Festival Bangkok at the Four Seasons Hotel Thailand is about to reach its grand finale and last night I had a chance to experience a dinner created by Chef David Lee from Toronto, Canada. Born in England in a family of chefs, Lee accumulates his

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Fabulous shrimp and scallop dim sum at China Place I am so craving for Hong Kong. Bad! But until we have a chance to go there again soon, I resort to my best bet on local dim sum delicacies at China Place restaurant on Rama 6 Road. This is the place I go whenever I want to bury my face in a Sunday paper and get myself engrossed in the tasty bites of my orders of these 'touches of heart.' A

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จาก @Taste กรุงเทพธุรกิจ ฉบับวันที่ 3 กันยายน 2554 เหตุการณ์ 9/11 ทำให้ตึกไคร์สเลอร์กลับมาเป็นตึกสูงสุดของแมนฮัตตัน วันที่ 11 กันยายน 2554 ที่จะถึงนี้ ชาวนิวยอร์คจะรำลึกครบรอบ 10 ปีเหตุการณ์วินาศกรรม 11 กันยายนอันแสนเศร้าสลดใจ แม้ว่าเวลาจะผ่านไปนานแต่เหตุการณ์สะเทือนขวัญวันนั้นยังคงอยู่ในใจของชาวนิวยอร์คและหลายคนที่มีชีวิตเกี่ยวเนื่องกับมหานครของโลกแห่งนี้ได้อย่างไม่รู้ลืม

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Leng Kee's on Chula 46 ก็เป็นที่รู้กันว่าตลาดสามย่านเก่าถูกรื้อทิ้งไปแล้ว พร้อมๆ กับร้านค้าเก่าแก่รอบๆ ที่เคยสถิตย์อยู่ตรงนั้นมานานหลายสิบปี เมื่อวันก่อนไปเดินเล่นรับประทาน ก็เห็นว่ามีนักรักสามย่านอีกมากมายที่ยังชอบมาหาของกินที่นี่ โดยเฉพาะร้านเล้งกี่ที่ดิฉันว่าเป็นต้นตำรับของคำว่า slow food ของแท้และดั้งเดิม | Samyan market has always been a synonym for some delicious simple Chinese meals,

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A cup of tea and two pieces of cakes ชอบทานขนมร้านนี้ ทานแล้วสนิทใจดี เพราะเจ้าของเลือกส่วนผสมดีๆ มาให้ทาน ขนมเค้กสารพัดที่มีขายปัจจุบันอาจจะนุ่มเบา ทานแล้วหวิวๆ เพราะว่าไม่รู้ว่ามีสารกันบูดมากไหม หรือใช้ทรานส์แฟต (ในรูปแบบของเนยขาว) มากน้อยแค่ไหน หญิงเจ้าปัญหาอย่างดิฉันก็เลยเลือกบึ่งรถขึ้นทางด่วนจากบ้านมาสองขั้นเพื่อมาทานขนมร้านนี้หากอารมณ์อำนวย | Anotai restaurant at Rama 9 Road is not all

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Senyai Lookchin Pla - Original without the pungent bean sprouts and cilantro (เขียนลงเดอะเนชั่นแล้ววันที่ 7 สิงหาคม 2554 | As published in The Sunday Nation on 7 Aug 2011) เมื่อไม่นานมานี้ได้แวะไปรับประทานร้านก๋วยเตี๋ยวที่เคยทานบ่อยมากในอดีต แต่เนื่องจากรถติดตะพึดตะพือย่านดังกล่าวเลยขี้เกียจไปเสียพักใหญ่ พอไปอีกหลายๆ ครั้งก็ปรากฏว่ายังอร่อยอยู่เหมือนเดิม และราคาไม่ได้แพงขึ้นเลยทั้งๆ

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Two bowls of guay chab without innards contain slices of their famous crispy pork, blood, minced pork, and loin ก๋วยจั๊บน้ำใสตรงซอยนราธิวาสราชนครินทร์ 14 ร้่านนี้เป็นหนึ่งในร้านโปรดของเพื่อนรุ่นพี่ที่ได้กรุณาแนะนำมาว่าร้านนี้เครื่องในหมูอร่อย ไม่คาวเลย และหมูกรอบไม่อมน้ำมัน ทอดได้กรอบถึงใจ ควรสั่งมาทานเดี่ยวๆ สับใส่จานมาเคี้ยวคู่กับก๋วยจั๊บ หรือไม่ก็เกาเหลาเลือดหมูก็ได้

