COMMENTARY, March 17 — Ari, one of Bangkok’s liveliest neighbourhoods, is always bustling. Even if you wake up early in the morning, when there is barely any daylight to see by, you’d spot dozens of early birds scurrying hither and thither in the streets below.
Then there is Nana Coffee Roasters along Soi Ari 4, with its renovated 50-year-old house and lush carpark stuffed with all manner of luxury vehicles. Not to mention the Kid Mai Death Awareness Café, where you may decide between the skeleton or the coffin for your seating arrangement. Which is why I find myself here at the end of Ari’s busiest street, Soi Ari 1. Here, further from the main road , lies a hidden café surrounded by lush greenery.The Ocean at the End of the Lane
The barista at the counter persuades me to order their signature vegan peanut butter banana cake. Or she thinks she has persuaded me; my better half, who is a peanut butter snob, had already sampled this and given it a fervent stamp of approval. I look up to thank the server. And we stare at each other for a second or two, mentally erasing the face masks we are wearing. Yes, it’s Toon, my long-lost barista friend whom I had not seen since the pandemic started!Back before Covid-19 became an unfortunate staple of everyone’s daily vocabulary, I used to visit a coffee shop in Bangkok’s Ratchada district regularly. And with frequent visits, I soon knew the name of every barista working there.
The pandemic has taught us many things, and one of the biggest lessons is never to take anything – or anyone – for granted.So colour me very surprised by Toon serving me coffee in an entirely different café two, three years since I last saw him. Entirely by coincidence, sure, but life is all about coincidences.
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