Firsthand stories, opinions and field notes. Long-form when it needs to be, short when it doesn't. No listicles.
A Friday night at the solo shabu counter of Hitori Shabu One Bangkok: two Charolais beef sets at ฿380, the starters and dessert they bring and a KTC coupon that took ฿200 off.
Two nights in a Junior Suite at Sofitel Bangkok Sukhumvit for my birthday in July 2025: the room, the Club Millésime lounge, breakfast at Bella Sera and what ฿11,429 bought for two.
Moom Aroi is a seafood restaurant in Pattaya right on the water in Naklua, where lunch for two in an air-conditioned room facing the sea came to ฿850.
How six of us got a lunch table at Katsu Midori CentralWorld through QueQ, what its 12 plate colours cost against Sushiro and why the Neko Pudding comes last.
Friendly Stranger is a 4th floor rooftop bar on Ekkamai 26 where four bottles of Regency cost ฿1,999, a bottle of red is ฿890 and Thai bands play to a local crowd until late.
The Craft Of Golden Honey at the Conrad's Diplomat Bar is an afternoon tea for two on a hot air balloon stand, ฿1,500++ before a 30% KTC Visa discount, booked by phone two hours ahead.
LOFTER is the Central Chidlom food court where I eat lunch most weeks. What the stalls charge, how paying works since June 2026, what I order again and when the office queue clears.
A wooden cafe on a canal behind a temple in Song Phi Nong, Suphan Buri. What the drinks cost, what the name means, where to sit and why a ten baht bag of fish food is the best thing on the menu.
Bincho grills whole fish over charcoal in the middle of the room at Mega Bangna. What the seasonal sets cost, how the teishoku arrives and why the unfamiliar fish is the one to order.
Live jazz in an art deco room at Velaa Langsuan. The two sets of the night, what the gin and the cocktails cost, the booth minimum and why you should book ahead.
A smash burger lunch on the library floor at Central Embassy. The Hulk against the Afterburner, what the menu costs and why the room is half of what you pay for.