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ตอนนี้หนังสือ "เที่ยวคาบสมุทรไอบีเรีย" ออกแล้วนะคะ ก็เลยอยากจะเล่าให้ฟังว่าเที่ยวคาบสมุทรนี้เป็นยังไงบ้าง คือเราวางแผนเที่ยวที่นี่กันนานพอสมควร เริ่มตั้งแต่เก็บเงิน ดูโปรแกรมทัวร์ จองตั๋วโน่นนี่สารพัด ที่อยากจะไปก็เพราะว่าเป็นคนชอบหนังพีเรียด และชอบหนัง Bourne Identity ที่พระเอกข้ามช่องแคบยิบรอลต้าร์ไปยังเมืองแทงเจียร์ของประเทศโมร็อกโก ก็เลยวางแผนเที่ยวให้ครบ เพราะว่าไปคาบสมุทรไอบีเรียนี้

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Face of Nong's Khao Man Gai on SW 10th and Alder in downtown Portland, Oregon, USA Portland, Oregon is known for its famous food-cart scenes, and among them the popular Nong’s Khao Man Gai run by a young Thai woman whose fate of love coincided with determination to make things her own way. | เมืองพอร์ตแลนด์ โอเรกอน มีจุดเด่นด้านอาหารมากมาย หนึ่งในนั้นคือ Food Cart ซึ่งเป็นร้านอาหารเล็กๆ

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Yummy Selections at Prik Yuak - Suan Chatuchak สวัสดีจากเมืองแอสทอเรีย รัฐโอเรกอนคะ เมืองนี้เพิ่งฉลองครบรอบ 200 ปี เป็นเมืองที่สวยมาก แต่ดิฉันก็อดไม่ได้ที่จะนึกถึงอาหารไทยอร่อยๆ ที่บ้านค่ะ โดยเฉพาะร้านพริกหยวกร้านนี้ ในสวนจัตุจักร ที่ไม่ได้ไปนานแล้ว แต่ก็ยังอร่อยมากอยู่ไม่เสื่อมคลาย ^^ | Funny thing is while here in Astoria, Oregon – a very gorgeous place on earth – I am thinking about the

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Klua Kling + Pak Sod Homey Ambience เรื่องของอาหารใต้ในซอยทองหล่อยังคงดำเนินต่อไปค่ะ ร้านนี้ดิฉันได้รับการแนะนำมาจากกูรูด้านอาหารของดิฉัน พี่จู ที่บอกว่าชอบไปทานร้านนี้เพราะว่าไข่พะโล้ (180 บาท) อร่อยมาก สำหรับคนที่คลั่งกับข้าวบ้านๆ ประมาณข้าวแกง ผัดผัก แกงเผ็ด ก็จะทราบดีเลยค่ะว่าความอร่อยของไข่พะโล้นั้นสำคัญอย่างแรง อย่ามาบอกว่าไข่พะโล้เป็นของพื้นๆ ใครทำก็ได้เหมือนกันไม่ได้เป็นอันขาด

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เมื่อไม่นานมานี้ ไปทานอาหารที่โรงแรม Shanghai Mansion บนถนนเยาวราชมาค่ะ ความจริงโรงแรมนี้เปิดมาก็หลายปีแล้ว แต่เพิ่งได้รับการปรับปรุงใหม่ทั้งหมด และห้องอาหาร Cotton Jazz Bar ซึ่งเป็นทั้งร้านอาหารและ Jazz Bar ก็มีการเปลี่ยนเมนู โดยพ่อครัวคนใหม่ คุณปรีดา ประสารศรี ทีี่เริ่มทำอาหารตั้งแต่อายุ 14 เป็นหัวเรี่ยวหัวแรง | My recent food trail was in the heart of Yaowarat, Bangkok's China Town, at the

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Phuket people have a sweet tooth. And that reflects in most of their dishes. | ว่ากันว่าคนภูเก็ตรับประทานหวานกว่าคนใต้จังหวัดอื่นๆ ซักหน่อย ดังนั้นก็ไม่ใช่เรื่องแปลก หากไปทานอาหารใต้ที่ร้าน ภูเก็ต ทาวน์ ร้านนี้ แล้วจะรู้สึกว่าทุกอย่างออกแนวหวานๆ นิดๆRecently, I ate at Phuket Town – a Phuket-style Southern Thai restaurant on Thonglor Soi 6. Here are the things I liked and things I wished they

