Tag: Ranjith Chandrasiri
Rudy Casera delights at Bruno’s Chaîne Dinner
The Pattaya chapter of the Chaîne des Rôtisseurs, under the presidency of its “Bailli” Ranjith Chandrasiri, held another of its gourmet dinners, this...
Sheraton and Broken Hills Wine Dinner
Broken Hills is an Australian label, using grapes from all over the great sunburned land, and with their winemaker Leigh Gilligan being available,...
Royal Cliff Wine Club celebrates 10 years and really is deVine
It was another full house for the 10th anniversary of Ranjith Chandrasiri’s spectacular wine club at the Royal Cliff, now called the deVine...
deVine Wine Club accepts a Mission Impossible
Do you remember the original TV series Mission Impossible? It began each week with “Your mission, Mr. Phelps, should you choose to accept...
Tuscany wine appraisal
There is much more to imbibing in Pattaya than the (now fallacious) image of merely beer swilling. Over the past decade, Pattaya’s residents...
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Songkran in Pattaya becomes a test of patience for long-term foreign residents
PATTAYA, Thailand – Songkran, Thailand’s iconic New Year water festival, has long drawn tourists eager to join in the nationwide splashes and street celebrations....
Fuel hike cuts into Pattaya delivery riders’ take-home pay
PATTAYA, Thailand – The morning after a steep 6-baht fuel price hike, scenes across Thailand revealed a country reacting in very different ways—quiet pumps...
Fuel panic buying hits Thailand as drivers rush ahead of 6-baht price shock
PATTAYA, Thailand – Thai motorists flocked to gas stations across the country overnight after the government announced a record fuel price hike of 6...
Pattaya villa raided, 25 foreigners arrested for 700-million-baht online gambling ring
PATTAYA, Thailand – Immigration police from Region 3 raided a luxury villa in Pattaya, Banglamung district, on March 24, uncovering a sophisticated online gambling...
Baht Hits 33 per USD, 44 per GBP as Pattaya scrambles to fill Songkran...
PATTAYA, Thailand – Thailand’s currency woes are deepening just as Pattaya braces for one of the year’s busiest tourist seasons. The baht opened on...