Thailand: Hot Spot

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September 1, 2003 Issue
 

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 Thailand: Saving Koh Samui from itself


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FULL HOUSE Marc Landgraf is the sort of unflappable restaurateur Swiss hotel schools churn out, and it's just as well. As I meet him, a party of 60 begins to arrive, the restaurant is fully booked and the 40-odd souls on the waiting list keep vainly pleading for a table. "Bookings," says Landgraf dryly, "are advisable."

If a more stylish Koh Samui is emerging from the bars and backpacks, then its avatar is undoubtedly Zico's, tel: (66 77) 230 500, a multilevel Brazilian bar and grill on Chaweng beach. Skewers of meat are carved straight to...

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