It’s the most wonderful time of the year, folks! Time for self-reflection, re-evaluation, and most importantly, lots and lots of year-end “best of” lists.
This has been our first full year in existence here at Coconuts Bangkok (we launched in October 2011) and it’s been a pleasure to serve you, dear readers.
We’ll try not to go overboard with the re-hashed content here, but hey, we wanna go on vacation too.
Without further ado, here’s our first year-end 2012 list: Coconuts Bangkok’s Most Popular Drinking & Dining Stories of 2012! (As determined by number of pageviews…)
1. Fast food: McDonald’s imposes one-hour time limit for customers
In the western world, hanging out at Mickey-D’s would seem to be the nadir of coolness but in Thailand they’re having to kick customers out. Who knew?!
2. Levels Club & Lounge opening fails to take guests higher
Yvonne Liang’s report on the Levels opening party caused quite the controversy and online “debate.”
3. Carl’s Jr. promises to ‘mess up’ Bangkok burger scene
Folks got EXCITED about the news that the California burger chain was opening in Bangkok.
4. Quincing the night away: The pop-ups that got Bangkok salivating
In May, Dan Waites took a close look at ethical chef superstar Jess Barnes of Quince and the pop-up restaurants he was putting on at the time that were the buzz of the town.
5. A Beach Bar in Thonglor? Spot-On!
Our story on this sandy spot got a lot of attention from interested nightclubbers.
6. Seventh Heaven: In praise of your dirty little secret
Dan Waites’s first installment of what has now become the hugely influential Seventh Heaven 7-11 food column went large.
7. Carl’s Jr. changing the Bangkok fast food game
Interest in Carl’s Jr. remained strong with our Coconuts Hot Spot story on their new location at Sukhumvit 26.
8. Beervana bringing craft beer enlightenment to Thailand
Beervana launched a few months ago with the mission of bringing tasty craft beers from the US Pacific Northwest to Bangkok.
9. BASH: Bangkok’s new latenight jam
Coconuts Bangkok readers weren’t BASH-ful (sorry) about expressing their interest in this new nightclub.
10. Seventh Heaven: What happens between the sheets (of bread)
In his second Seventh Heaven column Dan Waites took a close look at 7-11 sammies, from the dependable “ham cheese” to the strange Crab Stick Mayonnaise Pocket Sandwich.
