a doughy-er crust Amari's is pretty good.

Many of the Italian amari work for me; I tend to prefer the less sweet ones, but as you point out (I searched for Underberg for years in the US after stumbling across it in South Africa; I’m still hoarding a few of the...

My parents are the type to have everything, so I’ve taken to making their ‘gifts’ a dinner I prepare from top to bottom... they LOVE this as both love food and love to cook and we all teach each other so many...

the street and a half block down from the Amari Hotel). It’s very similar to Huen Penh at dinner. Or, try Ruen Come Inn on Srithron Rd, east off the Superhighway across from Wat Jet Yod. It’s an elegant old teak house...

(across from the Amari Hotel). After dinner if you go a block or two south you’ll be in trendiest area in Chiang Mai, where all the younger locals hang out til very late. 2. Huen Penh on Ratchamanka Rd inside the moat....

to these places the way there might be in places like Australia. Biscotti’s at the Regent is fantastic, but a little noisy. (Best Thai in a hotel is the Amari Watergate’s Thai on 4). Zanotti’s on Saladaeng is...

Red Hook: 4 rye 1 sweet vermouth 1 Maraschino Little Italy (not in Brooklyn, I know): 4 rye 1 sweet vermouth 1 Cynar, an Italian bitters based on artichokes, pretty delicious if you like amari as much as I do. I’m starting to...

've liked Karinya and Celadon the most. Bai Yook is disappointing and may have gone down-hill. Amari and Kitima are just okay; Lotus may be a touch better. Royal Thai downtown was more expensive but no better, and the other...

night? Can I take that back to our hotel? Also, we changed our booking for Phuket, now we’re staying in the Amari Coral Resort which is supposedly on an isolated portion on the southern edge of Patong Beach. Any rec’s...

ago now), I started casting about for a digestif that didn’t suggest that I might also enjoy butterscotch-flavored schnapps, and thereby discovered Italian amari, notably Fernet Branca. Fernet is actually slightly more...

ideas? All have been just OK so far (Celadon, Katima, Amari, Bai Yook) Vietnamese – Lucky Seafood Sushi – Sammy Sushi, Sushi Ota Japanese – Izakaya Sakura, Tajima, Teriyaki Cowboy, Hogetsu Bakery Korean –...