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CALENDAR 4 | Friday 26 | Saturday

Kicking off Navratri this year is an annual cultural Celebrate the Spooky Season in style with the whole
celebration–Dandiya Night! Held at the Radisson family at Topgolf Thailand with their Topgolf
1 | Tuesday Blu Plaza, expect an evening filled with traditional Halloween Party. Today and tomorrow, the space will
music, a delicious vegetarian buffet (with Jain and fast be transformed in spook-tacular style, and the party
Sirimahannop, the food options), and a chance to win big in a lucky draw, will feature games, face painting, DJs, and much more
elegant Thai tall ship at featuring gold and silver coins up for grabs. So grab to keep you entertained for hours. Guests who book for
Asiatique the Riverfront, your sticks, and get ready to dance the night away to two hours get an extra hour free, and those who come
is celebrating its 4th DJ Dev’s funky beats! in costume will get the chance to win a price worth THB
anniversary from today 50,000 so make sure to pre-book online!
Time: 7.30pm to 1am
and throughout October. Price: Walk-in prices are THB 650 for children and THB Price: Starting from THB 550++ (up to six people per bay)
Guests with birthdays 1,050 for adults. For more information or to book, call 02 114 1289 or visit
this month can enjoy For more information, or to buy tickets, contact 092 their website, www.topgolfthailand.com
a 10 percent discount,
415 5647 (Meghana), 091 856 7730 (Rupali), 091 696 6310
while seafood lovers can indulge in a sharing Seafood
(Bharti)
platter featuring king crab, tiger prawns, French
oysters, calamari, and more, served with four sauces.
Guests can also indulge in an exclusive anniversary 6 | sunday
cocktail for the month of October, the Blue seas, a
vibrant blend of elderflower gin, kaffir lime syrup, The Los Angeles-based
Blue Curaçao, and Earl Grey tea, inspired by the ship’s pop-rock band LANY,
voyages. renowned for their
dreamy synths and
Time: 4pm to 10.30pm impactful lyrics, are
Price: THB 2,690++ for the Seafood Platter, and making their sixth return
THB 355++ for the Blue seas cocktail to the City of Angels.
For more information or to reserve, visit
Prepare for the band’s
bit.ly/RSVNSirimahannop
tour of their latest album,
“A Beautiful Blur”, which 30 | Wednesday
Comic fans, mark your taps into their rock roots
calendars – from today
with melodious sounds and dynamic lyrics–live at Impact Head over to Carmina, which is serving up delicious Latin
until 13 October, the BKK
Challenger Hall, Muang Thong Thani. cuisine for Bangkokians to indulge in, for their Carmina
Comics Art Festival is
returning for its third Time: 10pm Wine Pairing dinner featuring a 4-course menu. Enjoy
edition at the Bangkok Price: Prices range from THB 2,000 to THB 5,500 Ceviche clasico with Codorniu Cava, Avocado shrimp salad
Art and Culture Centre For more information, or to buy tickets, visit with Torres Vina Esmeralda, Chicken empanada with Rioja
(BACC). The exhibition www.thaiticketmajor.com/concert/lany-a-beautiful-blur- Red, Braised pork shoulder with Ribera Del Duero Red,
will feature local and the-world-tour-2024.html and Saffron flan with Gran Coronas Cabernet Sauvignon.
international comic Each dish is thoughtfully paired with exquisite wines
from Spain.
artists, including Atsushi Kaneko from Japan. The two-
week event includes a Comics Art Exhibition, panels, and 10 | thursday
Price: THB 1,500 per person
artist meet-and-greets. Highlights include a showcase of
Get your noses out For more information, visit their Facebook or Instagram,
Thai mythology and horror comics, experimental works, of your novels and
and a Q&A with Kaneko. The festival partners with make some room on @carminabkk
organisations like the BAAN NOKKAMIN FOUNDATION those groaning shelves
and the Embassy of Belgium in Thailand, and the
bookworms, because
convention itself will be held from 12-13 October.
chances are, you’re
Time: 11am to 7pm not read-y for the
For more information, visit their Facebook or Instagram selection at this year’s
@bkkunzine, or their website www.bkkunzine.com Book Expo Thailand.
From 10 October to 20
October, Queen’s Sirikit
Convention Centre
will transform into a book lover’s paradise, featuring
over 300 publishers with an impressive array of fiction
and non-fiction genres. Make sure you don’t miss the
Halloween-themed day on 19 October, where you can
join the “Ghosts from Books” costume contest for a
chance to win prizes.
For more information, visit www.thailandbookfair.com 31 | Thursday

3 | Thursday From today until tomorrow, celebrate the Festival of

beloved Al Saray restaurant chain’s newest branch.
On the 9th lunar month of the Chinese calendar, which 18 | Friday Lights with a 5-course meal at Al Saray Sathorn, the
falls in October this year, Thailand celebrates the Nine Today until tomorrow, at Serving up authentic Indian and Lebanese cuisine, their
Emperor Gods Festival also known as the vegetarian or Banyan Tree Bangkok’s Diwali menu, specially curated by Chef Sampooran,
jae festival. During this time, many abstain from meat Vertigo Too, get the will feature festive favourites and deliciously innovative
for nine days and nine nights, and this also marks the chance to experience a treats.
start of the Phuket Vegetarian Festival, during which 5-course Indian Goan Price: THB 1,499++ per person
devotees perform dramatic rituals like body piercing menu by Chef Rahul
and fire-walking to show their devotion. There will also ‘Picu’ Gomes Pereira For more information or for reservations, visit their
be street processions, with some locations offering free from Goa’s acclaimed Facebook @alsaraybkk
vegetarian meals during the festival. The jae festival will Jamun Restaurant,
be celebrated throughout Thailand, however, so look listed in India’s Top 25
out for the yellow flags marking delicious vegetarian by Condé Nast. Chef Picu, recognised as one of India’s top
options through the week. 30 chefs, will showcase traditional Goan dishes like Morel
mushroom, Roasted beef croquette, Kalchi kodi cod, and
Today until the 11th also marks the start of Shardiya Pork vindalho. This exclusive culinary event will highlight
Navratri, a Hindu festival observed in honour of the India’s diverse cuisine with innovative flavours and rare
goddess Durga, celebrated over nine nights and ten ingredients, such as the Gucchi mushroom.
days. For those who celebrate, make sure to brush up
Price: THB 1,599 per person or THB 1,999 net with a
on your vegetarian recipes, or if you’re looking for more
inspiration on how to celebrate from fellow community special cocktail pairing
members, check out our Spill the Chai article (page 22), For more information and reservations, contact 02 679
where community members talk about the ways they 1200 or email
hostesses-bangkok@banyantree.com
celebrate this auspicious occasion, and how strictly they
keep to the traditional fast.
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