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They call it “La Dolce Vita” – Italian for “The Good Life” that is what it is when you indulge at Angelini’s newly launched Sunday Brunch of all things Italian. | การทอดอารมณ์กับอาหารอร่อยๆ ตอนสายของวันอาทิตย์นับว่าเป็นความสุขอย่างหนึ่ง เมื่อไม่นานมานี้ได้รับเชิญไปทานบรันช์เปิดใหม่ของห้องอาหารแองเจลินี่ โรงแรมแชงกรีล่า มาค่ะAngelini has gone under several reincarnations lately. From the whole new

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Brunch is big in Bangkok. And many top-tier hotels are now catering to those who love to indulge in piles of imported food, from Barron Point to Coffin Bay oysters, proscuitto to jamon iberioco and from Gyurère to Gorgonzola. Recently, two hotels launched new brunch themes to suit many of us who live to feast as well.| อาทิตย์นี้ขอไปลองบรันช์ที่เปิดใหม่ แล้วมาเล่าให้ฟังค่ะSince last month,

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I love it when taken on a tour by a good local. Earlier this year, we went to Ratchaburi for a work and by appointment I had a chance to meet with Phi Tiew Wasinburee Supanichviraparch, a famed artist who was kind enough to take both of us to this wonderful noodle place called Kam Seng.| เมื่อต้นปีได้ไปราชบุรีมาค่ะ ไปทำงาน แต่ก็ได้เจอกับพี่ติ้ว..อ. วศินบุรี สุพานิชวรภาชน์

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This tiny shophouse is called Somsong - a very good Thai restaurant that has been around for at least 25 years.Recently, my path crossed with Austin Bush, who is updating Lonely Planet’s travel guide “Bangkok Encounter.” We discussed my favorite Thai restaurants in Bangkok and “Somsong” – this old-time Thai restaurant that serves eclectic of Thai prepared dishes, immediately came to mind. This is

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This is my secret address. A small stall called Mae Lek that sells, for decades, Thailand's best and probably most expensive salted beef and pork that can save lives of many people, i.e. me who, once hungry but too busy, usually depend on steamed rice and these wonderful prepared meats. | อันนี้เป็นความลับที่ไม่ลับ ร้านหมูเค็มแม่เล็กที่เป็นที่โปรดปรานของหลายๆ คน โดยเฉพาะเพื่อนๆ

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Egg Tarts at Margaret's Cafe e Nata in MacauMacau is famed for its desserts - array of fatty and super sweet desserts - which includes the famous and historic Portuguese egg tart that harks back from the time that the Portuguese came along and brought with them the secret recipe of the Catholic Sisters who, 200 years ago, first baked them as a mean to survive out of their kitchen at the beautiful

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Tell me what could possibly be better than a simple great meal? One that will beckon you back over and over again?O’ Manuel, one of the oldest Portuguese establishments on Taipa of Macau, suits all criteria of a home-cuisine at its best. Run by Mr. O’ Manuel who daily shops and selects raw materials to feed his kitchen, this restaurant becomes my all-time favorite in Macau. In fact, it can be the

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On daily basis, Chef Vincent Thierry says he spends "enough" hours in his kitchen of Michelin three-star "Caprice" restaurant at Four Seasons Hotel Hong Kong. But while working, he brings back memories he collected while traveling onto his signature dishes. One example is "Crab Tiramisu with Fruity Marinade and Tandoori Spices," one of the appetizers he is now recreating at Madison of Four

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My odyssey to trace Macau’s culinary history began last year when I had the first sip of galao - a traditional Portuguese coffee with milk -  in a café of Lisbon. Although I had been to Macau twice before, it was in Portugal then that I realized the physical link between Macau, its unique culinary treasures, and the rest of the world. | ว่าไปแล้ว

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อย่างหนึ่งที่ต้องเรียกร้องเสมอทุกครั้งหลังอาหาร ก็คือ ขนมหวานอร่อยๆ ซึ่งจะเป็นอะไรก็ได้ ขอให้หวานชื่นใจก็มีความสุขแล้ว | One thing that is always necessary after every meal is a good dessert, and anything sweet will do.ไม่นานมานี้ เพื่อนสมัย 10 กว่าปีที่แล้ว กลับมาเยี่ยมบ้านหลังจากไปอยู่ญี่ปุ่นเพื่อทำปริญญาเอกเสียนาน พวกเราพาไป CDC ที่ตอนนี้กลายเป็นห้างใหญ่

