![]() Providing a note of visual drama is an Alice in Wonderland-esque chessboard floor that runs diagonally to the orientation of the building. But the ceiling has soared upwards, while a glass façade adds to the feeling of space. The bright pinks, greens and oranges that are the chain’s visual trademark remain. The new Taling Pling on Sukhumvit 34 is like a grander, more stylish reworking of the old restaurant. And it happens to feature one of the best-looking dining rooms in all Bangkok. Where, I wondered, might those esteemed pleasure bringers have gone? There appears to be an answer. But my suspicion – based on a couple of disappointments and reports from informants – is that the chain’s best kitchen team was reserved for the flagship. ![]() There is, of course, more Taling Pling where that came from, with a bunch of mall branches in Central World, Paragon and a couple of other monstrous carbuncles around the city. ![]() It’s one thing to find a restaurant closed – another entirely to find it completely and irreversibly obliterated. Alas, when we reached the location, my friend and I were greeted with a sight suggesting dinner was going to disappoint: The entire block that housed the restaurant had been reduced to a murky field of mud and rubble. I’d once had an excellent meal there – a juicy seabass steak in chu chi sauce still swims into my daydreams now and again – and hoped to repeat the trick. COCONUTS CRITIC’S TABLE – Last month I pulled out my quill and tenderly appended another name to my list of Bangkok Restaurants I Will Never Patronize Again – though for different reasons from the usual.
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