Thailand

Sushi-Thai in South Florida: An Americanized Throwback

Talking About Thai On A New York Visit

When I was in New York a couple weeks ago, Robert Sietsema took me to Zabb Elee, a Thai restaurant in the East Village. The slip on the basement level offers Thai-hot dishes from the Isaan region of Thailand, near Laos. Decked in white, the restaurant's decor is apparently a Northern Thai ... More >>

Kabuki West Palm Beach Offers Double Happy Hour Deals

KabukiKabuki has two happy hours fit for a samurai.​What does the new kid on the block have to do to make friends? How about offering not one, but two happy hours?Kabuki, the recently opened sushi and tapas restaurant on Clematis Street, is offering a happy hour deal worth checking into.

SAIA on Fort Lauderdale Beach Does Happy Hour South Beach-Style

Photo by Jatinder Channa​Situated steps away from the sand, SAIA at the B Ocean Hotel is the sophisticated sushi spot you've probably never been to. Opened less than a year ago, it's taken some time to convince Fort Lauderdale's socialites that the old Holiday Inn building has been redesigned w ... More >>

Interview with Coco Asia's Owner and Chef, Mike Ponluang, Part Two

​Yesterday, we shared part one of our interview with Coco Asia's owner and chef, Mike Ponluang. If you missed it, you can read it here. We continue with part two of our interview. Clean Plate Charlie: You're from Thailand, but your cuisine has other Asian influences, as well. Tell us about y ... More >>

Bros Roofie'ing Bros in "The Hangover Part II"

​Yesterday, we shared part one of our interview with Coco Asia's owner and chef, Mike Ponluang. If you missed it, you can read it here. We continue with part two of our interview. Clean Plate Charlie: You're from Thailand, but your cuisine has other Asian influences, as well. Tell us about y ... More >>

Interview with Coco Asia's Owner and Chef, Mike Ponluang, Part One

​Mike Ponluang, owner and executive chef of Coco Asian Bistro & Bar, has traveled the world, learning and teaching elegant Thai food preparation. He attended Siam Business School and worked as a cook at the Chaopraya Hotel, the open mess for United States Army officers stationed there dur ... More >>

"Soul Surfer" a Teen Movie of the Week for the Beach

​Mike Ponluang, owner and executive chef of Coco Asian Bistro & Bar, has traveled the world, learning and teaching elegant Thai food preparation. He attended Siam Business School and worked as a cook at the Chaopraya Hotel, the open mess for United States Army officers stationed there dur ... More >>

Winning Restaurants Announced in our 2010 Best Of Broward-Palm Beach Readers' Poll

​Back in January, we asked you to vote on your favorite local bands, bars, restaurants, and everything in between for our Readers' Poll. And you sure voted -- we logged 2,351 of them. The full results will be printed in our Best of Broward-Palm Beach edition July 17. Below is a preview of the food ... More >>

"Formosa Betrayed" Dismisses the Taiwanese Truth

​Back in January, we asked you to vote on your favorite local bands, bars, restaurants, and everything in between for our Readers' Poll. And you sure voted -- we logged 2,351 of them. The full results will be printed in our Best of Broward-Palm Beach edition July 17. Below is a preview of the food ... More >>

Food Events on the Radar

Joe WoolfTaverna Opa's gone wild...​• Lirim Jacobi's chain of raucous Greek eateries, Taverna Opa, is debuting its newest location tonight at the Dolphin Mall in Miami (11401 NW 12th St.). With it comes belly dancers, napkin tossing, and a sound-system that would make any MIA nightclub jealous. ... More >>

“One Night in Bangkok” (Minus the Dart-Shooting Vaginas)

Joe WoolfTaverna Opa's gone wild...​• Lirim Jacobi's chain of raucous Greek eateries, Taverna Opa, is debuting its newest location tonight at the Dolphin Mall in Miami (11401 NW 12th St.). With it comes belly dancers, napkin tossing, and a sound-system that would make any MIA nightclub jealous. ... More >>

