{"id":40,"date":"2026-09-27T23:16:48","date_gmt":"2026-09-27T23:16:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging-welcome-121a408.netsolhost.com\/?page_id=40"},"modified":"2026-09-27T23:29:56","modified_gmt":"2026-09-27T23:29:56","slug":"maothai-documents","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/maothai.com\/?page_id=40","title":{"rendered":"Fight for Thai cooks in documents"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"skip\" href=\"#content\">Skip to content<\/a><\/p>\n<header class=\"hero \" style=\"--cover:url('assets\/f041f8c917e541.jpg')\">\n<div class=\"top\">\n<div class=\"heading\">\n<h1>Fight for Thai cooks in documents<\/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=\"documents-de.html\" hreflang=\"de\" lang=\"de\">DE<\/a><a href=\"documents.html\" hreflang=\"en\" lang=\"en\" aria-current=\"true\">ENG<\/a><a href=\"documents-es.html\" hreflang=\"es\" lang=\"es\">ES<\/a><a href=\"documents-th.html\" hreflang=\"th\" lang=\"th\">THAI<\/a><a href=\"documents-ja.html\" hreflang=\"ja\" lang=\"ja\">JAP<\/a><\/nav>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"intro\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"hero-bottom\">\n<nav aria-label=\"Main navigation\"><a href=\"story.html\">STORY<\/a><a href=\"restaurants.html\">THE RESTAURANTS<\/a><a href=\"thai-food.html\">THAI FOOD<\/a><a href=\"people.html\">PEOPLE<\/a><a href=\"press.html\">PRESS COVERAGE<\/a><a href=\"establishing.html\" aria-current=\"page\">ESTABLISHING THAI AS INTERNATIONAL CUISINE<\/a><a href=\"videos.html\">VIDEOS<\/a><a href=\"print-shop.html\">PRINT SHOP<\/a><a href=\"contact.html\">NEWS &amp; CONTACT<\/a><\/nav>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<p><main id=\"content\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"breadcrumb\"><a href=\"index.html\">PROLOG<\/a><span>\/<\/span><a href=\"establishing.html\">ESTABLISHING THAI CUISINE AS INTERNATIONAL CUISINE IN BERLIN<\/a><span>\/<\/span><span>Fight for Thai cooks in documents<\/span><\/div>\n<p class=\"archive-language-note\">Historical scans and videos remain in their original languages. Available article translations are linked below.<\/p>\n<article class=\"prose\"><\/article>\n<div class=\"curated-stammhaus\">\n<section class=\"gallery-chapter\">\n<h2>Early correspondence \u00b7 1992\u20131994<\/h2>\n<div class=\"curated-grid\" data-count=\"3\">\n<figure><a href=\"assets\/9a369b7345754e.jpg\" data-gallery-image aria-label=\"Berlin visa document \u00b7 26 November 1992\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"assets\/9a369b7345754e.jpg\" alt=\"Berlin visa document \u00b7 26 November 1992\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/a><figcaption>Berlin visa document \u00b7 26 November 1992<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure><a href=\"assets\/f51a156601f764.jpg\" data-gallery-image aria-label=\"Kamala \u00b7 building authority \u00b7 5 December 1994\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"assets\/f51a156601f764.jpg\" alt=\"Kamala \u00b7 building authority \u00b7 5 December 1994\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/a><figcaption>Kamala \u00b7 building authority \u00b7 5 December 1994<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure><a href=\"assets\/4c98944b864461.jpg\" data-gallery-image aria-label=\"SAT.1 letter to T. Teubner \u00b7 19 December 1994\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"assets\/4c98944b864461.jpg\" alt=\"SAT.1 letter to T. Teubner \u00b7 19 December 1994\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/a><figcaption>SAT.1 letter to T. Teubner \u00b7 19 December 1994<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"gallery-chapter\">\n<h2>Public debate \u00b7 1995<\/h2>\n<div class=\"curated-grid\" data-count=\"7\">\n<figure><a href=\"assets\/2d103bbcf4c4a9.jpg\" data-gallery-image aria-label=\"Open letter: \u201cTo everyone who enjoys eating\u201d\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"assets\/2d103bbcf4c4a9.jpg\" alt=\"Open letter: \u201cTo everyone who enjoys eating\u201d\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/a><figcaption>Open letter: \u201cTo everyone who enjoys eating\u201d<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure><a href=\"assets\/0a96d5a33f3a88.jpg\" data-gallery-image