Brio is a new authentic Italian restaurant in Bangkok Marriott Resort and Spa first launched itself in July 2008. The name “Brio” means cozy and warmth. This 85-seat venue provides adequate lighting and space while you can feel the friendly and cozy ambience from its earth tone decoration of brick walls, paintings and chic accessories.

Chef Antonio Facchinetti is the venue’s head chef. He has been in Thailand for four years working as an Italian chef. Our sample menus fall onto antipasti, pasta dish, risotto, pizza and dessert.

We got started with the Moleche Fritte con Pomodoro Fresco all’Agro con limoni conservati which is the soft shell crab fried served with polenta served with marinated tomatoes and preserved lemon. This dish is nice with a good combination of all ingredients. Followed by the Allo Scoglio, seafood spaghetti of prawns, mussels, clams cooked with chili, parsley, garlic and olive oil. This dish has a little hot and spicy taste.

We were then served with the traditional baked pizza called Bianca al Prosciutto which is the Parma Ham pizza with fresh mozzarella, parmesan and arugula. The pizza is cooked perfectly and topped with rocket salad and it balances cheesy taste of the dish very well. It’s simply why we love it

The next dish is the Con Funghi Porcini which is the porcini mushroom risotto. The risotto is cooked perfectly: the rice is not too soggy outside or crisp inside with good combination of all ingredients.

We end our cheerful lunch with lovely Pena Cotta served with many refreshing fruits and berries to choose: cantaloupe, melon, red berry, blue berry and passion fruit. The sweet Pena Cotta and meringue go nicely with the sour tastes of fruit.

The staff and service are what we’re impressed about the place. Here you will receive a fast and tending service from active and smiling staffs. At the venue, there is wine and digestive selection liqueur for your food pairing as well as the outlet for traditional Italian ingredients. At day time, the venue is usually casual while at dinner, it will all be lighted with candle light changing to the romantic mode. It is a place you can simply feel the comfort from the cozy atmosphere and welcoming staffs.

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Siam Square is known as the center of fashion and teenagers in Bangkok. As a meeting place of teenagers, we can see boys and girls dressing fashionably and sometimes weirdly, depending on their styles. We get what’s in fashion now from them, and then buy costumes (garments, shoes, bags, or ornaments) sold in the stores: Bonanza, By Pass, Lido, etc.

Besides shopping, there’re still many activities people do here. Eating out is one of them as there’re many restaurants and food & drink shops there. People may go to the cinema at Lido, Scala or Grand EGV (in Siam Discovery). Another still favorite thing for Thai teenagers is taking photographs in studios like Photo Me, U Smile, and many others, which was peak in a few years ago. One thing that sounds quite amazing is that Siam Square is also the center of tutorial institutes (so many institutes that all can’t be written of!). Maybe that’s another reason why Siam Square is the place where Thai teenagers collected.

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Situated in the most colorful shopping area of Bangkok, MBK Center is one of the top-list shopping malls which comes up as the first choice to many people’s mind.

While SiamCenter and Siam Discovery target teenagers and Siam Paragon is high-end shopping complex, MBK interestingly attracts any kinds of customers regardless sex, occupation or age.The building has been newly renovated, giving a feeling of hi-techy spacecraft to the customers.This shopping center consists of 7 floors and its shops are conveniently divided into certain zones.
Starting from the ground floor, the 2nd and 3rd floor, many youngsters are attracted to hundreds of clothing shops and boutiques, where you can easily get hot fashion update.
The next best thing is gold jewellery and accessories shops, offering quality products for gold and gem lovers, on the 2nd and 3rd floor.
Moreover, on the 3rd floor, health and beauty advocates, especially ladies, will be fascinated by spas, beauty salons and face-massage palors, offering pleasingly soothing experience.
The famous feature is mobile phone shops. On the 4th floor, you will experience hundreds of mobile stores, making this floor one of the most crowded space of the mall.
You can go straight to the 5th floor and enjoy various selections of home decor accessories as well.
The 6th floor is well-known for its numerous number of Thai Handicraft shops, selling exquisitely hand-made Thai local products. No wonder this floor is especially crowded by the tourists.
MBK Center is famous for its ethnic restaurants as well. Thai, Japanese, Chinese or even Muslim food selections can be found on the 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 5th floor (where the Fifth Food Center is located).
But if you want to have just simple meals, several popular fast food restaurants are provided on the 7th floor.

After done with the shopping, don’t miss the entertainment complex on the 7th floor where you can get a groove on a variety of leisure activities in SF Cinema City, SF Music City Karaoke and SF Strike Bowl.

In addition, you can take time with a variety of activities held at the multi-function court in front of MBK, where you can enjoy good street dance performances, concerts or even tatooing competitions.

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“Discover this enigmatic city from Four Seasons Hotel, in the heart of the main shopping district just a few steps from the nearest skytrain station. Sumptuously furnished rooms are decorated with hand painted silk murals. The staff is attentive and polite, and the pool, spa and boutique plaza are a joy to return to after exploring the city.” Hemispheres, January 2008

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