Restaurant & Bar openings in Bangkok
| ABC SITUATED on the third floor of 9:53 Community Mall, Thonglor Soi 9, this hidden café is decorated with a simple yet sophisticated interior design theme. The menu embraces the concept of wholesome fusion food and comprises salads, wraps, pasta, soups, various main courses, and desserts. Highlights include ABC Duck (B420), Duck confit, slow-cooked for eight hours for crispy skin and succulent meat, served with prune risotto and sautéed spinach; and Weekend Wrap (B280), a warm tortilla filled with grilled Rosemary chicken, lettuce, sweetcorn, sautéed mushrooms, and grilled asparagus. The specialty coffees served at ABC are grown and processed at the owner’s own coffee plantation, Omkoi Estate, in Chiangmai. Thonglor Soi 9. Open daily 11am-10pm Tel: 02-2620876 www.facebook.com/abc.eatery |   |
| Craft Silom THE second branch of Craft in Bangkok (the first is on Sukhumvit Soi 23) has opened on Soi Surasak (981 Silom Rd), in the same building that houses Whisgars and the Minus 13 Ice Lounge. Alongside a menu of traditional bar snacks, the new venue offers 20 draught popular, niche and avant-garde beers and ales, as well as bottled beers from Beervana, Hopsession, Mikkeller, and more importers of craft beers. www.facebook.com/CRAFTBANGKOK |
 Scruffy Apron OWNED and operated by the same team behind hip hangout Hyde & Seek on Soi Ruamrudee, Scruffy Apron brings western comfort food and premium quality drinks to the buzzing dining center of EmQuartier’s The Helix building (6th floor). The restaurant features Victorian market-style décor with departmentalized cooking stations specializing in various types of cuisines – such as freshly made paella and pasta, house-cured charcuterie, fresh seafood, bakery and cheese, dessert bar, etc. – while craft beers, fine wines, and creative cocktails round out the experience. Emquartier, 6th floor, The Helix Building. Open Mon-Thurs 10.30am-10pm; Fri-Sun 10.30am-11pm. Tel: 02 003 6262/3 www.facebook.com/scruffyapron |  |
 |  The Drunken Leprechaun AFTER opening with a fun-packed party in Phuket’s Patong Beach last month, The Drunken Leprechaun has now arrived Bangkok with a branch on Sukhumvit 15 (at the Four Points by Sheraton Bangkok). Like the Phuket pub, the Bangkok |
iteration of TDL offers a wide variety of Irish beers and food served in a fun and laid-back atmosphere. Daily Happy Hours are held from 4pm-8pm with special prices on selected beers, wines and spirits.
Four Points by Sheraton Bangkok, Sukhumvit 15
Tel: 02 309 3126 www.fourpointsbangkoksukhumvit.com
Four Points by Sheraton Bangkok, Sukhumvit 15
Tel: 02 309 3126 www.fourpointsbangkoksukhumvit.com
