What we eat when we are not at home. Bowls of noodles at the canal, late-night street food, family-run shops worth a detour and the places we go back to.
A birthday lunch at Shichi Japanese Restaurant on the Public Lane at Central Chidlom: cold tempura inaniwa, a salmon roll and prawn tempura, what they cost and where I would rather eat nearby.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Sushiro has been my conveyor sushi regular since it arrived in Thailand five years ago. The branch without the queue, how the plate prices work and what to order first.
A walk-in lunch at Apollo Duck in Bangkok. Crispy pork, char siu and duck on the platter. ฿840 between us. Honest review with the receipt to prove it.
Phuket is over-sold and most first-timers see the worst of it. Where to stay, what to eat, how to get around and what to skip, from someone who got it wrong first.