{"id":245,"date":"2026-09-27T23:17:01","date_gmt":"2026-09-27T23:17:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging-welcome-121a408.netsolhost.com\/?page_id=245"},"modified":"2026-09-27T23:29:55","modified_gmt":"2026-09-27T23:29:55","slug":"maothai-tuan","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/maothai.com\/?page_id=245","title":{"rendered":"\u201cTuan\u201d Pratuan Kaenphakdee"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"skip\" href=\"#content\">Skip to content<\/a><\/p>\n<header class=\"hero \" style=\"--cover:url('assets\/d5f04927dcc91a.jpg')\">\n<div class=\"top\">\n<div class=\"heading\">\n<h1>\u201cTuan\u201d Pratuan Kaenphakdee<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"identity\">\n<p class=\"brand-story\">The Story of a Group of Thai Restaurants in Berlin and Palma<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"brand\" href=\"index.html\">THAI FOOD MAGIC<br \/>MAOTHAI<\/a><\/p>\n<nav class=\"language-switch\" aria-label=\"Language\"><a href=\"tuan-de.html\" hreflang=\"de\" lang=\"de\">DE<\/a><a href=\"tuan.html\" 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Pratuan Kaenphakdee<\/span><\/div>\n<article class=\"prose\"><\/article>\n<div class=\"curated-stammhaus\">\n<section class=\"gallery-chapter\">\n<h2>The early years \u00b7 1988<\/h2>\n<div class=\"curated-grid\" data-count=\"3\">\n<figure><a href=\"assets\/a9f5c1a02bc95f.jpg\" data-gallery-image aria-label=\"Tuan working as a tour guide \u00b7 1988\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"assets\/a9f5c1a02bc95f.jpg\" alt=\"Tuan working as a tour guide \u00b7 1988\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/a><figcaption>Tuan working as a tour guide \u00b7 1988<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure><a href=\"assets\/d5f04927dcc91a.jpg\" data-gallery-image aria-label=\"NF with his Japanese students \u00b7 1988\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"assets\/d5f04927dcc91a.jpg\" alt=\"NF with his Japanese students \u00b7 1988\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/a><figcaption>NF with his Japanese students \u00b7 1988<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure><a href=\"assets\/f23f8c1083eff3.jpg\" data-gallery-image aria-label=\"On a tour with Tuan \u00b7 1988\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"assets\/f23f8c1083eff3.jpg\" alt=\"On a tour with Tuan \u00b7 1988\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/a><figcaption>On a tour with Tuan \u00b7 1988<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"gallery-chapter\">\n<h2>Arriving in Germany<\/h2>\n<div class=\"curated-grid\" data-count=\"3\">\n<figure><a href=\"assets\/99dbc351c37a11.jpg\" data-gallery-image aria-label=\"Tuan at Berlin\u2019s Pergamon Museum \u00b7 1991\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"assets\/99dbc351c37a11.jpg\" alt=\"Tuan at Berlin\u2019s Pergamon Museum \u00b7 1991\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/a><figcaption>Tuan at Berlin\u2019s Pergamon Museum \u00b7 1991<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure><a href=\"assets\/5683bc19bff87f.jpg\" data-gallery-image aria-label=\"Tuan in Frankfurt \u00b7 1991\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"assets\/5683bc19bff87f.jpg\" alt=\"Tuan in Frankfurt \u00b7 1991\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/a><figcaption>Tuan in Frankfurt \u00b7 1991<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure><a href=\"assets\/64de2d0807f459.jpg\" data-gallery-image aria-label=\"The Thai team at the frozen lake \u00b7 December 1992\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"assets\/64de2d0807f459.jpg\" alt=\"The Thai team at the frozen lake \u00b7 December 1992\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/a><figcaption>The Thai team at the frozen lake \u00b7 December 1992<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"gallery-chapter\">\n<h2>With the family<\/h2>\n<div class=\"curated-grid\" data-count=\"1\">\n<figure><a href=\"assets\/6afca719229a7e.jpg\" data-gallery-image aria-label=\"Tuan with his daughter Pachala \u00b7 2012\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"assets\/6afca719229a7e.jpg\" alt=\"Tuan with his daughter Pachala \u00b7 2012\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/a><figcaption>Tuan with his daughter Pachala \u00b7 2012<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<details class=\"gallery-archive\">\n<summary>More from the archive \u00b7 1<\/summary>\n<div class=\"curated-grid\">\n<figure><a 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