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 | Originally opening in 2014 on the streets of Pattaya, Today’s MAY’s Urban Thai Dine has restaurants located in four different locations across Asia; Pattaya Thailand, Bali Indonesia and Ho Chi Minh Vietnam. MAY’s Urban Thai Dine is the brainchild of former hotelier Maypreeya Cavin. The concept of MAY’s Urban Thai Dine is founded on four elements; taste, design, price, and vibe. Her cuisine highlights Thai flavors in a way that is welcome to everyone’s taste buds regardless of where they’re from. May defines her own food as a ‘Refined Thai Street Food’ and she believes that food needs to be ‘simple yet significant’. Growing up on a farm, May has an affinity with nature, and this reflects on the design of MAYs Urban Thai Dine. No matter where on the planet one of her restaurants is located, it will have a contemporary Thai design punctuated with greenery to help create a cozy and warm atmosphere for the guests. Despite MAY’s Urban Thai Dine having already attained international recognition, being humble with prices and serving a fair portion is something the that May holds close to her heart; indeed this has been one of the four original pillars since the brand’s inception. |
Having been in the hospitality industry herself, May believes that dining isn’t just about feeding the body. It’s also about feeding the soul. Guests should have a great experience through enjoying great food as well as great hospitality. That warm and welcome feeling is core to the whole vibe of MAY’s Urban Thai Dine.
The signature of MAYs Urban Thai Dine is May’s is the use of her selection of homemade curry pastes which are made by her personally. The pastes use hand-picked, fresh ingredients of the highest quality. Guests can be sure that everything about their dining experience will be top-notch “My philosophy in cooking is very simple. Be earnest! Be earnest to your customers and serve them the food they came for; quality food and quality service. We need to also be earnest to our brand and to what we believe in. This is why at MAYs Urban Thai Dine we have a lot of repeat guests; they know exactly what to expect from us” said Maypreeya Cavin.
The signature of MAYs Urban Thai Dine is May’s is the use of her selection of homemade curry pastes which are made by her personally. The pastes use hand-picked, fresh ingredients of the highest quality. Guests can be sure that everything about their dining experience will be top-notch “My philosophy in cooking is very simple. Be earnest! Be earnest to your customers and serve them the food they came for; quality food and quality service. We need to also be earnest to our brand and to what we believe in. This is why at MAYs Urban Thai Dine we have a lot of repeat guests; they know exactly what to expect from us” said Maypreeya Cavin.
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Maypriya or ‘May’ is the owner of MAYS Urban Thai Dine located in Pattaya, Vietnam and Bali Indonesia. May is no stranger to the Food and Beverage scene. Prior to her success as a restaurant and franchise owner, she was an F&B executive for several international hotel brands, her last role being the director of Operations for Zinc Hospitality.
Her road to success wasn’t all rosey. May is one of seven siblings, born in Bueng Kan, Thailand. Despite being the second youngest, she was still required to prepare meals for the family when they were returning from the farm.
At the age of 19, May moved to Bangkok and found employment working at a retail store. When she became aware of a job opening as a restaurant hostess in Dubai, she applied for the position and was successful, resulting in her traveling to Dubai to take up that position. While in Dubai, she worked for several 5 star hotels including the Dusit Thani, and Le Meridien. She realized that this was something that she excelled at, and over the years worked her way up the ranks finally working as the assistant F&B manager at Plaza Athenee in Bangkok.
Taking a break from the hotel scene, May decided to open a small street food stall in 2014 in the streets of Pattaya. Here, May herself cooked, bringing her homemade curry pastes and flavours into the vibrant nighttime dining scene. Her stall became so popular that she soon needed to move her stall off the street into a more permanent venue. The success of her brand of cooking continued and she has since expanded into four fully blown restaurants across Thailand, Vietnam and Indonesia.
May is a hard working woman, coming from a humble background and fervently believes that dining is not only about food. It’s the social interaction between the guests and the hosts, combined with sourcing the finest ingredients chosen culminating in memorable dishes that bring it all together.
“If you ask me why dining is important, I’d say it comes from when I was a child not having a lot and food wasn’t enough for all seven of us. To have home cooked food, sitting together as a family, or to be able to share with neighbours means everything to me. I want to create not just a restaurant but a dining experience for people who want to try homemade style food, my own homemade pastes, and experience MAYS homey hospitality” said May
Her road to success wasn’t all rosey. May is one of seven siblings, born in Bueng Kan, Thailand. Despite being the second youngest, she was still required to prepare meals for the family when they were returning from the farm.
At the age of 19, May moved to Bangkok and found employment working at a retail store. When she became aware of a job opening as a restaurant hostess in Dubai, she applied for the position and was successful, resulting in her traveling to Dubai to take up that position. While in Dubai, she worked for several 5 star hotels including the Dusit Thani, and Le Meridien. She realized that this was something that she excelled at, and over the years worked her way up the ranks finally working as the assistant F&B manager at Plaza Athenee in Bangkok.
Taking a break from the hotel scene, May decided to open a small street food stall in 2014 in the streets of Pattaya. Here, May herself cooked, bringing her homemade curry pastes and flavours into the vibrant nighttime dining scene. Her stall became so popular that she soon needed to move her stall off the street into a more permanent venue. The success of her brand of cooking continued and she has since expanded into four fully blown restaurants across Thailand, Vietnam and Indonesia.
May is a hard working woman, coming from a humble background and fervently believes that dining is not only about food. It’s the social interaction between the guests and the hosts, combined with sourcing the finest ingredients chosen culminating in memorable dishes that bring it all together.
“If you ask me why dining is important, I’d say it comes from when I was a child not having a lot and food wasn’t enough for all seven of us. To have home cooked food, sitting together as a family, or to be able to share with neighbours means everything to me. I want to create not just a restaurant but a dining experience for people who want to try homemade style food, my own homemade pastes, and experience MAYS homey hospitality” said May
