Cabbage and condoms in Bangkok is a restaurant with a difference. Using a quirkly name to highlight a serious issues, it is a great place to enjoy some tasty Thai food knowing the part of the profit is going to a good cause.
Cabbage and Condoms was started by a lagendary and much loved public official called Mechai Viravaidya. He is an ex-politician and philanthropist who decided to try and improve the lives of Thai people by highlighting a wide range of social issues such as sexual health, sustainablility and anti-curruption. The fun loving and irrevent wat that Khun Mechai has tackled some social problems has been so succesful that Mechai is now a slang word for condom!
Open everyday at 11:00 to 22:00 the restaurant is situated on Sukhumvit 12, less than a five minutes walk down the streets from Sukhumvit Road and walking distance from Asok Skytrain Station and Sukhumvit MRT. Ther also has both outside and inside seating, and although it does get busy, you usually don't need to book ahead.
Yum woon sen (glass noodle salad with shrimp). Usually a very spicy dish, but the one at Cabbages & Condoms was manageable, even for delicate, Scandinavian taste buds.
Whatever profit the restaurant makes goes toward promoting birth control, disease prevention and village development in a country that is 80% rural.
POSTED BY Pocahontas ON Thursday 10 September 2015 @ 01:50
