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HelpLive Coffee Kiosk in Bangkok – Great Coffee With an Even Better Cause

21 May 2013 by Mark Wiens
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If you’re in Bangkok and love coffee, you don’t want to miss HelpLive coffee kiosk! Started by a couple personal friends of mine, HelpLive is an organization that aims to help and provide for needy children. Their main project is supporting an orphanage located in northwestern Thailand on the border of Myanmar. So where does [...]

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Freedom To Walk Fundraising Dinner at Bangkok’s Bo.lan Restaurant

17 September 2012 by Mark Wiens
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Freedom to Walk, a campaign that’s supporting efforts to end human trafficking, is hosting a gourmet fundraising dinner and you’re invited! The dinner will be at Bangkok’s Bo.lan restaurant and will include a carefully planned set menu of some of their signature dishes. Along with the exquisite cuisine, Wine Gallery will be pairing each dish [...]

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Big Bites of Do Gooding with the Bangkok Food Community

19 July 2012 by Dwight Turner
Sweet Fusion: Big Bite Bangkok Vendor Vietnamese & More's Version of Filipino Turon

As much as Bangkok is a great home for foodies, it also has it’s peculiar nuances, one of them being the difficulty locating and connecting with a community of fellow food lovers.

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Encouraging Communal Spooning At the First Big Bite Bangkok

2 February 2012 by Dwight Turner

Watch NOW: Big Bite Bangkok’s FREE Tasting Market (If you can’t see this video, click here: Big Bite Tasting Market in Bangkok, Thailand) FACT: The world’s best cities for eating have such food-tastic reputations because they combine well made food with community. Community is a powerful thing. Last Sunday about two hundred Bangkok’s foodies came [...]

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Jay Jay Restaurant – The Vegetarian Thai Food Society

6 September 2011 by Mark Wiens

Jay Jay Vegetarian Center of Thailand ร้านเจเจ ( อาคารอริยสัจสี่ ) restaurant serves up specialized Jay food (Chinese vegetarian Thai food) and emphasizes pungently fresh herbs. I’m going to honest and say that we had no idea it was located smack dab in the middle of a Buddhist temple until arriving. Monks were lightly chanting in [...]

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Su Ki Jeh Ru Yi Restaurant: Bangkok’s Senior Vegetarian Hang-Out

30 August 2011 by Mark Wiens

Surrounded by metal scrapers and motorcycle workshops, yet packed with little old Chinese Thai ladies, I knew Su Ki Jeh Ru Yi Restaurant (สุกี้เจหรูยี่) was going to be bomb! The outside is painted a soothing turquoise and mustard green, and as you can see, it’s always a Happy New Year! The menu was extensive and [...]

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Day 28 Vegetarian Thai Food: Spicy Tofu, Durian Smoothie, Sesame Dumplings

29 July 2011 by Mark Wiens

If you’re joining us for the first time, we’re attempting to eat vegetarian Thai food for the entire month of July 2011 in order to raise money for charity. Follow us for everyday blog updates and read more about the cause here. Breakfast No oatmeal today for breakfast, just a bowl of chopped mangoes and [...]

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Day 27 Vegetarian Thai Food: Red Curry Vegetables, Snakefruit, Bamboo Shoots

28 July 2011 by Mark Wiens

If you’re joining us for the first time, we’re attempting to eat vegetarian Thai food for the entire month of July 2011 in order to raise money for charity. Follow us for everyday blog updates and read more about the cause here. Had a pretty uneventful day. I had a lot of work to do [...]

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Day 26 Vegetarian Thai Food: Watermelon, Spicy Noodle Soup, Curry Katsu

27 July 2011 by Mark Wiens

If you’re joining us for the first time, we’re attempting to eat vegetarian Thai food for the entire month of July 2011 in order to raise money for charity. Follow us for everyday blog updates and read more about the cause here. Breakfast I was able to find some yellow mangoes in the market for [...]

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Day 25 Vegetarian Thai Food: Coffee, Fried Rice, Eggplant Chili Sauce

26 July 2011 by Mark Wiens

Breakfast Believe it or not, after eating yesterday’s mass quantity of vegetation, I woke up still full. I just ate a banana and drank my daily cup of black coffee. Lunch I rarely eat simple fried rice, but for some reason when lunch rolled around, I just simply felt like eating it. Ordered this khao [...]

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