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Starbucks' new Cake Pop to celebrate its birthdayคงไม่ต้องบอกอะไรมากว่า สตาร์บัคส์เป็นใครมาจากไหน เพราะดูจากความนิยมของคนไทยที่มีต่อกาแฟแบรนด์นี้ ก็น่าจะเป็นข้อพิสูจน์ได้ดีแล้วว่าสตาร์บัคส์เป็นหนึ่งในร้านกาแฟยอดนิยมของคนไทย และวันอังคารที่ 8 มีนาคม 2554 สตาร์บัคส์ทั่วโลก รวมทั้งประเทศไทย จะร่วมฉลองครบรอบ 40 ปี ด้วยการเปิดตัวของใหม่สามอย่าง ได้แก่ 1.  โลโก้ใหม่ 2. เค้กป๊อปที่มีให้เลือก 2

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บะหมี่ปูโอเดียนอยู่คู่กับวัดไตรมิตรมานานประมาณเดียวกับร้านหยั่นหว่อหยุ่นที่อยู่เคียงข้างวัดเล่งเน่ยยี่ ข่าวดีคือว่าแม้ด้านข้างของวัดไตรมิตรปัจจุบันได้ถูกรื้อถอนไปแล้ว เพื่อเตรียมการก่อสร้างใหญ่ครั้งใหม่ บะหมี่ปูโอเดียนก็ยังคงอยู่เหมือนเดิม เพียงแต่ย้ายที่ออกไปไกลจากวัดเพียงไม่กี่ก้าวเดินและอยู่ฝั่งตรงข้ามที่เก่า ก็เท่านั้น | Odean Crab Meat Noodle is a delicious staple for many of us who frequent

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The last leg of our road trip to Agra completed the Northern triangle of Indian cultural route. The distance here was another 260 kilometers and that meant another 6 sleepy hours on the bus.(A view of the splendid Taj Mahal from our room at the Taj Gateway Hotel)We left Jaipur early morning the next day, hoping to reach Agra for lunch and visit the famous Taj Mahal later in the afternoon. It was

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(Our big breakfast at the Taj Mahal Hotel in New Delhi, just before the road trip to Jaipur)So we had been warned. That the road journey in India was definitely not a walk in the park. Well prepared with a huge breakfast plus snacks and drinks on board, we left Delhi at the crack of dawn the next day to avoid the deadly traffic. The distance ahead of us was just 260 kilometers, but in Indian term

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Among the countries on top of my wish-list, India invokes the eclectic spirits of mystery, roughness, rawness and real adventure. And my recent trip with Thai Air Asia proved exactly so. This is the view from my window seat on our way to New Delhi last month.Thai Air Asia just launches a direct daily flight to New Delhi, which is a wonderful news for those looking for an affordable and reliable

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Dear friends,I have found a new place where the scenes are a bit more picturesques and the services are more allowing. Please come and visit me as usual at www.ohsirin.wordpress.com. Hope you'd still be a fan.Lots of love,Oh

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One day when I was parking at our place, a kitty ran across the parking lot and hid behind my very clean car… and staring at us. So I took her pictures just for fun.Seeing that we are clearly not cat eaters (although we normally eat a lot of things), she felt so at ease that her eyelids became heavier…heavier… and slowly slid further behind the wheel-bar :-)We didn’t do much interesting eating

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Following a trail of two good friends, Yui and Annie, we tried this newly-opened ramen restaurant on Sukhumvit 39 last Sunday and found we were right arriving early. The place, Ra Men Bankara, is open at 11am, but the two lines of waiting chairs were packed BEFORE the time. And as soon as the door was slid open, people crammed through and took all the available tables.It seems that people knew

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I just got back from another trip to Hong Kong. This time I went for a gala dinner at Conrad HK hosted by Estates & Wines in courtesy of Moet Hennessy Thailand and my lovely source Khun Kob Prapanin … who always invited me to many ultra swanky parties around town.. and this time she flew me all the way to Hong Kong just for this special night.Estates & Wines is an affiliate of Moet Hennessy with

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At the table munching through La Tour’s duck, a real gourmand tipped me off about Wiwat’s (Hokki) braised goose that he claimed to be the best in Bangkok thanks to the dish’s thick and savoury relish. When someone told me they had tried a good dish not too far off from my regular budgets, it usually does not take me too long to try it on my own.Three of us (dad, hubby and me) went to Wiwat’s last