Ong Bak2 Slogs its Way Through a Pseudo-sequel

Joe WoolfTaverna Opa's gone wild...​• Lirim Jacobi's chain of raucous Greek eateries, Taverna Opa, is debuting its newest location tonight at the Dolphin Mall in Miami (11401 NW 12th St.). With it comes belly dancers, napkin tossing, and a sound-system that would make any MIA nightclub jealous. ... More >>

Golf Course Developers Unworried About Honduras Coup

Theodore ScottRoatan: snorkeling, sailing, diving, dolphins... and now golf!Pete Dye has modestly dismissed his own career as "digging up other people's property," but in truth, he elevated the act of golf course design from a mere landscaping job into an art form.  When Dye was inducted into t ... More >>

On NBC Prime Time, Fort Lauderdale Cast as the Poor Man's Thailand

Flickr User: jojo_is_cuteRyan from The Office dazzled by Fort LauderdaleHalfway through this past week's episode of NBC's The Office, while the Michael Scott Paper Co.'s three employees sit on the floor of their closet turned headquarters, swapping stories of personal failure, the character Ryan off ... More >>

Boca-Based Office Depot: More Screwed Up Than Dunder Mifflin?

Office supplies giant Office Depot, based in Boca Raton, is the latest major American corporation to get itself in trouble with federal regulators. The company, which claims $14.8 billion in annual sales, is being investigated for improper contact with business analysts. Specifically, representative ... More >>

Burger King Brings Whoppers to the Hmong

They'll have it their way.If you've somehow missed Burger King's hilarious not funny at all new marketing campaign, where they bring Whoppers to Hmong villagers in remote Thailand, the Inuit of Greenland, and a Transylvanian town in Romania, you have to check this out. Although the campaign genera ... More >>

Gay. Ish.

Six queer movies that barely deserve the designation

Don't Thai Me Down, Babe

Who put the bang back in Bangkok?

Enough With the Mee Krob Already

Sapa´s Thai menu defines the familiarity that breeds contempt

Risky Business

Jinja makes a stab at CityPlace

Heavenly Bodies

Fah from the maddening crowd

He's Really Doing That

The Protector May 6th The Animation Show, Volumes 1 & 2 Border Radio

Arrest? What Arrest?

The Protector May 6th The Animation Show, Volumes 1 & 2 Border Radio

Spam Quiz

The Protector May 6th The Animation Show, Volumes 1 & 2 Border Radio

Make Yourself Useful

The objets d'art at Spirit of Asia don't just stand there.

Some Like It Hot

At Thai Bayshore, you can have it your way.

Not Too Cuckoo for Coco

A new bistro fails the sashimi test.

Thai Me Up, Thai Me Down

Two restaurants where yum nua and tom yum are yum-yum

Best Thai Restaurant

Thai Spice

Tambourine's Too Tired

Thai Spice

Artbeat

Thai Spice

Artbeat

Thai Spice

Best Place for a Volcano Roll and a Thai Friend

Saito Bangkok

Best Correction Best Journalistic Restraint

The Palm Beach Post, October 3, 2003 Sun-Sentinel Travel editor Thomas Swick

Not for Display

The Palm Beach Post, October 3, 2003 Sun-Sentinel Travel editor Thomas Swick

The Bong Show

This fusion joint almost has it together

At Home and Abroad

FLIFF warms up with edgy documentaries and a journey to the Thai heart of darkness

Bye-Bye, Bass

Overfished and near extinction, this tasty fish needs our help

Southern Exposure

Fotoreal, fotosurreal, and foto-pain-in-the-neck

Best Restaurant Row

Gateway Plaza

Best White Elephant

International Swimming Hall of Fame

Best Boutique

D'Barro Home & Floral Design

Royal Treatment

The King & I is slightly dated, but ahh, the dance, the color, the song

The Allure of the Leurre

Where sushi meets French cuisine — with delectable results

It's a Jungle in There

Take a photographic trek through the hollow islands of Thailand and beyond

The Elements of Taste

Echo

Uncommon Valor

Anna and the King

Best Thai Restaurant

Siam Gourmet

Currying Favor

Siam Gourmet