aria-label=\"Letter to Richard von Weizs\u00e4cker \u00b7 2 February 1995\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"assets\/0a96d5a33f3a88.jpg\" alt=\"Letter to Richard von Weizs\u00e4cker \u00b7 2 February 1995\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/a><figcaption>Letter to Richard von Weizs\u00e4cker \u00b7 2 February 1995<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure><a href=\"assets\/8e9c0fc8ea437a.jpg\" data-gallery-image aria-label=\"Maothai press lunch \u00b7 15 March 1995\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"assets\/8e9c0fc8ea437a.jpg\" alt=\"Maothai press lunch \u00b7 15 March 1995\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/a><figcaption>Maothai press lunch \u00b7 15 March 1995<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure><a href=\"assets\/cc3e139be15a23.jpg\" data-gallery-image aria-label=\"Kamala opening \u00b7 10 July 1995\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"assets\/cc3e139be15a23.jpg\" alt=\"Kamala opening \u00b7 10 July 1995\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/a><figcaption>Kamala opening \u00b7 10 July 1995<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure><a href=\"assets\/f041f8c917e541.jpg\" data-gallery-image aria-label=\"International Herald Tribune \u00b7 front page \u00b7 2 October 1995\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"assets\/f041f8c917e541.jpg\" alt=\"International Herald Tribune \u00b7 front page \u00b7 2 October 1995\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/a><figcaption>International Herald Tribune \u00b7 front page \u00b7 2 October 1995<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure><a href=\"assets\/bc203a5d1bc588.jpg\" data-gallery-image aria-label=\"Berlin Senate \/ Diepgen \u00b7 Set and Uthai \u00b7 27 November 1995\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"assets\/bc203a5d1bc588.jpg\" alt=\"Berlin Senate \/ Diepgen \u00b7 Set and Uthai \u00b7 27 November 1995\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/a><figcaption>Berlin Senate \/ Diepgen \u00b7 Set and Uthai \u00b7 27 November 1995<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure><a href=\"assets\/db3a82c021adea.jpg\" data-gallery-image aria-label=\"\u201cMayor and chef\u201d \u00b7 30 December 1995\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"assets\/db3a82c021adea.jpg\" alt=\"\u201cMayor and chef\u201d \u00b7 30 December 1995\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/a><figcaption>\u201cMayor and chef\u201d \u00b7 30 December 1995<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"gallery-chapter\">\n<h2>Training and work permits<\/h2>\n<div class=\"curated-grid\" data-count=\"6\">\n<figure><a href=\"assets\/2f0aa321077e22.jpg\" data-gallery-image aria-label=\"Tuans H\u00fctte opening \u00b7 letter to Schnell \u00b7 3 October 1996\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"assets\/2f0aa321077e22.jpg\" alt=\"Tuans H\u00fctte opening \u00b7 letter to Schnell \u00b7 3 October 1996\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/a><figcaption>Tuans H\u00fctte opening \u00b7 letter to Schnell \u00b7 3 October 1996<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure><a href=\"assets\/5adf7a7d84382a.jpg\" data-gallery-image aria-label=\"Employment office jurisdiction \u00b7 11 November 1997\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"assets\/5adf7a7d84382a.jpg\" alt=\"Employment office jurisdiction \u00b7 11 November 1997\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/a><figcaption>Employment office jurisdiction \u00b7 11 November 1997<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure><a href=\"assets\/0aac32a78ee266.jpg\" data-gallery-image aria-label=\"Berlin Senate \/ Branoner \u00b7 chefs\u2019 work permits \u00b7 17 July 2000\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"assets\/0aac32a78ee266.jpg\" alt=\"Berlin Senate \/ Branoner \u00b7 chefs\u2019 work permits \u00b7 17 July 2000\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/a><figcaption>Berlin Senate \/ Branoner \u00b7 chefs\u2019 work permits \u00b7 17 July 2000<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure><a href=\"assets\/a0f41f28a1190f.jpg\" data-gallery-image aria-label=\"Trainees \u00b7 