A neighbourhood journal

Bangkok, Thailand / 01

The city, at walking pace

Bangkok,closer.

A coffee worth sitting down for. A table to share. A little more time in the neighbourhood.

An afternoon around Asoke

Illustration of two adults walking beside a tree-lined Bangkok park lake in afternoon light — Bangkok, ThailandIllustration / FOUND +66

The FOUND edit

Good reasons to go out.

Explore the guides

Illustration of a terracotta suitcase beside a cafe table with coffee and a book

Neighbourhood guide2 minute read

A few hours before the flight

Three ways to use the gap after hotel checkout in Asoke: a proper lunch, a booked massage or an indoor wander near the interchange.

Illustration of a quiet cafe window looking onto a rainy Bangkok afternoon

Neighbourhood guide2 minute read

When the afternoon turns to rain

Coffee, a long lunch, a massage or an exhibition: a rainy afternoon around Asoke without a journey across Bangkok.

Illustration of coffee and a pastry at a leafy cafe, with people talking at the next table

Coffee guide2 minute read

Five coffee stops around Asoke

Kuppa, Invisible, Y’EST Works, Artis and GRUN: five coffee addresses around Asoke, chosen for different parts of the day.

At the table / El Mercado

Let lunch set the pace.

A market, a restaurant and a reason to linger on Phai Singto. Start with the ingredients, then find your table.

Inside El Mercado Where to eat near the park ↗

Illustration of hands slicing cheese beside bread, figs, olives and oysters on a shared table

Check in / Soi 16

Stay a little longer.

Find your place to stay

Two ways to make the neighbourhood your own: apartment living at Shama, or a room and a pause by the pool at Gardina.

Illustration of a person drinking coffee beside a window, with breakfast and a notebook in an imagined Bangkok apartment

Stays4 minute read

Shama Lakeview Asoke: room for a daily routine

An apartment-style base on Sukhumvit Soi 16, with space to cook, work and settle into the neighbourhood.

Illustration of a small courtyard pool with tropical plants and a wooden chair in an imagined Bangkok hotel

Stays4 minute read

Gardina Asoke: a stay built around the pause

A garden-led hotel on Sukhumvit Soi 16, with a pool, Lazy Daisy on site and room types worth comparing.

Read the hotel guide

Illustrated route overview connecting Benjakitti and Lumphini

A greener morning

Take the long way round.

Benjakitti, Lumphini and the paths between them. Choose a route, then leave a little time for the view.

Open the running atlas

People, places, everyday rituals

A closer look.

All stories

Coffee3 minute read

Kuppa: coffee with time to spare

A Soi 16 cafe for a coffee that can become a meal, with practical ways to fit it around Benjakitti and the neighbourhood.

Illustration of a market vendor tending a grill as office workers stop for lunch

Neighbourhood market2 minute read

Lunch by the stalls

A weekday lunch at Whale Market on Sukhumvit Soi 16, with time to browse the stalls before choosing what to eat.

Partner story

Daylight entering the curved reception atrium at Bodytune Wellness on Sukhumvit Soi 16

Wellness2 minute read

Different reasons to feel better

At Bodytune on Soi 16, traditional Thai massage, sports recovery and licensed physiotherapy share one address near Benjakitti.

The printed edition

One neighbourhood. A whole issue.

The first edition follows the everyday life of Asoke and Benjakitti, from the park in the morning to the last table of the evening.

Inside Issue 01