Holy mackerel!

Visitors are invited to tuck into more than 50 mackerel dishes including the delicious “Pla Too Satia” and a simple but sensational mackerel soup with tropical fruit. Stretched out along the Gulf of Thailand, Samut Songkhram is famous for country’s best mackerel with a rich nutty flavour. Cooking workshops and colourful shows will add more flavour to the festival. Samut Songkram is two hours drive to Bangkok’s South.

 

Air credit with AirAsia

AirAsia welcomes the AEC with a new pre-paid “AirAsia Asean Pass”, which offers a fixed price on selected routes throughout the Asean region. The credit-based system acts like a single currency, thus doing away with foreign exchange hassles as routes are valued according to credit. AirAsia Asean Pass holders will be able to purchase flights to more than 137 destinations throughout Asean with these credits. The pass will be made available for booking on the website in 2015.

 

Dad’s day out

Royal Orchid Sheraton Hotel & Towers marks Father’s Day on Friday with special deals for lunch and dinner at Feast restaurant. Father enjoys a free meal when dining with four adults (or more). The lunch buffet is priced Bt790 per person, while dinner goes for Bt1250. The riverside hotel offers a complimentary shuttle boat service from Saphan Taksin BTS Station every half-hour. For more information or reservations, call (02) 266 9214 or email [email protected].

 

Sit back and dine

THAI Airways is to serve hot dishes to customers travelling in Business Class on domestic route across Thailand. The new menu is being introduced on Friday on the Bangkok-Chiang Mai and Bangkok-Phuket routes. THAI’s acting president, Air Chief Marshal Siwakiat Jayema, third left, shows off some of the dishes that will be on offer.