Senate correspondence \u00b7 5 November 2000\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"assets\/a0f41f28a1190f.jpg\" alt=\"Trainees \u00b7 Senate correspondence \u00b7 5 November 2000\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/a><figcaption>Trainees \u00b7 Senate correspondence \u00b7 5 November 2000<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure><a href=\"assets\/46a5142fc0e494.jpg\" data-gallery-image aria-label=\"Foreign Office and Bangkok embassy \u00b7 five chefs \u00b7 7 February 2001\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"assets\/46a5142fc0e494.jpg\" alt=\"Foreign Office and Bangkok embassy \u00b7 five chefs \u00b7 7 February 2001\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/a><figcaption>Foreign Office and Bangkok embassy \u00b7 five chefs \u00b7 7 February 2001<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure><a href=\"assets\/d79979d75286b4.jpg\" data-gallery-image aria-label=\"Duisberg Society \u00b7 trainee exchange\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"assets\/d79979d75286b4.jpg\" alt=\"Duisberg Society \u00b7 trainee exchange\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/a><figcaption>Duisberg Society \u00b7 trainee exchange<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<p><dialog class=\"image-viewer\" aria-label=\"Image viewer\"><button type=\"button\" class=\"viewer-close\">Close \u00d7<\/button><\/p>\n<figure><img alt=\"\"><figcaption><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div class=\"viewer-controls\"><button type=\"button\" class=\"viewer-prev\" aria-label=\"Previous image\">\u2190<\/button><span class=\"viewer-count\" aria-live=\"polite\"><\/span><button type=\"button\" class=\"viewer-next\" aria-label=\"Next image\">\u2192<\/button><\/div>\n<p><a class=\"viewer-original\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Open original image \u2197<\/a><\/dialog><\/p>\n<section class=\"documents\">\n<h2>From the archive<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"assets\/28f0c9246f0c4d.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Germany, why you kill your Thai Bocuse? Postcard<span>PDF \u2197<\/span><\/a><a href=\"assets\/08a7909ee115dc.pdf#page=3\" target=\"_blank\">A Thai chef comes to Berlin \u00b7 ENG \u00b7 PDF \u2197<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"document-languages\"><span>Available document languages: <\/span><a href=\"assets\/08a7909ee115dc.pdf#page=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" hreflang=\"de\">DE<\/a><a href=\"assets\/08a7909ee115dc.pdf#page=3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" hreflang=\"en\">ENG<\/a><a href=\"assets\/08a7909ee115dc.pdf#page=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" hreflang=\"es\">ES<\/a><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"assets\/eb1f765804c87e.pdf#page=3\" target=\"_blank\">SOKO WOK \u00b7 Der Tagesspiegel \u00b7 ENG \u00b7 PDF \u2197<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"document-languages\"><span>Available document languages: <\/span><a href=\"assets\/eb1f765804c87e.pdf#page=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" hreflang=\"de\">DE<\/a><a href=\"assets\/eb1f765804c87e.pdf#page=3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" hreflang=\"en\">ENG<\/a><a href=\"assets\/eb1f765804c87e.pdf#page=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" hreflang=\"es\">ES<\/a><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"assets\/4ea90cca36b3da.pdf#page=4\" target=\"_blank\">Uthai and Exotic Culinary Delights \u00b7 ENG \u00b7 PDF \u2197<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"document-languages\"><span>Available document languages: <\/span><a href=\"assets\/4ea90cca36b3da.pdf#page=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" hreflang=\"de\">DE<\/a><a href=\"assets\/4ea90cca36b3da.pdf#page=4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" hreflang=\"en\">ENG<\/a><a href=\"assets\/4ea90cca36b3da.pdf#page=7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" hreflang=\"es\">ES<\/a><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"assets\/c0dad53b18458a.