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La Tour d’Argent celebrated pressed duck made its fourth round to Bangkok recently, and I was lucky enough to be able to try this legendary dish created for the first time over the medieval period.. (back round 1700s) which is ‘Caneton ‘Tour d’Argent’ or ‘Pressed Duck ‘Tour d’Argent.’This is the pressing machine used to press the bones of the duck after removing its breast and legs out for

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Friends at Divana Spa can be categorized as hyperactive/workaholics. Apart from flying frequently as airline crew, they manage to run a chain spa with 3 branches in inner BKK. Recently, they called with a news that they are now quite ready for a full-blown home-made restaurant.... :-)OK, they are a bunch of food lovers and they always make time to explore good restaurants around town and now they

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Our home community is quite closely knitted thanks to similar age ranges and lifestyles. Last Sunday six of us (3 homes) went to try this small eatery called Ta Yang on Soi Ngamduplee off Rama 4. From outside, the place looks like an office, but their Chinese food are good/interesting. Here’s my favorite – stir-fried green beans with chilies and fresh garlic…(Bt100)And my new found favorite – ‘

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When the Warthog announced yesterday morning that the puppet mafia will use the force to crackdown the anti-government rally, my hubby and I decided it was time for us to pack our bag and join the crowd. Bearing in mind the barbaric nature of the father-whose-son-killed-the-police-and-reinstalled-into-the-policeforce and other loyal slaves of the Square, we packed a big bottle of water, one big/

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My nose is so well-tuned for grilled seafood that as soon as our long-tail boat turned its head toward the busy canal of Amphawa floating market, I know what kind of pre-dinner snacks I would savor there.We just came back from a night in Amphawa district of Samut Songkarm province which is dubbed as ‘Muang Sam Nam’ (A City of 3 Waters) for its main river of Mae Klong contains seawater, fresh

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Phi Ju called with her usual bubbly voice that she has just found a new place perfect for a snug sushi meal. Miyatake is a small 7 seater sushi bar tucked at the exit corner of Fuji Supermarket on Soi Sukhumvit 33/1, near the fresh fruit stall. This small place has a quite a lengthy menu of fresh sushi imported from everywhere they catch the fish – Andaman Sea, Japan and even somewhere in Vietnam

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My recent eating assignment was on French Food… following The Oriental’s Summer Food Promotion that includes Bt1,000 net/person 3-course lunch set at their legendary Le Normandie… The cover story for @taste, Krung Thep Thurakij is coming out this weekend…Many people perceive French's fine-dining as 'sophisticated' (or translated in my hubby's term = NOT ENOUGH!!), but the promotion provides just

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Over 200 years ago French food critic Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin wrote, "The discovery of a new dish does more for the happiness of mankind than the discovery of a new star," and our recent trip to Nakorn Pathom province, about 70 km west of BKK, revealed yet another magical discovery for our happy stomachs.Despite the skyrocketing fuel prices, we boarded Khun Geng & Khun Ae's (our best

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It usually begins with heaps of mangoes and sticky rice with thick, full dullops of creamy coconut milk. But the queen of the Summer fruits remains Durian, and at my community, there's this wonderful Durian sellers from Chantaburi who park their loaded truck in front of 7/11 store. Here, Khun Tim is figuring which fruit is just right by tapping on the spiky skin...I guess the hallow sounds give

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This is the first time that my book is released in time for the Book Fair... and look at the promotion poster at the wall of Circle Publishing kiosk yesterday.I swear I don't know this beautiful lady. She was browsing and then picked up my book!! During the ten minutes I was standing there, making myself clear of sight, trying to be merely an observer, two people bought my book. Asking the

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After series of eating trips to Hong Kong, I finally got this book out!! Called in Thai 'Kao Wa Ran Nee Aroi Nai Hong Kong' (They Say These Restaurants Are Great, In Hong Kong), this book contains sections about Hong Kong food, cultural and dining tips as well as parts of restaurant listings, divided into zones popular to any tourist to the island. The restaurants listed here are good and

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Ice cream fanatics like us still find the recent trip to 'try' Thailand's first launch of Swiss Movenpick ice creams one of a kind. We had never been 'flown' to try anything specifically like this, yet the ice creams we tried are one of the best and certainly one of the most expensive.Movenpick global owner & retail operator Nestle recently shipped 10 flavours of Movenpick ice creams to Thailand

