When he’s not cruising the provinces by motorcycle or inviting other foodies to trendy eateries, Chu-Ping Ou has spent much of the past four years toiling in his Ekkamai condo over digital maps.
Fed up with the algorithm feeding people stale listicles on Bangkok’s “must” locations, Chu set out to compete with a massive, personally curated list of places to go and things to eat. And as someone who regularly brings people together for food events, he also baked in some social functions.
“I looked at official travel apps such as TripAdvisor and thought to myself: I think I can do a much better job,” he said.
Earlier this month, Chu’s years on the road documenting the places he thought were special bore fruit with the launch of travel and foodie app Oody, which he hopes will be a definitive resource for tourists and residents alike.
The app,…
