P Map Rubber-plantation barons and colonial mansions are not exactly part of Bangkok's history, but Bamboo Bar, in the historic Oriental Hotel, exudes oodles of bygone charm.

He lived in Amsterdam and performed in clubs there such as the Bamboo Bar and Jazz Café Alto as leader of his own trio.

The "B clubs" dominate the strip: the Bamboo Bar, the Beach Club and the Bermuda Club.

It boasts seven restaurants, as well as the chocolate-and-cream Bamboo Bar, where orchids bloom out of lime slices in the well-salted margaritas.

Chrebet had been arrested and charged with disorderly conduct outside the Bamboo Bar, and Elias, who is now a free agent, had been arrested and charged with disorderly conduct and resisting arrest.

A completely renovated permit room called Bamboo Bar was shifted from the basement to the ground floor in 1985.

To compete with popular clubs and a new local bar called Chez Eve, Krull established the Bamboo Bar, which soon became one of the leading bars in Bangkok.

Szalkowski said the men were arrested about 2:30 a.m. at the Bamboo Bar in Seaside Heights, a working-class summer resort on the Jersey Shore crammed with amusement piers, motels, bars and tourist shops.

The hard blue eyes were veined with blood and he made straight for the Bamboo Bar and ordered himself a double brandy and ginger ale.

A Map The rooftop restaurant and bar, Bamboo Bar, is a favourite at any hour, and has live music Saturday evenings.