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Adding diversity to Thailand’s culinary offerings
are mobile restaurants and food trucks, which
offer innovative seasonal menus for a designat-
ed period of time. Although many congregate
in the capital city of Bangkok, international pop-
ups can also be found in other major
tourist cities like Phuket, Pattaya, Koh Samui
and Chiang Mai.
Another kind of pop-up are one-off
dinners held at five-star hotels and standalone
Michelin-starred restaurants, which feature
world-renowned chefs who team up with local
chefs for gourmet dinners and exclusive degus-
tation menus.
Some of Bangkok’s top fine dining restaurants
that do this include Le Normandie and Issaya
Cooking Studio, along with five star global
hotel chains like Mandarin Oriental, Banyan
Tree, The St. Regis, and SO Sofitel. These
establishments invite both guests and chefs to
curate one-of-a-kind gastronomic journeys.
These international pop-ups add flair to any
incentive trip, because not only do they offer
universal edge, but they also showcase local
talent and creativity in a glamourous way.
One of the most recent ones that garnered
wide media attention was Dinner In The Sky
“The success of this pop-up Thailand. This pop-up hosted guests 50 metres
paves the way for more future in the sky, where they got to enjoy a bird’s eye
collaborations between
view of the city’s commercial district, while
Thailand and world-famous feasting on a five-star dinner prepared by
Sheraton Grande Sukhumvit. Although
brands, signifying great gastro- Bangkok’s one is over, there is word of future
nomic adventures for the future Dinner In The Sky pop-ups in other locations,
of the nation’s culinary scene.” including Phuket, and potentially one by the
Chao Phraya riverside.
The success of this pop-up paves the way for
more future collaborations between Thailand
and world-famous brands, signifying great
gastronomic adventures for the future of the
nation’s culinary scene.
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