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Thanks Ethan - good service

Sarah Evenson Visited Philippines | Posted on 26 Mar | Stayed at Marina Bay Sands Singapore

This was our second trip with DialAFlight and another success. The hotels chosen were perfect for us and were of a very high standard. Lily took the stress out of booking and sorting our trip and we would definitely use you again.

Robin King Visited Singapore | Posted on 26 Mar | Stayed at The Pavilions Bali

Thanks to Travis for recommending the hotel in KL. Ideal location and we got OAP passes and rode at the front of the Roller coaster in the theme park! Our window had a fab view of the 2nd tallest building in the world and there is a massive swimming pool!

Susan Ireland Visited Kuala Lumpur | Posted on 26 Mar | Stayed at Berjaya Times Square Hotel, Kuala Lumpur

Thank you Joe Orton. Everything went smoothly throughout the 5 weeks. Excellent choice of accomodation especially in Bali. All transfers were there on time and no hitches.

Mark Wren Visited Da Nang | Posted on 26 Mar | Stayed at Tonys Villas & Resort

Another great holiday with lovely touch by Gareth of finding us a business class flight at premium price! Really appreciated that. Never fail to get it right.

David Currie Visited Krabi | Posted on 26 Mar

Thanks to Taylor everything went smoothly

Patrick Hartigan Visited Koh Samui | Posted on 26 Mar

Five stars. Thanks to Danny

Martin Clifford Visited Da Nang | Posted on 25 Mar | Stayed at Hoi An Garden Palace & Spa

Looking forward to making my next booking, as I know it will all be good. Thank you for being perfectionists

Diane Penfold Visited Koh Samui | Posted on 25 Mar

First rate hand-holding in Japan for the first time visitor via a seamless service that delivers what you need when you need it facilitating a stress-free time in this wonderful country.

Peter Muir Visited Tokyo | Posted on 25 Mar | Stayed at Hoi An Garden Palace & Spa

Always unbelievably efficient and personal so why try anywhere else?

Richard Dunstan Visited Vientiane | Posted on 25 Mar

All good, thanks

Walter Rodrigo Visited Bangkok | Posted on 25 Mar

I have used DialAFlight for many years. I trust them and they provide an excellent service in my opinion.

Gary Turner Visited Bangkok | Posted on 25 Mar

Always great and makes my travel easy

Julie Biddle Visited Siem Reap | Posted on 25 Mar | Stayed at King Boutique Hotel

Finn as ever always on hand to help.

Louise Saville Visited Phuket | Posted on 25 Mar | Stayed at Six Senses Yao Noi

As always Tristan was spot on with all that he did

Michael Leonard Visited Bangkok | Posted on 24 Mar

Fabulous service at every level

Gary Carter Visited Krabi | Posted on 24 Mar

Everything ran as smoothly as possible. Hopefully, be back next year. Thank you very much

Campbell Perry Visited Osaka | Posted on 24 Mar | Stayed at Art Hotel Osaka Bay Tower

Owen was very supportive

Phil Fuller Visited Bangkok | Posted on 24 Mar

Good service

Nicholas Martin Visited Bangkok | Posted on 24 Mar

I have used DialAFlight for numerous bookings and recommend them to friends. During the recent closure at Heathrow we were due to return from Thailand. I had total peace of mind as I knew that Russell and his team were on hand to help

Celia Mills Visited Bangkok | Posted on 24 Mar

As always Brandy found us a great holiday at a great price, many thanks

Stuart Bailey Visited Krabi | Posted on 24 Mar | Stayed at SAii Phi Phi Island Village

Thank you Michael for making our holiday so stress free,

Liz Howell Visited Koh Samui | Posted on 23 Mar | Stayed at New Star Beach Resort

Thanks to Harry we had a fantastic time, all planned and executed perfectly.

Gillian Benson Visited Bangkok | Posted on 23 Mar | Stayed at Veranda Resort & Villas Hua Hin Cha Am

We had problems with our flight. But Tom and Lee worked very hard to get us flights back home.

Samantha Geear Visited Phuket | Posted on 23 Mar | Stayed at Sunprime Kamala Beach Resort

Very good, thanks

Steve Claxton Visited Bangkok | Posted on 23 Mar | Stayed at Sunshine Vista Hotel

Perfect, as usual.

Michael Wilmott Visited Phuket | Posted on 23 Mar

Excellent service as always - we will be booking again for November

Nicholas Vowles Visited Phuket | Posted on 23 Mar

Excellent trip, thank you

Eamonn McDonagh Visited Koh Samui | Posted on 22 Mar

Qatar very good. Return flight cancelled due to Heathrow issues but we got on an Air China flight to Gatwick

David Rowley Visited Guangzhou | Posted on 22 Mar

Isla was super helpful and listened to what we wanted to visit.

Alison Hylton Visited Koh Samui | Posted on 22 Mar | Stayed at The Lamai Samui

Colourful Bangkok

A taste for Bangkok

Bangkok is more than just a stopover, as Isabelle King discovers on a culinary tour...

Bangkok is known as a stopover – somewhere to spend a few hedonistic hours before going on to the coast. Well, that may have been true 20 years ago. Now it's a place to linger.

Zoom up Silom road - through the commercial district - towards the shopping centres of Siam Square to see how the city has flourished.

The Skytrain monorail moves silently overhead. Designer labels abound. The shiny Siam Paragon shopping centre has a car park just for supercars.

Then there's Asiatique, a bustling night market of 1,500 shops on the banks of the Chao Phraya River.

Handicrafts and trinkets sit alongside fashion boutiques and gadgets and nothing closes before midnight. If you are laden with goodies, as I am, a fleet of tuk-tuks is waiting outside.

Racing away, we fly over holes in the road. A dramatic swerve and a loud judder tell me we've arrived back at the swanky Mandarin Oriental. They've seen it all here.

From writer Somerset Maugham, bedridden with malaria, to Mick Jagger insisting the windows in the royal suite be blacked out and Billy Idol wrecking his room completely.

Dining on the riverfront at the Mandarin Oriental

Celebs aside, the hotel has a cooking school and I take a class with chef Narain. A kaleidoscope of ingredients is laid out before us. Those we know: ginger, lime leaves; fish sauce, lemongrass. And those we don't, the tiny butterfly pea – a flower from which a brilliant blue dye can be used to colour desserts.

We watch, ask questions and taste. Then attempt Siamese baked desserts (small, dome-shaped pancakes); braised pork; fiery tom yum soup and a salad of grapefruit-like pomelo.

I slice, chop, juice and pummel. Chef Narain chats away. Chillies, it turns out, are a matchmaking tool. 'Mothers looking for a suitable wife for their sons spy on the neighbour's daughters to assess the speed with which they grind the spice,' he laughs. 'The faster the grinding, the better wife she will make.'

Food is a big deal in Bangkok. Take the Skytrain to Thong Lor and Sukhumvit Soi 38, a line of steamy, noisy, kitchens-on-wheels. There can be no better initiation to Thai street food.

Grab a wobbly table and gobble sticky rice with mango, curries, pad Thai, squid and duck. Delicious.

First published in the Daily Mail - June 2016

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