Recipe of the Week: Pad Thai
A recipe from Maenam: A Fresh Approach to Thai Cooking.
By Vancouver-based Chef Angus An, from his cookbook Maenam: A Fresh Approach to Thai Cooking.
Thailand
Exploring Bangkok: A City of Contrasts
Beguiling Bangkok.
Bangkok is a city of contrasts, where modernity coincides with tradition. Tuk tuks whizz by at top speed, and modern buildings tower overhead, creating a captivating cityscape. There is so much to discover in Bangkok by meandering along the city streets and through the neighbourhoods, each one distinctive.
Jungle Bubbles Let You Sleep Surrounded by Elephants
Travel trunks.
There’s no question that the elephants are the main draw at Anantara Golden Triangle. There are 21 of them roaming the property, which doubles as an elephant sanctuary for animals that have been saved from the circus, the logging industry, or begging on the streets of Bangkok.
Luxury Hotel Cooking Classes
Making memories.
Luxury resorts are combining two of life’s greatest pleasures—food and travel—by offering hands-on cooking classes.
Chiang Mai and Phuket, Thailand
In the moment.
As far as freeze-frame moments go, Thailand doesn’t hold back.
The Mandarin Oriental, Bangkok
Thai away home.
Like with many overachievers, the story of the Mandarin Oriental, Bangkok involves a lot of firsts.
Kanlaya’s Eyrie
A Thailand retreat.
“It’s not the normal concept of Thailand,” Philip Paxman says as we drive through jungle toward Kanlaya’s Eyrie, the far northern getaway he opened with partner Kanlaya (Gail) Opothisit in the autumn of 2013. Remote, stylish, and sited on a steep mountainside near the Burmese border, it redefines what it means to escape it all—and have paradise waiting for you.
Chef David Thompson
The craft of Thai cooking.
Chef David Thompson has been dubbed the best Thai chef in the world, which is not a bad accolade for the Aussie, a non-Thai cooking in a culture that reveres what it eats. As he explains, “In England, they care for literature, homes, gardens, and dogs. In Germany, it’s music. In Thailand, it’s their stomach and their soul.”
Wat Pho
Traditional Thai massage.
Most visitors to Wat Pho, Bangkok’s largest and oldest temple (built in 1688), come to see the enormous reclining Buddha. Those in the know then make their way to the back of the vast 20-acre temple grounds to get a true traditional Thai massage, for which Wat Pho is also famous.
