Archives: January 2011

The end of an era at the Garden Bar

Author: BonTong 31 Jan 2011, Be the first to add a comment

Last night saw the end of an era for the Garden Bar at Lotus Hotel with the departure of the long serving and ex pat community’s favourite bar tender Khun Tee.

After many years of faithful service for Mohammed, the dependable Khun Tee is off back to Burma to help run the family farm. Many of the local regulars turned out to wish him well.

Apart from being an excellent bar tender and host, Khun Tee was always available to provide translation services, tourist information and general help and assistance to all.

He will definitely be missed!


Everyone’s favourite Bar Tender – Khun T

We wish him all the best for a safe retune home and a happy, prosperous Year of the Rabbit.

SoupaSteak – New opening hours

Author: BonTong 24 Jan 2011, Be the first to add a comment

From today SoupaSteak and Darling Wine Bar have revised opening hours and will now open from 5 p.m. until midnight, Monday to Saturday, and around midday until midnight on Sunday’s to cater for Sunday lunch.

SoupaSteak is a gay owned Restuarant on Huay Kaew road offering both western and Thai food at affordable prices. It is co-located with Darling Wine bar, Chiang Mai’s oldest speciality wine bar, which moved to the current location in 2010.

New, New My Way!

Author: BonTong 14 Jan 2011, Be the first to add a comment

The New My Way go-go/host bar should now be called the New, New My Way bar after the second re-vamp in the last year or so. In a one day shut down they executed a complete re-model of the venue and very successful it is too.

Effectively they’ve turned the whole layout through 180 degrees with the stage now at the front of the building. Entry is by the same door with a short passage leading around the side of the stage. The bar is in the rear right corner (Straight ahead as you enter) and the seating, consisting of comfortable sofas, is on two levels with higher seating on the old stage at the rear. The performers descend to the stage via stairs from the upper level which is also used for some of the acts. An excellent improvement all round.

The show hasn’t changed much, still the same blend of scenes with guys getting naked complimented by, in our opinion, a few too many “chicks with dicks in dirty frocks” doing their sequinned lip sync shows.


Some of what you can expect at the New My Way :)

For more information got to New My Way

Adam’s Apple News and Metro Bar

Author: BonTong 10 Jan 2011, Be the first to add a comment

Adam’s Apple has undergone a mini makeover in the last few weeks. Gone are the hard bench seats and small tables which were proving less than popular with customers. The catwalk has been re-worked and the seating replaced with more enticing sofas located to offer greater privacy, making for a more laid back evening.


Entrance to Adam’s Apple

Adam’s Apple has a varied selection of boys and is open until late. Show starts around 10:30. Drinks from 200Bt with special promotions on bottles of whisky with mixers. check here for more info.

Downstairs from Adam’s Apple is Metro Bar by the same owner, Todd, an American from Los Angeles who moved to Thailand to re-open Adam’s Apple a couple of years ago. Todd is a veteran Gay Bar owner having had venues in both Mexico and The Philipines before settling on Chiang Mai. Metro is a sophisticated lounge bar and a great place to enjoy a cocktail or glass of wine in relaxing, modern surroundings.


Metro was designed by Mohammed, a renowned architect and the former owner of Adam’s Apple who still operates the Lotus Hotel and Garden Bar across the road from Adam’s Apple.


Todd – Owner of Metro and Adam’s Apple


Ice – Metro’s Naa Rak Bar Tender

Happy New Year

Author: BonTong 3 Jan 2011, Be the first to add a comment

Best wishes to everyone for a Happy, prosperous, healthy and safe new year in 2011.

We have been busy doing some New Year cleaning to our site and fixed a few little annoying problems with styles etc. We hope you like it. More new content coming soon.

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