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eating wellHooked on Chillies
02/09/2010 : I am addicted to chilli. It began when I was five years old and my parents enrolled me in a boarding school where the food was so bad. Even the rice was inedible.
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living youngSeven grains for healthy brains
02/09/2010 : For a 24-hour organ like the brain, eventually there will be signs of wear and tear. But because the brain is inside our skull, we can't observe these damages externally. But you can notice the signs of fatigue.
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Giving new life to an old favourite
29/08/2010 : Chef Suraphol Klaithong of Bangkok came up with a winning recipe when he created the mango and sticky rice cake with coconut cream sauce. It gives a modern twist to a traditional Thai dish that dates back to the reign of King Rama III. In the past, khao niew mamuang (mango and sticky rice) was served on a footed tray with nam ya uthai, a drink decorated with a scattering of jasmine petals. This fragrant herbal drink acted as an antidote to the heat and thirst generated by the sticky rice.
Celebrations at the Chinese table
29/08/2010 : The term to jeen, which translates as "Chinese table", refers to a Chinese style of restaurant dining where many people sit around a round table. The table is big enough to accommodate 10 people and the food is served in quantities sufficient to make sure that everyone has enough to eat. This means no fewer than eight dishes will be offered, and sometimes there are more than 10. To jeen-style dining, which originated in China, has been popular for a long time.
EATING Out
From south of the border
27/08/2010 : Bangkok is a gastronomic wonderland blessed with an immense variety of multi-national cuisines. We have a good number of American, Arab, Chinese, French, Indian, Mediterranean and Vietnamese restaurants, while celebrating a sufficiency of Italian, Japanese and Korean eateries.
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Barbecue with a river view
27/08/2010 : Until a few years ago, "yakiniku" would have been an uncommon word to local diners. Today, though, yakiniku restaurants, the Japanese-style DIY barbecue targetting hardcore carnivores, are spreading all over the city. Their winning combination of superb quality and top value for money are the main elements customers are looking for.
WHY Wine
New ideas from the world of wine
27/08/2010 : Les Visiteurs du Soir was the title of a famous film directed by Marcel Carne and shot in France in the middle of World War II. Are the visitors coming back? There is a knock on the door. It is already dark. Afraid? No, because you are expecting a wine producer, who is coming free of charge to your home to introduce some of his/her recent vintages. Unusual, maybe, but also it could become a habit in France.
World Gourmet Festival enters its second decade
27/08/2010 : Throughout the years, through thick and thin one might say, the World Gourmet Festival has kept its promise of providing worldwide, world-class cuisine, and maintained its standards and the interest of the public. For the new 2010 edition the hotel might well have adopted the "if it ain't broke, don't fix it" rule, but with the passing of a decade, there is another rule that trumps that one.
Eight-star high-list international brigade
27/08/2010 : The art of cooking, the science of cooking, the joy of cooking and of sharing are exemplified by the high-list chefs in this year's World Gourmet Festival.
Thai tastes in Italian lasagna
22/08/2010 : Chef Piyamet Thongmetha of Chiang Mai has created a fusion of the popular pad Thai and Italian pasta to make a dish that should appeal to the global palate.
Bringing seasonal specialities back
22/08/2010 : Sour fruit that Thais used to like to eat are often overlooked these days. But if they were to disappear, many popular dishes and desserts would go with them. There are many reasons why these sour fruit have fallen from view and lost their prominence at the markets. The first has to do with the changing of locations _ like Nonthaburi, for example _ where the fruit were originally most widely grown. In these areas different kinds of trees were intermixed and grown together on the same plot. Today, these former agricultural districts have been criss-crossed with newly paved roads and highways, with the remaining land taken over by housing estates and factories of different sizes.
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Straight from the Pearl of the Andaman
20/08/2010 : Thong Lor is always up to date. In terms of fashion, the one-kilometre-long strip may be regarded as a neighbourhood catwalk for urban fashionistas. In terms of speed, you won't find any other road in the country that regularly enjoys as many super cars roaring and spurring per square metre. And in terms of gastronomy, there's almost no cuisine this posh soi doesn't have on offer.
