13 Game of Death is a Thai film that had me from hello. The story revolves around Puchit, a struggling music instrument salesman who is about to have the worst day of his life. He is broke, his car get repossessed, a work college steals a lucrative contract and to tie it all together he is fired. Th...

Andrew Hicks suggests that with modern technology it is hard to opt out of the world as it now is. Do please visit Andrew's Web sites http://www.thaigirl2004.com/ http://www.thaigirl2004.blogspot.com/......

Some revisits to a few places on our rotation. Sab E Lee: Sab E Lee, has been a weekly stop(or more) for us since they opened last August. Just when I think I've got the menu covered, I notice something new. The latest item I noticed was "Thai Fried Chicken." On our visit to Bang...

This, I miss! I used to order this everytime my officemates and I go eat at the Banana Leaf Curry House. Did you know that diners at this restaurant eat with a banana leaf instead of a plate? Quite fitting and best enjoyed when you’re eating with your hands! Ingredients: 1/2 tsp peppercorns 2 ...

...it was probably that big, feral, omniscient monkey in the sky. In two weeks it went from the high 70s (F) to over 100 degrees during the afternoon. It was hot. I decided to walk home since Nam dropped me off this morning. I walked a few miles and emptied the bottle of water I carried along. Peopl...

Filed under: Arts and Culture, Stories, Thailand Losing the Amazing Race early in the competition isn't all that bad, particularly for anyone wanting a sweet deal of a vacation. As soon as a team loses, the disappointed pair is taken to the Elimination Station, a villa in a lush location where they ...

  A reader alerted us to a sex scandal we missed out on: a Thai monk who resigned from his monastery after getting caught having sex, after a wild teen sex and booze extravaganza at his place. Even weirder: it's a gay Thai monk sex scandal... and you won't want to miss these comments in...

1. Nobu's black cod Serves 1 250g fillet black cod800g Nobu-style Saikyo miso1 stalk hajikami (pickled ginger stem) Black cod is available at Japanese supermarkets. You can also use sea bass or a very thick fillet of cod. Marinate each fillet in miso. Preheat the grill to 200°C. Wipe away any ex...

On the way to my uni's sports day a couple weeks ago, we stopped off at a famous temple (from the ancient "kao noi ka mae" story) where they sold various trinkets, sticky rice baskets, and musical instruments at a series of stalls on the dusty temple grounds. After testing out this drum and hearing ...

The Beckhams each have their own agendas. David likes to try stringing simple sentences together so that nobody confuses with a messed-up character from The Wizard Of Oz. Victoria, meanwhile, hones in on any nearby cameras so that the paparazzi can take another photo of her pulling a face like of a ...