Dining at the Mandarin Oriental ~ Bangkok, Thailand

Dinner al fresco along the Chao Phraya River

For our last night in Bangkok

we splurged and had dinner

at the Mandarin Oriental

Hotel,  said to be the best

hotel in the world.  The Oriental

was the first hotel in Thailand

and has hosted stars, dignitaries

and writers such as, Somerset

Maugham, Noel Coward and

Joseph Conrad.

We were greeted in the lobby

with a string quartet setting

a romantic mood.

We rode a teak boat across the

river and ate under a beautiful

jacaranda tree by moonlight.

The chefs make lovely carved

fruit arrangements.

The appetizers.

When we travel in foreign countries

we like to sample many of the dishes.

So we order what we would like

and then pass them family style

so we can taste the culture.

Just Desserts.

We had such a good time, we

closed the place but it will be a

night we will remember forever.