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I guess I should start my personal rating for restaurants - just for fun. And definitely in Macau, I would think about A Lorcha as one of the best places to go.A Lorcha is one of the very first Portuguese-Macanese restaurants established when the casino monopoly was lifted. They serve wonderful breads to start with... I love their breads much more than any other restaurants. So five stars for the

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Portuguese dishes, result of over 400 years of Portuguese influence in Macau, are famously delicious. Most of them are seafood - grilled or simply fried with loads of very aromatic Portuguese olive oil and Mediterranean herbs.Succulent lemon clams - so fresh with aromatic herbs at O Manel - one of the best places we visited while in Macau. I truly recommend those who have only a few days in Macau

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Everyday at 3pm, special soft buns are baked fresh for porkchop bun lovers who want to divert from the usual sweet bun or bread to the place's specialty of 'bao' style bun which is munchier than the usual bread, yet soft and scrumptious. Our plane arrived Macau at 2.30pm, and this is the first place we went on our recent eating trip.....Despite the long line and all, we managed to order two large

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We just got back from a long eating trip to Macau. Will post about the food later, but here are 5 cute dogs we met along the way....This meaty guy is waiting for his master who was chilling out at the corner of Taipa Food Street's fresh market. It was about 15 degrees Celsius that evening.Doesn't she look just like a lion? She was barking so loud in the small alley near the Senado Square. As soon

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Isn't this cute? A truck loaded with raw milk with a warning sign of 'Growth Accelerant Material: Containing Raw Milk' is transfering, I suppose, raw milk, on Ramindra street a couple of days ago.

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A keiten sushi (conveyor-belt sushi restaurant) has always been our choice when traveling to Japan. It is delicious, fun and cheap; we get to sit on the counter and choose from the rolling choices of sushi and enjoy the foreign sound of Japanese-language shouting from the open kitchen whenever an order is placed, money is received and customers walking in and out of the restaurant. Normally, a

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We are lucky to have Khun Ae Ratchada as a neighbor, and lucky enough to have her loving us all back. Her cooking is just heavenly, especially the Thai home-cooked dishes that always win our hearts and souls.Last night she made chicken noodle soup – my favorite (among many others). Khun Ae’s best friend Je Ting is the owner of the recipe, but Khun Ae typically adapted the recipe somehow in the

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I couldn’t believe it rained yesterday. I had two big meetings in town that required me to drive out and the rain just made my trip much much worse!!!Anyway, there’s a big compensation. The first meeting was an interview with the famed Le Bua’s CEO Khun Deepak Ohri who is commencing a new huge project namely ‘Emotional Tourism.’ Well, it is similar to Bill Gates’ ‘Creative Capitalism’ in which

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I have heard about this place for years, but had no chance to try it until it was recently featured again in The Nation Channel as a favorite Thai restaurant of the late Princess Kalayaniwattana. The restaurant was the place she dropped by for some simple and tasty Thai dishes….So we decided to make a trip there last Saturday. I called in advance to find that all tables had been fully booked for

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Our group just had a small NY party at the tried-and-true Ros Sabieng Thai Restaurant on Sukhumvit 11 (walkable from BTS Nana) and savoured the following delicious dishes:1. 'Kratong Thong' (Thai-style 'golden' bucket of savoury made of shrimp, sweet corn, Bt120)2. 'Hors d'oeuvre of Northern Train' which includes all Thai Northern favorite snacks of green chili dip, deep fried pork, Thai sausage,

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Recent cold days were perfect weather for sharing with friends a delicious Thai-style hot pot......Our choice was “My Place Suki” on Thonglor (next door to Market Place shopping arcade with Starbucks at the front)where we heard that the soup is white-gourd based and without MSG. We also heard that the place’s boiling soup does not stick its ‘typical suki’ smell on my clothes and hair. We also

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Lan Kwai Fong's dog snug in the fridge to cool downPeople in Hong Kong might be familiar with this scene already. These two dogs are owned by a street drink seller in the busy Lan Kwai Fong area and one of them was clearly suffering from the permeating heat in Hong Kong that it decided to cool down in the drink fridge... and amused the passersby. Of course, I had to take this picture and share it

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I don’t consider myself a food connoisseur, but a couple of years back when I was assigned to cover a food column for Weekend, I began to learn a few things about good food from my interview sources, colleagues and many other food critics. For me, good food must bring comforts to both the palate and the purse. I prefer the place that is clean, tasty and true to their words and I don’t like to go

