Food

BANGKOK — I’m sitting on a stranger’s blanket spread across a small patch of grass with a severe buzz from rapid-fire soju shots with every person I meet. It’s May 1, 2014, in Pyongyang, North Korea, and it seems everyone in the capital city has come to Mt. Taesong to dance and sway to the shrill of operatic recitatives celebrating hard work and self-reliance for Labor Day. Families huddle around bottles of moonshine and from small grills sizzle assorted meat and vegetables.

BANGKOK — Milky cheeses, peppery smoked meats, and buttery pate made by Thai hands, cows, and ducks are just some of the bougie delicacies available at a new French grocer in Bangkok.

BANGKOK — Thailand’s former national airline launched a street food stall at its office on Silom Road selling pa tong go, or deep fried dough fritters, in a bid to make money as the company goes through bankruptcy habilitation.

BANGKOK — Twenty years after it outgrew California to become an American phenomenon, the first Cheesecake Factory will open in Bangkok next month.

BANGKOK — Spoon hearty scoops of ropa vieja and fracase de pollo while munching on yuquitas fritas, from the comfort of your own home.

BANGKOK — After spending more than three decades cooking in an unassuming outdoor kitchen, a wok-wielding, goggles-wearing chef has been propelled to international culinary stardom by having her restaurant awarded a Michelin star.

BANGKOK — An American fast food chain that opened in Bangkok without any of its famed "supreme" beef fare will take action after it became a laughing stock on social media.

By stroke of coincidence or marketing, two Singaporean franchises selling bak kut teh have opened in Bangkok’s downtown. We visited both Old Street Bak...

BANGKOK — If a hard-drinking, globetrotting Siamese woman hitched trains to Europe and back to open a bar, Ms. Jigger thinks it’s that bar. Opened...

BANGKOK — Jonesing for a 7-layer burrito or other Tex-Mex hangover fast food?