Asia After Dark January 2018 January 2018 | Page 11

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o k
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c
k of
f t
he Wi
ne & Di
ne s
ec
t
i
on, t
he genui
ne
s
ucc
es
s s
t
or
y t
hat i
s Bak
e ‘
n Br
ew. Si
nc
e openi
ng i
n
2009 t
hi
s bak
er
y
, c
of
f
ee s
hop, br
eak
f
as
t and br
unc
h
r
es
t
aur
ant has gone f
r
om s
t
r
engt
h t
o s
t
r
engt
h,
nav
i
gat
i
ng t
hr
ough i
nc
r
eas
i
ngl
y t
ough t
i
mes f
or t
he
i
nt
er
nat
i
onal
and es
pec
i
al
l
y Wes
t
er
n t
our
i
s
m s
ec
t
or i
n
Pat
t
ay
a. You mi
ght t
hi
nk t
hat a r
es
t
aur
ant s
el
l
i
ng a
br
oad r
ange of f
ar
ang di
s
hes t
o an i
nt
er
nat
i
onal
c
ust
omer bas
e woul
d need s
ome out
s
i
de gui
danc
e t
o
hel
p i
t al
ong. I
f s
o, y
ou c
oul
dn’
t be mor
e wr
ong.
Thai
s T
ak
o and wi
f
e T
annar
at hav
e been s
howi
ng Wes
t
er
n f
ood i
ndus
t
r
y pr
of
es
s
i
onal
s her
e i
n t
own t
he
way t
o r
un a Pat
t
ay
a-
bas
ed r
es
t
aur
ant bus
i
nes
s s
i
nc
e day one. T
ak
o has no bac
k
gr
ound i
n f
ood
what
s
oev
er
. He j
us
t l
ov
es t
o eat
. T
annar
at was t
r
ai
ned as a pas
t
r
y c
hef i
n London at Le Cor
don Bl
eu and
t
he ex
c
el
l
ent UFM c
ol
l
ege i
n Bangk
ok
. So onc
e y
ou’
v
e s
ampl
ed s
ome of her del
i
c
i
ous c
ak
es
, y
ou’
l
l
k
now
why t
hey t
as
t
e s
o good.
But c
ook
i
ng s
k
i
l
l
s al
one ar
e nowher
e near
enough t
o ens
ur
e s
uc
c
es
s i
n t
he i
nc
r
eas
i
ngl
y
c
ompet
i
t
i
v
e r
es
t
aur
ant s
ec
t
or her
e i
n Thai
l
and,
and es
pec
i
al
l
y i
n Pat
t
ay
a. The Thai
baht
s
t
r
engt
hens as Wes
t
er
n c
ur
r
enc
i
es s
t
agnat
e.
Ex
pat
s and v
i
s
i
t
or
s ar
e get
t
i
ng an ev
er
s
hr
i
nk
i
ng bi
t
e f
or t
hei
r baht
, wi
t
h l
i
t
t
l
e hope of
i
mpr
ov
ement
. So how do T
ak
o and T
annar
at
do i
t
?
I
t
’
s not r
oc
k
et s
c
i
enc
e. Though i
t mi
ght as wel
l
be t
o many r
es
t
aur
at
eur
s i
n t
own. You j
us
t
hav
e t
o get ev
er
y
t
hi
ng r
i
ght
, or as near as
dammi
t
.
Loc
at
i
on? Pr
et
t
y good, on s
oi
Xz
y
t
e, c
l
os
e t
o
t
he c
ent
r
e of t
own and t
he baht bus r
un al
ong
s
oi
Buak
hao. Admi
t
t
edl
y
, t
her
e ar
e f
ew i
f any
wal
k
-
i
ns
. But hav
i
ng r
eac
hed t
he t
i
ppi
ng poi
nt
f
or gai
ni
ng new c
us
t
omer
s l
ong ago, v
i
a wor
d
of mout
h and t
hr
ough pl
ent
y of ex
pos
ur
e on
s
oci
al
medi
a, t
hat i
s no l
onger a maj
or i
s
s
ue.
They ar
e bus
y pr
et
t
y muc
h al
l
day
, ev
er
y day
,
ev
en i
n l
ow s
eas
on.
185B Sal
mon S et - i
ncl
.
t
ea/cof
f
ee, j
ui
ce, bread
buf
f
et
, wat
er