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Apr 06 2012

Club Mango, Fahrenheit and Fase II (Fase Dos), Medellin

Club Mango, Fahrenheit and Fase II (Fase Dos), Medellin

Club Mango was a huge dissapointment. This still is the most famous club of Medellin although they already had their best days. What a trap. It took me quite some time to venture out there. Fahrenheit is not that far from it but it is still a distance. I walked there from Mango’s about 30min because I could not get a taxi in the rain. Fahrenheit was better, but it is just a normal mainstream club with nothing that fascinated me any bit.

Fase II (Fase Dos) is probably the best naughty nightlife spot. I sadly did not get video permission inside, although I discussed it over a long time with a manager there. The place is well organized and started to fill up around 10:30pm. The shows are pretty good, the girls are really hot. When looking for tits and especially ass, this place can hardly be beaten worldwide. The vibe was similar like what I experienced at termas 4×4 in Rio de Janeiro with the difference that it is not a termas and you don’t sit in a boite.

There are about 50 to 75 girls regularly hanging out at the place. What I really disliked was that after an about 10-15 minute dance shift all the (mostly single) perfomers go around and hassle guests for tips. After that I changed from the centred stage seating area more to the bar area, overlooking the shows with more distance and watching my back better. The place has capacity for around 100 guests and always gets packed at weekends. There is an establishment with rooms right next to it where you can pay for ST sessions. For me Fase 2 is more a good place for the shows, for additional pleasure I would rather go to the plentyful Casas. The video release section for Casas will be delayed. Comparing a pole dance of a Thai bargirl with the chicas at Fase 2 getting wild on the stage is ridiculous. I mean I love the sweet Thai/Filipina bargirls on stage but their bodies and behavior aren’t naturally made for such shows : it is the natural territory of some hot Latina’s.

Jan 14 2012

Gaggan restaurant, Soi Langsuan, Bangkok

Gaggan is maybe the world’s only restaurant serving Indian molecular gastronomy, the owner calls it progressive Indian cuisine.
Sra Bua restaurant at Siam Kempinski is the only other molecular gastronomy restaurant in Bangkok so far.
Spains “El Bully” restaurant owner, Michelin star chef Ferran Adria came up with the whole idea. Gaggan had worked there as an intern.
Chef Adria did close his restaurant last year by the way and now thinks of opening a simple tapas restaurant.
Tyler has the following opinion :
“My hypothesis is that the restaurant was never intended to turn a profit, but rather it was a loss leader for book sales, endorsements, lecture fees, TV contracts, cookware lines, and so on for Ferran Adria. Even if higher prices could bring in a twenty percent rate of profit, it wouldn’t — at this point — be worth keeping the place up and running. Adria already has a reputation as the world’s greatest chef, running the world’s greatest restaurant. It’s best to quit while ahead and branch out into food-related money-making ventures.”

The restaurant looks like a traditional Thai style house, the interieur is simple decorated. Cool was to sit at this see-through glass window with a view into the kitchen. We all had the tasting menu (group of 4, THB 1600 each, including 10 courses).

The Indian person serving our table gave me this kind of friendly but sadly dishonest feeling, looking at me like as if he tried to stash out as much money from me that evening as possible. When he realized after course 3 or so that I can be a tough and unfunny game, he suddenly disappeared and someone else took over.
The dishes were tiny and what exactly reminds people there of Indian cusine ?

To sum it up : the whole experience there was mediocre and rather boring.

I share the opinion of Mr. Jakobs, St. Regis hotel, here who said to me beforehand that a good cuisine should not be influenced by trends.
And I go even further and say : I dislike molecular gastronomy – i like molecular biology !