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Hong Kong's Cha Chaan Ting showcases old-day charmsWe traced back Hong Kong's culinary past by making a visit to Mido Cafe at the corner of Temple Street on Kowloon side. The place is 57 years old and it still keeps all its old-day charms such as faded tiled floors, walls and white-washed ceiling. Mido's ambience will put everyone right back into time when computer has not been a part of our body

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Children enjoying their weekend at the Hong Kong Park...Steps from our hotel, Island Shangri-La, on Hong Kong Island, we had a glimpse of Hong Kong's weekend lifestyle. Families, couples and wedding couples come to enjoy the cool breeze in the rare green spaces of Hong Kong. The Park is smacked right in the middle of Central area where businesses are located. Weekends see children running around

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We began our week-long Hong Kong trip with this bowl of beef brisket noodle, famously offered at Chee Kee's at Causeway Bay..We are here at Hong Kong to finish my book on Hong Kong street food. And we have stayed for a week now. The first thing we ate was this fabulous noodle at Chee Kee who never let us down. Chee Kee just moved from their previous location on Russel Street opposite HK's Time

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Stir-fried sea crab with fresh 'kee noo' chilies at Khum Toom's KitchenI was working on an article about an 'haute French cuisine' recently when Phi Mai, my contact, gave me a lead to Khun Toom's seafood in Mahachai area. We checked it out last week and was impressed by everything we ate. The place is not too far from Bangkok (about 60km round trip from our place). It makes a good trip for a day

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At last... a floating market that is open all day..Taling Chan Floating Market is active all day long during weekends with local families gathering in low tables for grilled seafood, som tam, noodles, pork and chicken satay, pad thai and much more. The market is not too far from Bangkok and offers a perfect and convenient escape from a weekend of shopping mall-dwelling.The market is located at

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Ajarn Thavorn Ko-udomvit's weekend art workshop for children is where he spawns new generations of dreamersArdel's is the place where Ajarn Thavorn, a national artist best known for his elaborate print arts, transforms to mingle, encourage and praise children to explore their dreams and creativities. The artist uses his own experience raising up his own children when he did nothing much but

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Fried duck bills - an Esan specialty at Yod's Lab Ped UdonThere are some restaurant dishes that I ordered simply because it is my job, not my actual adventurous sense, to try new things each time we visit a new place. So far, I have mixed results interspacing with some mind-blowing, perspective-changing experiences that later accumulated well into the pool of my edible memories. But recently,

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Chef James Ng from Singapore makes a sumptuous Chinese meal at Man Ho of JW Marriott Bangkok low fat and tasty.The chef at his wok station, robing the cooked and tender string beans around fresh prawns before super briefly cooking the prawns in the boiling oil, then water, to rid off the excess oil while keeping the prawns plump and succulent and very delicious. This plate is Bt480.Another of my

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The essence of eating is beautifully prosed up in the very first page of 'Life is Meals' book of food lovers by James and Kay Salter as follow:1 JanuaryThe meal is the essential act of life.It is the habitual ceremony, the long record of marriage, the school for behavior, the prelude to love.Among all peoples and in all times, every significant event in life - be it wedding, thriump, or birth -

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Olive Greek restaurant's fabulous selectionsOur last trip to Croatia and Eastern Europe exposed us to the all-meat gourmet of the Mediterranean. But believe me, you'd be better off dining out at Olive where they serve fabulous Greek and Mediterranean staples like kebabs and meze dips along with pita bread.I don't know what got into me, but since I tried Olive weeks ago, what I can now think of is

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I know it has been a biggg while on this blog. Still roaming around for food, but I just have been too lazy...Many might have known that the popular Scoozi (Italian bistro with pizza) has changed hands and the famous couple who owned the place now run a new place of their very own. Pizza Pizza by Yanee Chongvisuit and her husband Sam Armenio focuses more on pizzas and quick Italian favorites like

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My recent visit to Princess Mother's Memorial Park on Thonburi was a very happy one. Aside from the fact that the memorial park is plain lovely, it houses a small museum featuring Princess Mother's life from childhood that revealed the fact that she is Thailand's truthful Cinderella. Princess Mother was born an ordinary girl in a Thonburi house near Wat Anong area. Later, she was submitted to be

