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Look out! Earth is doomed at Bangkok Planetarium
The stars are crashing down this month at Bangkok’s home to all things space and science. With its Digistar 5 theater system, 5.1 surround sound and two 4K-resolution digital...
Love Meat Tender: Ekkamai gets new steak joint ‘Chunn’ on Soi 61
Quality steak doesn’t exactly come cheap in downtown Bangkok, but the Ekkamai area recently welcomed a new restaurant that serves home-cooked meat dishes that look like they can...
EXPOSED: Paws Bangkok’s Sunday cat cafe is front for kitty trafficking
For two weeks now, people have been entering what they thought was just another Bangkok cat cafe to nibble cake and make goo-goo eyes at adorb fluffballs. Little did they know...
Police raid fails to stop Ekkamai condo’s Chinese Airbnb listings
Numerous Airbnb listings remained active today for an Ekkamai condo raided by the cops and allegedly used as an unlicensed hotel by Chinese operators. More than a dozen such ads,...
Bangkok is Burning: Vogue ambassador Amazon Sun is bringing ball culture realness to Thailand (VIDEO)
Strike a pose, shante, work it, throw shade, fierceness — these phrases have their origins in gay ball culture. If you’ve watched RuPaul’s Drag Race, seen the...
Brunch at Ekkamai’s Nowhere: Endless small plates of on-trend food, including a savory waffle course
Restaurants around the city offer varying brunch menus, values, and concepts. From over the top, gourmet extravaganzas, to those that focus on quantity over quality, to those...
Barefood Bangkok makes vegan nut cheeses and beef-mimicking beet burgers that might fool you
Let’s get real: the majority of vegan cheeses and veggie burgers ain’t foolin’ no one. From the texture to the flavor to the way they cook and melt, most of these healthy...
No kawaii coffee here: Ekkamai’s Phil Coffee Company is one of Bangkok’s best roasters and specialty cafes
You’re not going to find a unicorn frappe, pumpkin spice latte, or hot fired cheese coffee at Ekkamai’s Phil Coffee Company — this place is all about letting the beans...
Broken Eggs: Ekkamai gastrobar serves eclectic tapas inspired by the chef’s native Galicia
Tapas gastrobar Broken Eggs had a stall in Phra Kanong’s W District outdoor food market for a few years before transferring into a shophouse in Ekkamai near Soi 12. The...
Tadaima: The Japanese restaurant and izakaya where booze and bites are just 88 baht
The first time we wandered, starving, into the Gateway Ekkamai location of Tadaima, we were confused. There weren’t prices next to any of the dishes on the menu. We didn’t...
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Silom / Bang Rak
This riverside neighborhood offers far more than meets the eye Decades ago,...
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