{"id":70,"date":"2026-09-27T23:16:50","date_gmt":"2026-09-27T23:16:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging-welcome-121a408.netsolhost.com\/?page_id=70"},"modified":"2026-09-27T23:29:56","modified_gmt":"2026-09-27T23:29:56","slug":"maothai-friends","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/maothai.com\/?page_id=70","title":{"rendered":"Friends of Maothai"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"skip\" href=\"#content\">Skip to content<\/a><\/p>\n<header class=\"hero \" style=\"--cover:url('assets\/27aa3b04b3fa92.jpg')\">\n<div class=\"top\">\n<div class=\"heading\">\n<h1>Friends of Maothai<\/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=\"friends-de.html\" hreflang=\"de\" lang=\"de\">DE<\/a><a href=\"friends.html\" hreflang=\"en\" lang=\"en\" aria-current=\"true\">ENG<\/a><a href=\"friends-es.html\" hreflang=\"es\" lang=\"es\">ES<\/a><a href=\"friends-th.html\" hreflang=\"th\" lang=\"th\">THAI<\/a><a href=\"friends-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\" aria-current=\"page\">PEOPLE<\/a><a href=\"press.html\">PRESS COVERAGE<\/a><a href=\"establishing.html\">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=\"people.html\">PEOPLE<\/a><span>\/<\/span><span>Friends of Maothai<\/span><\/div>\n<article class=\"prose\"><\/article>\n<div class=\"curated-stammhaus\">\n<section class=\"gallery-chapter\">\n<h2>Friends in Berlin<\/h2>\n<div class=\"curated-grid\" data-count=\"3\">\n<figure><a href=\"assets\/27aa3b04b3fa92.jpg\" data-gallery-image aria-label=\"J\u00fcrgen Hafemann in Berlin\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"assets\/27aa3b04b3fa92.jpg\" alt=\"J\u00fcrgen Hafemann in Berlin\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/a><figcaption>J\u00fcrgen Hafemann in Berlin<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure><a href=\"assets\/216459f09478bc.jpg\" data-gallery-image aria-label=\"Joachim Zeller in Berlin\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"assets\/216459f09478bc.jpg\" alt=\"Joachim Zeller in Berlin\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/a><figcaption>Joachim Zeller in Berlin<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure><a href=\"assets\/fd9431991f0c3b.jpg\" data-gallery-image aria-label=\"Christoph Nefzger outside ISSAN in Berlin\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"assets\/fd9431991f0c3b.jpg\" alt=\"Christoph Nefzger outside ISSAN in Berlin\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/a><figcaption>Christoph Nefzger outside ISSAN in Berlin<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"gallery-chapter\">\n<h2>Wine and travels<\/h2>\n<div class=\"curated-grid\" data-count=\"3\">\n<figure><a href=\"assets\/ce1419c7979acf.jpg\" data-gallery-image aria-label=\"Arno Speckert in Kallstadt\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"assets\/ce1419c7979acf.jpg\" alt=\"Arno Speckert in Kallstadt\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/a><figcaption>Arno Speckert in Kallstadt<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure><a href=\"assets\/a858e4f770acc9.jpg\" data-gallery-image aria-label=\"Arno with new barrique barrels\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"assets\/a858e4f770acc9.jpg\" alt=\"Arno with new barrique barrels\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/a><figcaption>Arno with new barrique barrels<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure><a href=\"assets\/ab4caed662a609.jpg\" data-gallery-image aria-label=\"\u201cDick\u201d, Paul William Richard Darnoc, in Sydney\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"assets\/ab4caed662a609.jpg\" alt=\"\u201cDick\u201d, Paul William Richard Darnoc, in Sydney\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/a><figcaption>\u201cDick\u201d, Paul William Richard Darnoc, in Sydney<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"gallery-chapter\">\n<h2>Encounters in Palma<\/h2>\n<div class=\"curated-grid\" data-count=\"3\">\n<figure><a href=\"assets\/4763f97a73f8df.jpg\" data-gallery-image aria-label=\"Tony Z. from New Jersey in Palma\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"assets\/4763f97a73f8df.jpg\" alt=\"Tony Z. from New Jersey in Palma\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/a><figcaption>Tony Z. from New Jersey in Palma<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure><a href=\"assets\/a5c54e598bbb9e.jpg\" data-gallery-image aria-label=\"Michele Lou Scott Lodico on the Maothai Palma terrace\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"assets\/a5c54e598bbb9e.jpg\" alt=\"Michele Lou Scott Lodico on the Maothai Palma terrace\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/a><figcaption>Michele Lou Scott Lodico on the Maothai Palma terrace<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure><a href=\"assets\/99665c7c930128.jpg\" data-gallery-image aria-label=\"Joane Gardner at Maothai \u00b7 2009\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"assets\/99665c7c930128.jpg\" alt=\"Joane Gardner at Maothai \u00b7 2009\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/a><figcaption>Joane Gardner at Maothai \u00b7 2009<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"gallery-chapter\">\n<h2>More friends<\/h2>\n<div class=\"curated-grid\" data-count=\"3\">\n<figure><a href=\"assets\/bf34d313ac18e7.jpg\" data-gallery-image aria-label=\"Gustavo \u00b7 \u201cPoet\u201d\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"assets\/bf34d313ac18e7.jpg\" alt=\"Gustavo \u00b7 \u201cPoet\u201d\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/a><figcaption>Gustavo \u00b7 \u201cPoet\u201d<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure><a href=\"assets\/38ba0c716a1fc6.jpg\" data-gallery-image aria-label=\"Gori from Mallorca\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"assets\/38ba0c716a1fc6.jpg\" alt=\"Gori from Mallorca\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/a><figcaption>Gori from Mallorca<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure><a href=\"assets\/1d7835792b1c0e.jpg\" data-gallery-image aria-label=\"Toni from Switzerland\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"assets\/1d7835792b1c0e.jpg\" alt=\"Toni from Switzerland\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/a><figcaption>Toni from Switzerland<\/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 href=\"assets\/011cfc27043feb.jpg\" data-gallery-image aria-label=\"Dick outside his favourite pub in Sydney\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"assets\/011cfc27043feb.jpg\" alt=\"Dick outside his favourite pub in Sydney\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/a><figcaption>Dick outside his favourite pub in Sydney<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/details>\n<\/div>\n<p><dialog class=\"image-viewer\" aria-label=\"Image viewer\"><button type=\"button\" class=\"viewer-close\">Close 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