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Uthai + exot. Gaumenfreuden Frankf. Rundschau &#8211; compressed<span>PDF \u2197<\/span><\/a><a href=\"assets\/6758ac41e29a0f.pdf#page=2\" target=\"_blank\">Is it the Gestapo again? \u00b7 ENG \u00b7 PDF \u2197<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"document-languages\"><span>Available document languages: <\/span><a href=\"assets\/6758ac41e29a0f.pdf#page=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" hreflang=\"de\">DE<\/a><a href=\"assets\/6758ac41e29a0f.pdf#page=2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" hreflang=\"en\">ENG<\/a><a href=\"assets\/6758ac41e29a0f.pdf#page=3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" hreflang=\"es\">ES<\/a><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"assets\/01cf79d705791d.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Doch wenn sie sich nur nicht zum Massstab machten<span>PDF \u2197<\/span><\/a><a href=\"assets\/e6ae04b918fbc5.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">If only they didn&#8217;t make themselves the standard<span>PDF \u2197<\/span><\/a><a href=\"assets\/19416ff3527a3f.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Appell Kleiner Drachen 19960909<span>PDF \u2197<\/span><\/a><a href=\"assets\/4a7c8af7cb4003.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Rollkommandos WITH A LITTLE HELP&#8230;. ODER DIE KO\u0308CHE SIND IMMER NOCH NICHT DA<span>PDF \u2197<\/span><\/a><a href=\"assets\/6e81fc4e880ba0.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Unterschriftensammlung &#8211; Aus diesen Orten kommen unsere Ko\u0308che<span>PDF \u2197<\/span><\/a><a href=\"assets\/5a3685448630fb.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">19950108 Checkpoint Kevin Kote<span>PDF \u2197<\/span><\/a><a href=\"assets\/0d34d9eda3dab4.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">19961212 Zahltag in Deutschland<span>PDF \u2197<\/span><\/a><a href=\"assets\/481f24645eeee6.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">20001212 YTPS L to Mr. Weissenborn Hotel &amp; Gaststa\u0308ttenverband<span>PDF \u2197<\/span><\/a><\/section>\n<details class=\"section-menu\">\n<summary>More in this chapter<\/summary>\n<div class=\"chapter-index\"><a href=\"fight-for-thai-cooks.html\"><span>7.1<\/span><strong>Introduction \u00b7 Fight for Thai cooks against German bureaucracy<\/strong><\/a><a href=\"fruit-carving.html\"><span>7.3<\/span><strong>Fruit Carving contest 1996<\/strong><\/a><a href=\"scholarship.html\"><span>7.4<\/span><strong>YTSPS \u00b7 Young Thai Professional Scholarship Program<\/strong><\/a><\/div>\n<\/details>\n<div class=\"sequence\"><a href=\"fight-for-thai-cooks.html\">\u2190 Introduction \u00b7 Fight for Thai cooks against German bureaucracy<\/a><a href=\"fruit-carving.html\">Fruit Carving contest 1996 \u2192<\/a><\/div>\n<p><\/main><\/p>\n<footer><a href=\"index.html\">THAI FOOD MAGIC \u00b7 MAOTHAI<\/a><span>Berlin &amp; Palma \u00b7 A personal archive<\/span><a href=\"#\">Back to top \u2191<\/a><\/footer>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Skip to content Fight for Thai cooks in documents The Story of a Group of Thai Restaurants in Berlin and Palma THAI FOOD MAGICMAOTHAI DEENGESTHAIJAP STORYTHE RESTAURANTSTHAI FOODPEOPLEPRESS COVERAGEESTABLISHING THAI AS INTERNATIONAL CUISINEVIDEOSPRINT SHOPNEWS &amp; CONTACT PROLOG\/ESTABLISHING THAI CUISINE AS INTERNATIONAL CUISINE IN BERLIN\/Fight for Thai cooks in documents Historical scans and videos remain in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-40","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/maothai.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/40","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/maothai.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/maothai.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maothai.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maothai.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=40"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/maothai.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/40\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":310,"href":"https:\/\/maothai.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/40\/revisions\/310"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/maothai.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=40"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}