Discover the best in life: Bangkok, Cabbages & Condoms Restaurant

This restaurant became main attraction for many locals and foreign visitors. Its located at the busy business district. One can reach there by BTS or subway. One is Akos station (BTS) and another is Sukhumvit station (Subway). There is 200m walking distance from the station. It's not that hard to find.

C&C restaurant was conceptualized in part to promote better understanding and acceptance of family planning and to generate income to support various development activities of the Population and Community Development Association (PDA)

This is the main entrance and long walk way to C&C restaurant.

There is one couple statue welcoming the guests at the entrance. Look closer! They used condoms to dress up and decorate the couple.

There is a handicraft shop adjacent to the restaurant which selling all kind of local handicrafts made by the locals.

The Cabbages and Condoms (C&C) restaurant is uniquely decorated with condoms from all over the world plus messages and photos that support family planning.

Piles of T-shirts are emblazoned with the message, "Cabbages and Condoms, Our food is guaranteed not to cause pregnancy.

Dining at C&C restaurant whether you are in the open area under multi-colored lighted trees trees, the deck or in the air-conditioned rooms provide you with a wonderful experience in a cozy atmosphere.

Mechai Viravaidya, 57 is a politician and activist in Thailand who has popularized condoms in that country. Since the 1970s, Mechai has been affectionately known as "Mr. Condom", and condoms are sometimes referred to as "mechais" in Thailand.

Although Viravaidya has held four cabinet posts in the government, his champion cause continues to be birth control. He wants to make condoms as common--and as accepted--as cabbages.

In Thailand a condom is called a "Mechai". This book provides many fascinating insights about the man who represents a juxtaposition of East and West. It shows how he has used social marketing, wits and charisma to good effect in his relentless quest to improve the livelihood of the poor. It explains why Mechai has been labeled a visionary iconoclast and cheerful revolutionary all the way through his working life.

Thomas D'Agnes spent 22 years living in Thailand, Indonesia, the Philippines, and Laos working in family planning and public health. He worked with Mechai at the Population and Community Development Association (PDA) in Thailand from 1978-82.