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Thai coconut sundae a hit in San Diego

  HELPING build a reputation for Thai desserts in the US is an ice cream parlour in San Diego started by two Thai men with a cool idea of serving coconut sundae in half coconut shell and importing ingredients from Thailand to make this treat, Naewna newspaper said today (May 28). Called Cocobomb, the parlour

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Chadchart imposes quadruple ban this Songkarn

  BANGKOK Governor Chadchart Sittipunt today (Mar. 27) said preparations are underway to celebrate Songkran next month but a quadruple ban is being imposed with this being no sale and consumption of alcohol, using high-pressure water guns, smearing powder and wearing revealing clothes, Naewna newspaper said. Speaking after chairing the executive board meeting on the

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Pad Thai listed by Oxford dictionary website as an international word

  THE tasty Thai noodle dish “Pad Thai” enjoyed all around the world has now been listed in the Oxford dictionary website as a category C2 international word, which puts it on par with words like pizza from Italy, Sanook.com said today (Mar. 10). A search at https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/ yields the following definition for Pad Thai:

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Krabi checking modified long-tail boats after 3 capsizes in 2 months

AROUND 70-80 modified long-tail boats have been called in for inspection by the Marine Department’s office in Krabi after three of them capsized in two months killing two foreign tourists with many others injured, Matichon newspaper said this afternoon (Feb. 16). Mr. Mana Nuanwan, director of this office, said the owners of these long-tail boats

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