Use your FaceBook login - come on - we dare u!

June 9th, 2009

Okay folks. We finished up most of the Facebook integration work. What does that mean?

If you are at DurianSeed and you want to login - you will now see this:

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Above is the standard login box but if you have a Facebook ID or username just click the blue “connect with Facebook” button.

After you click the button you will then see the standard Facebook login:

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At this point just enter your Facebook username and password and you will be logged into DurianSeed using your Facebook profile.

Once logged in you will see the home page of DurianSeed and if you look into the top right corner you should see that you are logged in using your FaceBook profile - your name and profile picture will also be there:ds_pro

 

 

 

After you have logged in and what to put in a review you will be presented with the option of allowing DurianSeed to post a link to your review on your Facebook wall for your friends to see:

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Add a comment if you would like and then hit the publish button. At that point it will publish to your Facebook wall and your review will be on DurianSeed all at the same time.

This is what it will look like on your Facebook wall:

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So login with your Facebook login, put in some reviews and help us grow!

New and Notable!

May 30th, 2009

Here some recently added items on DurianSeed:

The Oyster Bar

The China House

The Blue Elephant

La Lune

Khun Churn - New Vegetarian Restaurant

Italy 24 - New 24 hour Italian Restaurant in Silom.

Margo

The Water Library

Bravo

Saigon Kitchen

Drinking Tea Eating Rice

Anna & Charlie’s Cafe

Fresh Reviews:

Saigon Kitchen

La Lune

Bradman’s Sport Bistro

Chef Bar Teriyaki

DurianSeed Blast May 15th, 2009

May 15th, 2009

Just wanted to point you to some of the new Venues added to DurianSeed:

http://bit.ly/BestBeef
http://bit.ly/Sambuca
http://bit.ly/minibar
http://bit.ly/WinePub
http://bit.ly/Amontre
http://bit.ly/HogsBreath

As always feel free to leave reviews on any of the venues you have visited!

For business owners - if you want to edit information specific to your venue  please visit the specific venue and click the “edit business info” button.

If you don’t see your venue on DurianSeed you can always add a venue - to add a new venue please visit this page:

http://www.durianseed.com/add-a-venue/?action=pubadd

If you have any questions or comments please email anytime -
info@durianseed.com

Donuts in Thailand - enter Bapple!

May 11th, 2009

There are some new donut chains in town and I am spacing on the name of one of the ones I have tried - but today I made the mistake of trying Bapple. The new Malaysian chain that opened up in Siam Discovery.

Why a mistake?

They are tasty. They are super fresh - some even made to order it seems, not greasy and have many tasty concoctions. Today I tried the basic cake donut with white frosting that was then coated with black sesame seeds. I love black sesame seeds. I loved this donut. This is bad.

Check out Bapple in Siam Discovery.

Happy calories!

Video Intro to DurianSeed.com

April 30th, 2009

Experimenting with video for demonstrating the basics of the site. I am just learning the ropes on the whole screencasting thing but hopefully people will learn more about the site and I will get better at creating these.

Thanks:

Best Mexican Food in Bangkok?

April 29th, 2009

I guess it is all a matter of taste and price since there are a few different styles of Mexican in Bangkok at various price ranges.

This list is the majority of Mexican places in Bangkok but if you know of one not in the list please feel free to add it.

Tacos and Salsa is more like a small Taco stand type of place but with an internet cult following.

Senor Pico is one of the few Mexican restuarants in a hotel and has been around for a while.

There are 2 Coyote spots in town. Known for their kick ass 2 for 1 happy hour and tex mex style of food. Silom and Sukhumvit.

Larry’s Dive is a favorite over on soi 22 that is more of an all around restraurant but well known for their Mexican fare.

Khao San road is home to Tartars which is probably the value player out of the whole list given the location.

Charley Browns on Suk soi 11 is another  favorite of the lower suk crowd that is know for their awesome fajitas and margaritas.

Less well know due to location is the small Mamacitas over near the Dream Hotel.

Then there is the 24 hours Sunrise Tacos with the make it as you want it burrito bar.

Help rate these venues for others to make a choice and let us know if there is another place we are missing.

Fried Chicken in Bangkok!

April 26th, 2009

KFC is not the answer. Maybe you know of a good street cart? Please add it for others to find. Thanks.

So when I am not looking for pizza I try to find the best fried chicken.

There are 2 places I swear by but they are both different.

The first one is near the Kampaeng Pet MRT in Chatuchak market. I think it is called the Dust Kitchen Floor in Thai.

Here is the link to it on durianseed.com. With the map you should be able to find it easily. This place has a simple menu, in English, and sticks to the basics of a few Isaa dishes, fried chicken, rice and drinks. It is all tasty, cheap and fresh. Place is always busy. The chicken alone is awesome but combined with the sauces it is even better. Simple recipe ensure juicy fried chicken. Amazing.

Second place is one of the joints in the Soi Polo area but actually on Soi Sanam Khli called Polo Fried Chicken. A different style of Chicken that is drowned in garlic before fried. Very tasty and a must if you enjoy garlic. This place also has a ton of other Thai food and is quite busy at lunch and early evening. 

Two different styles of Fried Chicken but bother equally tasty.

Know of any others - please add them here.

Happy Eating!

Pardon the dust while we hook up Facebook…

April 21st, 2009

We are currently experimenting with FaceBook Connect so that you can use your FB login to login into the blog and to durianseed.com. So excuse us for a bit while we work out the kinks. Once we get it going on the blog you will then see it on Durianseed as well.

Then we will add some other features like allowing you to share venues, reviews and blog posts on Facebook directly.

This is just the first wave of things we will be doing to allow you to use your favorite social network site alongside durianseed.

Thanks!

Best Pizza in Bangkok!

April 16th, 2009

Such a controversial subject but someone must have an opinion on it - maybe even you. For me I am want a real deep-dish Chicago style pizza but I have to find one in Thailand.

However here are some options for good pizza in Bangkok - feel free to tell us what you think:

http://www.durianseed.com/bella-napoli-pizzeria/
http://www.durianseed.com/lopera-italian-restaurant/
http://www.durianseed.com/pizza-aroy-restaurant/
http://www.durianseed.com/new-york-style-pizza/
http://www.durianseed.com/scoozi-pizzeria/
http://www.durianseed.com/basilico-italian-restaurant-pizzeria/
http://www.durianseed.com/limoncello-pizzeria-italian-restaurant/
http://www.durianseed.com/ronnys-new-york-pizza/

As always, if you don’t see your favorite restaurant you can always add it:

http://www.durianseed.com/add-a-venue/

Logins, logins, & logins…

April 16th, 2009

Just a quick note folks to let you know that your durianseed.com login and your blog login are now the same.

So you can leave comments or questions on the blog using your ID or you can leave reviews on durianSeed using the same ID.

If you are not a user and want to register - go here:

http://www.durianseed.com/wp-login.php?action=register

Stay tuned for more blog posts in the future!

team DS