{"id":18558,"date":"2014-03-31T09:40:00","date_gmt":"2014-03-31T09:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/enter-the-dragon-boat-festival-on-a-sweet-or-savoury-tamale-high-await-plaza-athenee-bangkok-a-royal-meridien\/"},"modified":"2014-03-31T09:40:00","modified_gmt":"2014-03-31T09:40:00","slug":"enter-the-dragon-boat-festival-on-a-sweet-or-savoury-tamale-high-await-plaza-athenee-bangkok-a-royal-meridien","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/2014\/03\/enter-the-dragon-boat-festival-on-a-sweet-or-savoury-tamale-high-await-plaza-athenee-bangkok-a-royal-meridien\/","title":{"rendered":"Enter The Dragon Boat Festival On A Sweet Or Savoury Tamale High Await Plaza Athenee Bangkok A Royal Meridien"},"content":{"rendered":"

Vibrant culture and distinctive cuisine invite discovery as Plaza Ath\u00e9n\u00e9e Bangkok, a Royal M\u00e9ridien\u00a0<\/span><\/span>
\"Dragonmarks the annual Chinese Dragon Boat Festivities, which this year fall on\u00a0<\/span>Monday, 01 \u2013 Monday 30 June 2014<\/b>, with its customary flair and emphasis on authenticity.<\/span><\/span>

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The Chinese Duanwu Festival that traditionally features dramatic Dragon Boat Races is of such importance in China that the central government in 2007 declared it a national holiday. It marks the day of the year when the sun, representing male energy, is at its strongest relative to the moon, representing female energy. This explains the masculine vigour with which the occasion is celebrated as well as the robust nature of the special dish that is eaten at this time of year, namely Chinese tamale, colloquially known as \u201czongzi\u201d or \u201czong\u201d.<\/span><\/div>\n
Tamale are delectable confections composed of\u00a0glutinous rice<\/a>\u00a0stuffed with special recipe savoury or sweet fillings wrapped in\u00a0bamboo<\/a>\u00a0leaves and steamed.<\/span><\/div>\n
Plaza Ath\u00e9n\u00e9e Bangkok, A Royal M\u00e9ridien\u2019s modern Cantonese restaurant Silk Road, and Quick Stop patisserie will offer Hong Kong Chef Cheng Kam Sing\u2019s passionate renditions of the sumptuous\u00a0sticky rice dumplings.<\/span><\/div>\n
Traditional and classic but infused with original inspiration, the savoury Chinese Rice Tamales range \u201cChao-Chow \u201c at 250THB++, \u201cCantonese style\u201c at 250THB++ and \u201cAbalone Special\u201d at 500THB ++. A Sweet Chinese Rice Tamale is offered at 200THB ++ \/10 pcs and Assorted Chinese Rice Tamale is priced 250THB ++.<\/span><\/div>\n
Advance orders are recommended.<\/span><\/div>\n
For restaurants reservations please call\u00a0<\/b>02 650 8800\u00a0<\/b>or e-mail\u00a0<\/b>fb.bangkok@lemeridien.com<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n
or visit\u00a0<\/b>plazaatheneebangkok.com<\/a>,\u00a0<\/b>\u00a0lemeridien.com\/plazaatheneebangkok<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n

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Vibrant culture and distinctive cuisine invite discovery as Plaza Ath\u00e9n\u00e9e Bangkok, a Royal M\u00e9ridien\u00a0marks the annual Chinese Dragon Boat Festivities, which this year fall on\u00a0Monday, 01 \u2013 Monday 30 June 2014, with its customary flair and emphasis on authenticity. The Chinese Duanwu Festival that traditionally features dramatic Dragon Boat Races is of such importance in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18558","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18558","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18558"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18558\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18558"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18558"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18558"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}