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In the mid-2000s, there was a lack of "authentic" Thai food in Toronto. [1] Jeff Regular and Thai-born Nuit Regular set out to fill this gap, and opened Sukhothai in 2008. [1] The chefs continued to open Thai restaurants in Toronto, including Sabai Sabai Kitchen and Bar and Khao San Road. [2]
Grand Harbour is located on the shore of Lake Ontario just west of Humber Bay Park and Mimico Creek. The site was originally home to the Mimico Motor Hotel and the Westpoint Motel and Restaurant, two of the many motels along the Lakeshore strip that became a prominent landmark in the 1950s due to the prominent advertising of the motels ...
The Grand Hyatt Erawan replaced the government-owned Erawan Hotel, which had been established on the southeast corner of Ratchaprasong Intersection in 1956. One of Bangkok's top luxury hotels in the 1960s, by the 1980s the Erawan was unable to keep up with competition from private enterprises, and The Syndicate of Thai Hotels and Tourists Enterprises, the state-owned company that operated the ...
The Thai government expects 35 million foreign arrivals this year, on the back of longer visa stay periods and visa waivers being extended to more nationalities.
Phra Racha Wang Derm (Thonburi Palace) (1768) – Royal palace of King Taksin; now site of the Royal Thai Navy headquarters.; Front Palace (Phra Ratchawang Bowon Sathan Mongkhon), Bangkok (1782–85) – Residence of the holder of the same title, who was also known as the uparaja or "vice king".
A mother-of-pearl inlay of "Maha Varabhorn", the Knight Grand Cross (1st Class) of Order of the White Elephant, version that was used from 1869 to 1909, at the gates of Phra Uposatha of Wat Ratchabophit Sathit Maha Simaram, Bangkok.
The front of Thai-Khu-Fah Building, Government House. The Thai-Khu-Fah Building (Thai: ตึกไทยคู่ฟ้า) is an important building on the Government House grounds. The building is home to the Cabinet of Thailand and the Office of the Prime Minister. The prime minister does not live in this building.
Amidst vast gardens and landscaping stand the following buildings: Wehart Chamrunt (Heavenly Light), a Chinese-style royal palace and throne room; the Warophat Phiman (Excellent and Shining Heavenly Abode), a royal residence; Ho Withun Thasana (Sages' Lookout), a brightly painted lookout tower; and the Aisawan Thiphya-Art (Divine Seat of Personal Freedom), a pavilion constructed in the middle ...