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It has been ten years that Greyhound Cafe, Thailand's first 'lifestyle-cafe,' has been serving up plates of simple yet creative dishes for customers like all of us who like to absorb their hip and honed ambience munching on with comfort Thai and Western food. The restaurant now has 5 branches in Bangkok with plans to open some more in places like Singapore because of the demands there.And to mark

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Je Jong's does care if you are watching your weight...And most of her customers seem to enjoy it too. Je Jong's delicious pork rice is Bt20 with a heap of rice and a pile of crispy pork belly on top of it. You'd better add her spicy nampla sauce as you go or munch it with the provided fresh veggies. Her shop is located right next to the rear exit of Tesco Lotus Rama 4 (via Rim Thang Rod Fai Kao

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Simple meatballs give great fun and comfort to a party. And I particularly like to drive out once in a while to buy Paeng Thong's scrumptious meatballs when I have plans to meet friends for party. Paeng Thong makes their own pork and beef balls (Bt6/apiece) from freshest meats and the result is an irresistable treat.I call this place Lookchin Khun Yai (Granny's meatballs) because when you go

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I really should stop eating like this!!It was my dad who first took me to this eatery where I, at the age of 5, thought they had the biggest round tables I had ever seen in my life. Kuan Ah's look is more like a canteen than a restaurant and clienteles here are in families, most Chinese families of course.The staples include their succulent Hainanese chicken rice (Bt250-500/half and whole) served

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An al fresco experience can't get any better with this delicious grilled young octopus avocado salad served at Infiniti restaurant of Sheraton Pattaya. You know avocado is packed with good fat that nourishes your skin and your soul.For those who think Pattaya is too close to give you a good time, try driving out to the Sheraton and dine at their Infiniti restaurant overlooking the Pattaya Bay (

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This picture is Panjab's specialty of Makki Ri Roti and spinash Sarsan Kasaang dip. Red restaurant recently had 'Flavours of India' week with their chef Gagan Anand cooking many regional dishes including this one. Sticking to the traditions, they also serve a bowl of palm sugar for those who like to smear it on the roti as well.Gagan is a chef who talks about his food - a rare quality among many

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Hit North for more food... in Bangkok!!I followed a friend's eating trail and found this eatery tucked in a small, quiet soi of Vipavadee Rangsit 58 (Near the Police Club). I found out later that the owner, Khun Eksuree Mahadilok or Phi La, is the daughter of the original Lamduon Faharm restaurant in Chiang Mai. She says she used to be a teacher, but burnt out after years of battling in classes.

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Yesterday, I deliberately lost count of my calorie intake. You-Soup's on Kaset Nawamin makes one of the best rotis in town. The fluffy thing is tender and crisp thanks for its layers and loads of butter put into it. And that they only have one plain simple thing on the menu (roti with (river of) condensed milk and (truckloads of ) sugar) Bt10 can give you a good warrant that this is what they do

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When all is said and done... Shangri-La Bangkok’s Shang Palace last night invited some guests to try out Cantonese fusion dishes prepared by the famous Yong Bing Ngen from Singapore. A Hakka Chinese, Yong Bing Ngen was a trained Cantonese chef but he gets famous for his audacity in adding new ingredients to his cooking. At the cocktail party, we started off with various bites of steamed ha-gao

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I took this picture on the way to Burghley House in Lincolnshire, England, to observe one of the Da Vinci Code's shooting location. This on-train delicacy is so delicious...if you, like me, like a rich buttery crumbling biscuit with crunchy dried fruits inside.

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A friend recently asked me about the strangest thing I have ever tried. My answer was a plate of 'Bone Marrow' as a celebrated appetizer at St. John restaurant in Smithfield, London. The chopped bones were grilled and served with dashes of sea salt and I was provided with a long-stem small spoon to scoop the marrow out and spread it over toasts. Fergus Henderson founded St. John in 1994 by

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My computer crashed recently, leaving me with nothing but this picture I adore. I found this dog happily running around the crowded A Ma Temple on the Southern tip of Macau. It was a hot, humid and sunny day and we could not even stand in the heat for more than 2 seconds. But this lovely creature looked up when I pointed my camera to him. I took loads of pictures of strays when traveling and this

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Bangkok's Kinokuniya does not carry Nora Ephron's I Feel Bad About My Neck, so I got it from Amazon.com. I couldn't put it down!! I really learn a lot from her wisdom. There's one line she says that I found so true...“It’s much easier to get over someone if you can delude yourself into thinking you never really cared that much.”She was talking about her love with Bill Clinton and the

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