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Check out Insight Guides Thailand for a detailed and entertaining look at all the country has to offer. Garlic, chilies, green beans, cherry tomatoes and shredded raw papaya get dramatically pulverized in a pestle and mortar, so releasing a rounded sweet-sour-spicy flavour that's not easily forgotten.
Topped off with fresh lime leaves, it's a sweet-smelling concoction, both creamy and compelling. Cloves of garlic and birds eye chilies join it in a wok alongside oyster sauce, fish sauce and fermented bean. A few lazy stirs, and it's done!
Green curry paste and coconut milk form the creamy base. Morsels of fresh chicken, cherry-sized eggplants, bamboo shoots, sprigs of coriander and generous handfuls of sweet basil add body to this seminal curry. The fresh, fiery thrill of Yam Nua — with its sprightly mix of onion, coriander, spearmint, lime, dried chili and tender strips of beef — perfectly embodies the invigorating in-the-mouth-thrill of all Thai salads, the yummy-ness of yam.
Whether you are looking for style, ambience, flavour that defies any adjectives you know, or a brush with world-recognised celebrity chefs, Bangkok has got a whole lot to offer. This is not another pretty tourist place: Thais, expats and the few travelers who make the effort to discover it are unanimous - the combined charm of a heritage house. It could be defined as Young Creative Cuisine with Thai Roots with touches from many international origins.
After being closed for a while, Chef Herve Frerard comes back with a more stylish venue at the Le Meridien Plaza Athenee on Chidlom, the perfect match for an elegant and sophisticated restaurant addressing to the ever demanding Bangkok young gourmets. Open: This is the kind of place to invite your discerning friends or when you want to impress visitors who think they tried it all before. The name 'Bo. Whether you are a longstanding visitor to Bangkok or it is your first time eating traditional Thai food, Nahm will both surprise and delight you with fantastic dishes.
This gallery and restaurant on Soi Convent in Silom lives up to its name by serving mouth-watering modern international food, good drinks and some very tasty desserts. Seven Spoons is so popular that it's recently expanded, but still has the warm atmosphere and large portions of Mediterranean and vegetarian food regulars are familair with and first-timers will be excited by. It now opens for lunch and offers sandwiches alongside its hearty mains.
Well-known Thai favourites have been turned inside out, and every dish is a treat for the eyes — as well as the taste buds. Located on the ground floor of the Siam Kempinski Hotel, Sra Bua restaurant has high ceilings and Thai antique embellishments. Eight floors packed with 2, shops that sell everything from clothing, fashion accessories, handbags, leather products and luggage to furniture, mobile phones, electric appliances, cameras, stationery and DVDs.
MBK launched in is a beehive of activity, especially on weekends, when half of Bangkok converges to shop for bargains. Open: Location: Pathumwan Intersection. You will be amazed by its sprawling size, but perhaps even more so by the unbelievable variety of wares. Stumble across anything from vinyl records, beads, suits of armor to a live seahorse!
Haggling is encouraged — just do so politely. Possibly the most exhilarating, chaotic and lively shopping experience that can be had anywhere in the world. Open: Location: downtown Siam area. Ten minutes downriver from Saphan Taksin BTS station this once-bustling international trade port has been transformed, with over 1, boutiques and 40 restaurants housed under a huge replica warehouse complex. It only takes ten minutes, and the boat runs until It has everything from brand name clothing boutiques, funky fashion, high-tech gadgets, bookshops and designer furniture to imported groceries, a lineup of banks, beauty salons, gourmet eateries and even an ice-skating rink.
In essence it is the hub of all things cool, an individual expression point where styles are both shaped and surface and resurface. Siam also holds claim to being the most expensive place to rent land in Bangkok.
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