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It's lips licking good!
What do Samsung, Wonder Girls, and BonChon have in common? Besides they are native Korean subjects, and, like most Korean products, they aggressively invaded into every corner of America with no mercy. And BonChon, the fried chicken that "it isn't merely today's best chicken; it's perfect, the best fried chicken that I've ever had", landed in Bangkok.
BonChon Chicken ***1/4
2/F Seenspace 13
251/1 Soi Thonglor 13
Soi 55 Sukhumvit Road
Wattana, Bangkok 10110
Tel.: 02.185.2361
Open daily : 11 am - 11 pm
Pay (food only for two): around THB 500
*(Update - 2011 December: Korean finger licking fried chicken is now also available in Bangkok's biggest mall - the Central World Plaza)
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This one is getting better on our last visit. Another stock market fact for the restaurant. :)
Bangkok voted Asia's best food and wine destination
Travel website Tripadvisor.com has announced the winners of its "2011 Traveler's Choice Food and Wine Destinations" awards, with Bangkok beating out Hong Kong to claim top prize in the Asia category.
But though Bangkok might be making great strides where wine appreciation is concerned, it's definitely the food and not the drink that earned this street food mega-city the top spot on the list.
Here are the full lists of Asia, United States and European winners.
2011 Travelers' Choice Food and Wine Asia Destinations
1. Bangkok, Thailand
2. Hong Kong
3. Seminyak, Indonesia
4. Singapore
5. Sapporo, Japan
6. Hoi An, Vietnam
7. Kyoto, Japan
8. Seoul, Korea
9. Osaka, Japan
10. Koh Samui, Thailand
2011 Travelers' Choice Food and Wine U.S. Destinations
1. New Orleans, Louisiana
2. Napa, California
3. Chicago, Illinois
4. Charleston, South Carolina
5. San Francisco, California
6. New York City, New York
7. Savannah, Georgia
8. Santa Fe, New Mexico
9. Las Vegas, Nevada
10. Asheville, North Carolina
2011 Travelers' Choice Food and Wine Europe Destinations
1. Florence, Italy
2. Paris, France
3. Rome, Italy
4. Sorrento, Italy
5. York, England
6. Siena, Italy
7. Bologna, Italy
8. San Sebastian, Spain
9. Barcelona, Spain
10. Edinburgh, Scotland
TripAdvisor says its inaugural Travelers' Choice Food and Wine Destinations award winners were determined based on traveler ratings and TripAdvisor reviews.
They are all from Korea and they are all popular and profitable.
This chicken place was also introduced in local magazine call Westways.
Look forward to the chicken.
Oops.. missed the question. The answer seems to be too explicit though I tend to agree to the same.
Bangkok, New Orleans, Florence voted tops for food and wine.
In a surprise for many, Bangkok edges out Hong Kong to clinch top spot on Tripadvisor.com's Travelers' Choice list.
9 October, 2011
Travel website Tripadvisor.com has announced the winners of its 2011 Travelers' Choice Food and Wine Destinations awards, with New Orleans, Florence and Bangkok taking top honors in the United States, Europe and Asia, respectively.
The inaugural Travelers' Choice Food and Wine Destinations award winners are based on traveler ratings and TripAdvisor reviews.
For many, Bangkok edging out Hong Kong to claim top prize in the Asia category comes as a surprise, given Thailand's high taxation rate on imported wine, and all imported alcohol.
Though Bangkok might be making great strides in wine appreciation, it's definitely the food and not the drink that earned this street food mega-city its top spot on the list.
Long revered for its spicy mix of culinary cultures -- including Creole, French, African, Cajun, Native American, and, lately, Asian influences -- New Orleans remains one of the world's prime travel destinations for eating.
Italian cities dominated the European list with Rome, Sorrento, Bolonga and Siena making the top 10.
Here are the full lists of Asia, United States and European winners. 2011 Travelers' Choice Food and Wine Asia Destinations
1. Bangkok, Thailand
2. Hong Kong
3. Seminyak, Indonesia
4. Singapore
5. Sapporo, Japan
6. Hoi An, Vietnam
7. Kyoto, Japan
8. Seoul, Korea
9. Osaka, Japan
10. Koh Samui, Thailand
2011 Travelers' Choice Food and Wine U.S. Destinations
1. New Orleans, Louisiana
2. Napa, California
3. Chicago, Illinois
4. Charleston, South Carolina
5. San Francisco, California
6. New York City, New York
7. Savannah, Georgia
8. Santa Fe, New Mexico
9. Las Vegas, Nevada
10. Asheville, North Carolina
2011 Travelers' Choice Food and Wine Europe Destinations
1. Florence, Italy
2. Paris, France
3. Rome, Italy
4. Sorrento, Italy
5. York, England
6. Siena, Italy
7. Bologna, Italy
8. San Sebastian, Spain
9. Barcelona, Spain
10. Edinburgh, Scotland
Maybe the Orange Chicken, Choy Suei and chicken salad can't be found in many menus from restaurants in HK, giving the impression there isn't enough authentic food here. What's more some mainland wine like 茅台 & 五加皮 are picking up here; so the western people may not appreciate these kinds of classic Chinese wine... haha :)
Anyway, HK should fall behind BKK if the price and services factors are counted. Rocket high rent and the laying off of the junior staff in restaurants (due to minimum wage). The seniors need to take more work from the juniors when the restaurants can't afford too many staff. Most of all, when the seniors' salary is HK$10k without any benefit from the minimum wage, then the juniors' salary jumps to HK$8k from 6k. This creates many social problems among the working classes. Some already claimed they don't mind a lower salary as they really want just a place to work. Now that they are forced to be a lazy person to get the Gov't money.
Service is the 2nd important factor affecting the restaurants' business. Though customers are not paying for "a smile", at least they hope they wouldn't see some black face as their appetizers.
Wow TC you really have good survey on the wine and dine.
I totally agree that BKK has good good and good price. If price is taken into the factor, it even exceeds HK as HK is more expensive for the same quality of food that we enjoy in BKK.
Thank you BKK.
yeh i think some voters in TripAdvisor's were upset that HK doesn't serve them orange chicken/pork but the authentic (and proper name) sweet and sour chicken or Najing pork ribs .. hahaha
Lucky to stay in HK or BKK.
Congratulations to Bangkok, for the Asia best food and wine title.
I have heard of BonChon too, and soon it will open one in London.
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