The loftiest restaurant-bar in all of Thailand – the Mahanakhon Bangkok SkyBar – has begun serving lunch with dishes newly created by executive chef Joshua Cameron.

Italian chef Stefano Baiocco flies into Bangkok next month where he will be the guest chef of the newly remodelled The Allium at the Athenee Hotel, a Luxury Collection Hotel, Bangkok from November 6 to 10.

Popular coffee shop Mocha & Muffins has spread its wings, opening a newly refurbished outlet at Anantara Siam Bangkok Hotel. Decorated to look like an old-fashioned Thai dessert shop, it boasts a rustic interior with environmentally friendly handmade glazed clay tile walls and a marble slab counter and is finished with antique copper, craft woodwork and Jim Thompson throw pillows.

Singaporean “gourmet snack” brand The Golden Duck has made its debut in Thailand, offering a popular range of salted egg-yolk treats including Salted Egg Fish Skin Crunchy Crisps, Salted Egg Yolk Potato Crisps and Salted Egg Crab Seaweed Tempura, plus its new Singapore Chilli Crab Seaweed Tempura.

As the Casa Lapin chain celebrated its seventh anniversary, the very urban café opened a new branch, Casa Laping XL Pattaya in the city’s centre, led by a new generation of business operators – Ekachai Sukumvitaya, Surapan Tanta and Termpong Yoovidhya. The opening event was attended by numerous celebrity coffee lovers such as Pranai Phornprapha, Vasuwat Kuhapremkit, Haruethai Jayant Na Ayudhaya, Wanvisa Jitsakdanont, Kalayada Lohacharoenvanich, Sinanang Oontornpan, Pariya Kingrungpat, Dr Ployla