For that healthy Zing
Zing Bakery at Centara Grand and the Bangkok Convention Centre at CentralWorld invites health-minded diners to “Taste the Salad Fresh from the Garden”.
The chemical-free ingredients are full of nutrients, vitamins and natural flavour. Bavarian Camembert Rocket Salad with sourdough and Smoked Duck Breast Salad with citrus dressing are Bt250 each. Chef’s Salad with ham, Swiss cheese, beef, pastrami, chicken, tomato, egg and olives in French dressing is Bt280. Much more is available daily from 7am to 9pm. Call (02) 100 6255.
‘Sri-Tong’ tea on tap
The Ivory Lounge at the Hua Chang Heritage Hotel Bangkok is serving a traditional Thai “Sri-Tong” afternoon tea this month and next. It features a variety of delectable Siamese sweets, such as look chub, khao tang mieng lao, lah tieng, garee puff, moh gaeng tua, foy thong, kha nom thong aek and mee grob. You can enjoy premium tea and coffee hot or cold, as well as fresh herbal drinks, any day from 1.30 to 3pm. It costs Bt600 for two people. |Book a table at (02) 217 0777.
Bounty of the sea
Flavors, the restaurant at the Renaissance Bangkok Ratchaprasong Hotel, goes for “Flavors of the Mediterranean” at its Friday and Saturday dinner buffets this month and next. The vast range of Mediterranean-inspired cuisine includes grilled lobster, calamari, fish on skewers served with special sauces, great soups, mussels au gratin, seafood alla marinara, baked Atlantic brown crab in lobster |sauce and more. It costs Bt2,100. |Make reservations at (02) 125 5010.
One Japanese summer
Yamazato at the Okura Prestige Bangkok is thinking of sunny days in Japan with its “Early Summer Gozen Lunch” the chef Shigeru Hagiwara will be serving from June 5 to 25. The key ingredient is full-flavoured, nutritious and energising conger eel (hamo in Japanese). One luncheon platter has avocado, shrimp, maitake mushrooms in a wasabi egg-yolk sauce, minced sardine-ball soup, shimeji mushrooms and zucchini. The second includes grilled sea bass, steamed rice, hijiki seaweed, shirasu sardine and salmon roe. The Summer Gozen Lunch costs Bt1,300-plus, while a-la-carte dishes start at Bt400. Make plans at (02) 687 9000 or [email protected].
