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To stop the ‘bleeding,’ Bangkok’s trailblazing ‘Bo.lan’ calls it quits

An influential restaurant at the vanguard of Thai fine dining in Bangkok is saying goodbye.

After more than a decade in business, chefs Duangporn “Bo” Songvisava and Dylan Jones announced on Monday that they are shutting their pioneering fine dining restaurant Bo.lan.

The couple partly blamed the closure to the Thai government’s response to COVID-19 crisis in Thailand since the third-wave outbreak led to a blanket ban on dining-in.

The “utter lack of financial and political support for small business owners (and in particular our hospitality industry) has certainly contributed to our decision to call it a day,” Bo and Dylan wrote.  

A file photo of chefs Duanporn ‘Bo’ Songvisava and Dylan Jones of Bo.lan. Photo: Bo.lan / Courtesy

The closure of Bo.lan was not utterly shocking, however. Bo told Coconuts Bangkok in a recent interview that business had…

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