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7PM
Dinner – reservations recommended – is served at
Bo.lan, consistently heralded as one of Bangkok’s
top tables since it opened back in 2009. Serving royal
Thai-style cuisine, with dishes exhaustively researched
from authentic palace recipes, co-chefs and couple
Duangporn ‘Bo’ Songvisava and Dylan Jones –
hence the restaurant name – serve an ever-changing
degustation menu where all dishes are
served at the same time.
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10AM
Suitably caffeinated, head across the road to explore
the grounds of Wat Po, home to a gold-leaf covered,
46 metre long reclining Buddha. Occupying a site
just south of the Grand Palace, this 17th century
temple is one of the oldest in Bangkok. For a little
good luck, buy a bag of coins as you enter the main
hall and place one in each of the 108 bowls that line
the walls. If you’re a little worn out, it also houses a
school for traditional massage.
9PM
Swap the leafy environs of Bo.lan for the
creative chic of WTF, a cool little bar that
occupies a shophouse on a tiny alley. As well as
being a chilled refuge for a coterie of artists, it’s
also a gallery space for interesting shows such
as the recent ‘Never, Never Land’, where 12
local ‘thinkers’ created artwork about a world
lacking negative influences. Next door is cult
record shop ZudRangMa.
8AM
Start the day off right
with a filling Thai-style
Western breakfast washed
down with traditional ice
tea at iconic Old Town
cafe On Lok Yun (+66 22
23 9621), followed by a
coffee at Elefin, a gorgeous
little cafe located directly
opposite the famous Wat Po
temple. The coffee beans
used in their excellent
cold brews are sourced
directly from small farms
on Doi Chang (Elephant
Mountain) in the far north
of Thailand.
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