Magic and mystery on the isle

Magic and mystery on the isle

Thailand’s Koh Tao has been voted the top island in Asia by TripAdvisor with voters singing the praises of its white sand beaches. The ranking comes despite Koh Tao being in the press over the past year for all the wrong reasons. In September, a British couple was found murdered on one of the island’s many beaches. In January, another British man was found dead on the beach. In a separate incident on the same day, authorities found a Frenchman who had apparently committed suicide by hanging, despite his hands being bound behind his back. - DPA

 

Direct to Sapporo

AirAsia X made its inaugural flight from Bangkok’s Don Mueang Airport (DMK) to Sapporo’s New Chitose Airport (CTS) last Friday and is now offering the new service on Airbus A330-300 aircraft. Flight D7 620 departs Bangkok at 11.10pm and arrives in Sapporo at 7.50am local time. The return flight D7 621 takes off from New Chitose Airport at 8.55am and lands at Don Mueang Airport at 2.10pm. Visit www.AirAsia.com.

 

Food for thought

Blue Elephant restaurant recently arranged a special cooking class for underprivileged women from the New Life Centre Foundation. Orchestrated by Chef Nooror Somany Steppe of Blue Elephant and Khunying Finola Chatamra, the private cooking demonstration aimed to empower women with culinary skills for their future and strengthen the ethnic minority community. 

  

Lobster as you like it

Elements restaurant at The Okura Prestige Bangkok has introduced four new a la carte lobster dishes created by chef de cuisine Henry Jordan. The dishes are designed to satisfy the ever-growing demand in Bangkok for this very popular marine crustacean. “Diners eagerly await the arrival of the new lobster season and we at Elements are again satisfying that appetite with a menu featuring lobster bisque, heirloom beetroot and lobster salad, lobster stuffed hushpuppies and espelette poached Maine lobster,” Jordan says. Book a table at (02) 687 9000 |or e-mail: [email protected].