Ostrich meat?
This evening I went to dinner at the Rio Grill Brazillian Restaurant at this unremarkable hotel that I am sure not many people in Bangkok have been to. Its at the Asia Hotel which is walking distance to the main shopping district of Siam Paragon and Siam Centre. I walked in and felt as if I had gone back to another time. The hotel reminded me of times when big lobbies and large reception areas were the signs of a good hotel. There were some art nouveau type decorations and stained glass signs. It has a certain charm to it which I cannot describe. It is so clean it doesn't have any of the "smell" that usually accompanies old buildings and is so clean and simple. I suppose I like the simplicity of it all. It isn't trying to be anything it isn't. It simply is a hotel that was opened a in another era, when Bangkok didn't have sky trains or subways, when shopping malls didn't exist. I ate at this Rio Grill Brazilian Restaurant which reminded me of t...