Brand Stories
Compelling narratives behind innovative brands and businesses in Southeast Asia and globally. Featuring interviews with industry leaders and insights into companies defining the future of business and culture
The Boi’s On The Move: Inside Noriboi’s Audacious District 1 Reinvention
Noriboi is where Japanese omakase gets a Vietnamese remix — theatrical, audacious, and served beyond a hidden tea lounge that...
Fanning The Flames: How The Dayawansa Brothers Are Igniting Sri Lanka’s Hospitality Scene
From intimate six-seat dinners in their Colombo backyard to Sri Lanka's most coveted restaurant, a dreamy beachside villa, and an...
Hermes Gehnen’s N25 Caviar And The Dorm Room That Changed Fine Dining
While his university classmates were planning conventional careers, Hermes Gehnen was aging caviar in his dorm room mini-fridge — an...
The Opposites Hong Kong’s Samuel Kwok And Antonio Lai Ask Each Other Awkward Questions To Celebrate The Launch Of Their New Menu
It's not a marketing gimmick, the two celebrated bartenders behind The Opposites Hong Kong, Samuel Kwok and Antonio Lai, explain....
Mom’s Jang In Cau Giay District: How Chef Joon Hyuk Made His Korean Fine Dining Restaurant ONVIT Feel Like Home
We’re deep inside the Grand Plaza Hotel. It’s a hulking 5-star, 613-room hotel, with a shopping mall and office complex...
Never Stand Still, Never Get Old With Hélène Darroze at The Connaught
Hélène Darroze at The Connaught has mastered the art of staying timeless for seventeen years: by refusing to stay the...
Zoe’s Hybrid Saigon Is Where Chaos Meets Creativity Meets Campari
Zoe at Hybrid Saigon mixes Campari wisdom with Vietnamese flair, following the bar's approach of mixing chaos with creativity...and Campari,...
Curiosity Created The Campari Champion With Enigma Mansion’s Loan Nguyen
“I got into bartending because I was curious about the lifestyle, I guess,” Loan shrugs. “And I still am.” That...
Bowmore’s ARC-54: 130 Bottles, 54 Years, One Vietnamese Collector
Vietnamese collector Nguyen Dinh Tuan Viet, who holds over 16 Guinness World Records, secured the country's only Bowmore ARC-54 —...
Four Ways To Bottle Heritage And Culture From Asia’s 50 Best Bars 2025: Distill It, Vend It, Sustain It, Or Create It From Scratch
Four top Asian cocktail bars (Bar Us, Penrose, Vender and Penicillin) demonstrate wildly different approaches to heritage—from distilling Thai street...
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