Dean and Deluca

There are now several branches throughout Bangkok of this original New York gourmet delicatessen, coffee shop, and upmarket grocery featuring premium ingredients, fine wines, and all you could ask for from a Western gastronomy outlet. The snazziest new outlet is in the Mahanakhon Cube Building, which sits at the foot of Bangkok's tallest building, the Mahanakhon Tower. After gaping up at the towering skyscraper, come in and settle down here for sandwiches and smoothies, or pick up some of the nuts or chocolates they sell in the shop as gifts, or to nibble on the long flight home. The prices aren't cheap here, but you are paying for high end ingredients in a very high rent neighborhood.