Royalty just left Los Angeles. Now it's coming again. The royal personage arriving this week is chef McDang (real name ML Sirichalerm Svasti) of the Thai royal family. Not content to rest on regal ...

This week in Food & Drink I wrote about Thai celebrity Chef McDang who’s in town early next week to present four demos to culinary students at Le Cordon Bleu on the principles of modern Thai food.

Chef McDang said cruel Thai dishes were invented as gimmicks and have no special nutritional value. “We might be in the land of plenty, but in the old days some parts of Thailand were not yet ...

Rob Warner The Black Sheep’s eel steak with candied compressed melon and raisin puree Mike Sula reviews the Black Sheep, the West Town restaurant in the former May Street Market space, where chef ...

Deep fried fish with pad cha sauce, or plad pad cha, is a dish perfected by Thai chef McDang for KL's Chakri Palace. Photos: The Star/Yap Chee Hong Chef McDang is not one to be easily intimidated.

He is talking about the increasingly frequent use of Chinese oyster sauce in Thai restaurants, and waving his hands in frustration. "This is not Thai. Nobody knows the roots of Thai food, nobody cares ...

The fame of Thai food is thanks, in part, to celebrities like Chef McDang who is always present in the media. The restaurateur has various cooking programs and YouTube videos. He has also appeared on ...