Bua Spa
81 Sukumvit Soi 53, BTS-Thonglor
Tel. 02-260-7304
Opening Hours: 10am-10pm Daily
www.buaspa.com
High-quality, Balinese style spa that overlooks a quiet garden with fountains on Sukhumvit Soi 53 running parallel to bustling Thonglor. It is a renovated old Thai house with 7 private rooms for treatments and 5 beds for Thai massage.
Prices: Thai massage B1400, Body scrub B1800, Facial B1800
Culinary Tidbits . . . Le Zinque, a cafe and wine bar on Abbott Kinney in Venice owned by Emmanuel Dossetti is having soft-opernings, while Celestino Drago’s 21 year old favorite Drago restaurant in Santa Monica is planning to close after their lease runs out at the end of January, he says, “he has his hands full with other restaurants”.
Stairway leading to Spa (image credit: Pathumwan Princess Hotel)Pathumwan Princess Hotel
444 Phayathai Road
BTS- National Stadium
Tel. 02-216-3700 ext.14
Opening Hours: 9am-11pm Daily
www.tantaraspa.com
Main Dining Room
Sumi Grand Sukhumvit Soi 16
199/9 Soi Sukhumvit 16
Klong Toey, Bangkok 10110
Tel. 02 663 3114
www.sumiyakiniku.com
This is the main branch of this small chain, located in the heart of the Sukhumvit Road area off Soi Asoke on Sukhumvit soi 16. It has recently moved from its Sukhumvit Soi 24 location to this larger space on Sukhumvit Soi 16. It is again, as all the outlying branches, very reasonably priced and catering mainly to a Thai clientele. You may bring your own wine.
Corkage: 100 baht. Asahi Beer is available on draught.
Prawns grilling
Rock Lobster on the grill
Vegetables ready to be grilled
Artist’s rendering of the new Le Beaulieu’s entrance
Le Beaulieu Restaurant’s Closing Party at Soi 19, 4 January 2012; the restaurant will reopen soon at Athénée Tower, 63 Wireless Road, Tel. + 66 (0)83 777 5336.
Some wine was spilled in anticipation of Herve Frerard’s new Le Beaulieu at Athénée Tower on Wireless Road.
Hors d‘oeuvres at Le Beaulieu’s closing party 4 January 2012
Sumi Sumi Asian Grill
The Mall Ngamwongwan
30/39-50 5th Floor
Ngamwongwan Road, Bangken
Nonthaburi, 10110
Tel. 02-5500321
www.sumiyakiniku.com
Above all you will be please with the very, fresh seafood served here, with a selection of hot and spicy sauces to choose from. River prawns, prawns, squid, Wagyu beef, New Zealand lamb, Kalbi beef are all very good. You order it, they bring it to the table, you grill it.
River prawns
Rock lobster
The grill
