Honest reviews of restaurants I have actually eaten at, mostly in Korat and around Isaan: Thai, Isaan, Japanese, Western and everything in between. No sponsored meals — just what was on the plate and what it cost.
Four Korean places in Hua Hin that Thai and English reviewers keep coming back to: Myeongdong, Korean Conner, Sunseouls and Seoulmate, with hours and prices. Plus my own take: I’ve been to Myeongdong and Hanmiwon, and Myeongdong is way better.
Where to eat seafood in Cha-Am: the market by the pier first, then View Talay, Sungwean, Krua Jeh Nong and Platoo, with what reviewers say, what they paid, and why Wednesday is the wrong night.
I lived in China for two years, first in Beijing, then in Guangzhou. Guangzhou is Cantonese country, the home of dim sum. I spent about a month in Hong Kong in 2004 just before moving to Thailand, went back in January 2025, and I have been back to China many times. So I have some…
I am a foodie and a native French speaker. I grew up near Montreal, which means I was raised on tourtière, good cheese, and strong opinions about how a baguette should taste. Poutine of course. So when I tell you a French restaurant in Thailand is good, it is not a polite compliment. It means…
Like many people, I first noticed Slurp Lab because of its unusually high Google Maps score. I should mention something about that score. Customers who leave a five-star review are offered free ice cream. This probably helps the rating, so I would not treat the number alone as proof that the restaurant is exceptional.
Hua Hin has hundreds of restaurants. Finding somewhere to eat is easy. Finding somewhere doing something original is more difficult. Matt’s Place opened in central Hua Hin around April 2026. Matt, the British owner, has created a restaurant for people who enjoy food as an experience, not simply as a way to fill a plate….
There is a particular animal you almost never meet in Thailand: the foreigner who genuinely loves durian. We are spoken of more than we are seen. After twenty-two years here I had made a quiet peace with not being one of them. I could eat durian to be polite. I could nod along while a…
Every so often a place opens that makes you rethink what a small town can offer. Zeke Asian-Latino Kitchen is exactly that. It is tucked out in the rice fields just outside Cha-Am, and from the first plate you understand that someone behind that kitchen knows precisely what they are doing. Verify but I think…
Fresh palm sap, fermented or sweet, sold for 50–60 baht a bottle in Phetchaburi at a roadside shop called Lung Tanom. The bottles are wrapped in Thai schoolchildren’s homework. A small post about a small drink almost no foreigner ever finds.
Three attempts at the Time Left rotating dinner concept in Bangkok: a Singapore fintech woman, a German life coach, and what the format reveals about how people present themselves.