[You may have noticed
that some of our Bangkok entry dates occur *before* our entries
in Vietnam and Cambodia. This is because we stopped briefly in
Bangkok on the way to Vietnam, and then again on the way back
from Cambodia.]
one of the
"acts"
Tonight Samson took us to a delicious and entertaining
restaurant called Bed Bar. (Samson is a friend from home living
in Bangkok at the moment.) Bed Bar is in a (specially built) building
that looks like a small airplane hangar with a completely white
interior and two levels of, you guessed it... long, continuous
beds. It was chef's choice fixed-menu night and the food was absolutely
fabulous, but that's not even the best part. While you're cozied
up in bed complete with pillows and a plush blanket, sipping cocktails
and being served a 4-course gourmet meal, a variety of interesting
"acts" are performed around the restaurant. "Acts?"
you ask. Here are some of the highlights:
1) A
suspended in the center of the restaurant. The canoe is filled
with tropical fruit which she hands out to people when they
walk by.
2) Two men dressed in white walk out with a large wooden
alligator hanging on puppeteer sticks. They clatter around
the first floor and then walk out.
3) A muscle-bound Thai boxer, oiled up and dressed in bright
red shorts, walks around, flexing and posing. (see picture
above)
4) A policeman walks around stiffly and salutes. As he
reaches the platform on the stairs he breaks out into an amazing
(Michael Jackson style) breakdance routine accompanied, of
course, by appropriate music and lighting. Here's the shortest
video in the world of this:
(282kb),
(512kb).
5) The same woman from (1) walks around with a
And those were just the highlights. Needless
to say, it was a visual feast as well as a culinary feast.
Susan and Samson
enjoying the soup
For the foodies out there, here's the menu: - cold melon
and crab soup - arugula,
rhubarb and white truffle sorbet
salad -
(similar to sea
bass) with a ginger, sesame,
and soy crust -
strawberry rhubarb and white
chocolate flow cake
And all this is yours for the unbeatable price
of only US$35 per person (pricey for Thailand, but considering
the food quality, it's an amazing deal). But wait, there's more:
you also get admission to their exclusive club next door for dancing
all night. I love this place.
