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07/11/2025

The annual food festival Gourmet Tastival 2025, brought to you by Gourmet Market () and Gourmet Eats () under the Mall Group, is back.

This year’s theme is ‘The Flavour Kingdom’. From now until November 12, the festival takes place at Quartier Avenue, EmQuartier Shopping Complex, offering a culinary journey through three zones. At the Hidden Flavour, visitors can hunt for rare dishes crafted with premium ingredients and savour the best Thai street food. First Flight Flavour invites you to indulge in new creations from renowned chefs, while All Star Flavour offers you exclusive menus prepared by celebrity chefs just for this event.

Gourmet Tastival 2025 continues at Gourmet Market and Gourmet Eats branches in Paragon, Emporium, EmQuartier and EmSphere from November 13-December 10.

Time Out Bangkok in partnership with The Mall Group

07/11/2025

November means Bangkok's art season hits full tilt. Gridlocked streets outside, hushed galleries within – contradictions we love. From cathedral-ceiling museums to scrappy rooms above coffee shops, we've stood in front of everything here. Every exhibition deserves your time, whether you're after confusion, delight or that quietly gutted feeling.

🔗 Read more: https://www.timeout.com/bangkok/art/art-exhibitions-in-bangkok-this-november

06/11/2025

As we step gingerly into November, Penthouse Bar + Grill tempts with an indulgent Sunday brunch, Aman Nai Lert Bangkok celebrates the magic of autumn, Siwilai City Club unveils a flavourful menu refresh and Stockholme BKK invites you to raise an – alcohol-free glass or even a flight.

Read more to see what’s cooking in Bangkok over the next seven days.

🔗 Read more: https://www.timeout.com/bangkok/things-to-do/table-talk-in-bangkok

06/11/2025

Right, bookworms, this is not a drill. That brilliant floating bookshop everyone's been banging on about, Doulos Hope, is finally sailing back to Bangkok. November 7-30 at Khlong Toei Port, doors open 1pm-8.30pm daily.

Explore over 2,000 titles spanning science, art, cookery, sport, children's books and academic texts, all priced to actually buy. Entry costs B20 (kids under 12 and seniors over 65 free).

If you fancy discovering your next great read aboard a genuine seafaring vessel, get yourself down before she sets sail again.

🔗 Read more: https://www.timeout.com/bangkok/news/this-floating-bookshop-docks-in-bangkok-for-3-weeks-110625

06/11/2025

Ghost 2568 wraps up its third and final edition on November 16 – a video and performance art series curated by Amal Khalaf that's been showcasing brilliant work across Bangkok. Bangkok CityCity Gallery is one of the venues, so if you're around Lumphini before it closes, pop by Bangkok CityCity Gallery. Here's a sneak peek at the unexpected pieces you might encounter before this chapter ends.

06/11/2025

In the ‘60s and ‘70s life in Bangkok was quieter, but a lot hotter. Taxis and buses had no air conditioning and black exhaust fumes lingered around the traffic.

As Joe Cummings tells Time Out, ‘You had to be prepared as a foreigner in Bangkok.’

Find out what he means in our latest podcast episode – streaming now on YouTube, Spotify and SoundCloud.

🔗 https://youtu.be/_dMtdDeJPCM
🔗 https://www.timeout.com/bangkok/travel/joe-cummings-the-man-who-put-thailand-on-the-tourist-map

05/11/2025

Meet Bleye, the finger-shaped protagonist of ‘Eternal’, the new exhibition by Japanese artists MOTAS at Curu Gallery.

Bleye has no mouth – a feature inspired by artist Boya’s experience with his hearing-impaired parents and the power of sign language. Instead, Bleye lives in a utopian world of harmony and acceptance.

For their first Bangkok show, MOTAS introduced a new character: a cat, inspired by the city’s blend of independence and community. We sat down with the artists to talk about their silent, powerful world.

🔗 Read more: https://www.timeout.com/bangkok/art/why-the-main-character-in-this-new-bangkok-art-show-is-a-finger-with-no-mouth

05/11/2025

Bangkok Art Book Fair returns for round seven, December 5-7 at the Bangkok Art and Culture Center (BACC), with the theme 'You Can Sit With Us'. Whoever you are, wherever you're from, you're welcome here.

This year brings four programmes (three brand new): 126 exhibitors from 25 countries, installations expanding what art books can be, 25 activities from mini talks to workshops, and discussions on contemporary publishing challenges.

That sure sounds like a hell of a lot of brilliant books and brilliant conversations to be had. The full schedule drops soon, so keep an eye on the BANGKOK ART BOOK FAIR page and Instagram (bkkabf), or check bangkokartbookfair.info for all the schedules.

🔗 Read more: https://www.timeout.com/bangkok/news/independent-publishers-from-25-countries-head-to-bangkok-in-december-110525

05/11/2025

A walk-out that shook Miss Universe.

Just weeks away from the final in Bangkok, contestants stood up and walked out after a Thai organiser’s clash with Miss Mexico – leaving the Miss Universe Organization racing to restore calm before the 21 November event.

Can the world’s most watched pageant recover in time?

🔗Read more: https://www.timeout.com/bangkok/news/walk-out-at-miss-universe-bangkok-can-the-show-go-on-110525

05/11/2025

For Joe Cummings, Chinatown is the best place to be in Bangkok. His favourite bar? We Didn’t Land on the Moon (Since 1987) – a Chiang Mai original that relocated to the capital to find its people.

Hear more of Joe’s insider picks and stories in our latest Time Out Podcast, now available on YouTube, Spotify and SoundCloud.

🔗 https://youtu.be/_dMtdDeJPCM
🔗 https://www.timeout.com/bangkok/travel/joe-cummings-the-man-who-put-thailand-on-the-tourist-map

05/11/2025

November’s second weekend brings seasonal events worth braving the brief rain intermission for. From royal wardrobes to poolside marathons, there's plenty to justify sofa abandonment. Choose wisely. Or don't. November forgives everything.

🔗 Read more: https://www.timeout.com/bangkok/things-to-do/things-to-do-in-bangkok-this-weekend

04/11/2025

Bangkok has become a city of sandwich artists.

Bakers are fermenting, curing and crafting their way to perfection – stacking slow-cooked meats, house-made pickles and freshly baked sourdoughs into creations worth craving.

Here are our top picks for the city’s best sandwiches.

🔗Read more: https://www.timeout.com/bangkok/restaurants/bangkoks-9-best-sandwiches