Someone has told me that Bangkok has some great skyscraper restaurants with amazing views over the city. Which you would recommend? Mark MacGyver, Liverpool

Sunday Times travel expert, Richard Green, responds: For gourmet dining at giddying heights, the most breathtaking restaurant is Sirocco. It occupies a large sculptured terrace on the roof of Bangkok’s massive State Tower, visible all over the city thanks to its height and iconic golden dome.

The grand open staircase, jazz band, and candle lit tables lend a surreal normality to eating al fresco 656ft feet up, and the views of Bangkok’s vast cityscape are mesmerising. Service is great, and while the cuisine isn’t quite as haute as the altitude, it offers excellent, well-presented international cuisine for about £40 a head. Afterwards, stroll over for a cocktail at the snazzy and circular Sky Bar, which practically overhangs the 62 floors below.

If being outside so high up makes you crave lead diving boots, there’s an Italian restaurant called Mezzaluna that’s inside on the same floor. Alternatively, try the Vertigo restaurant, which is perched glamorously on the 61st floor of the Banyan Tree Hotel, serving fine BBQ seafood and cocktails at the adjacent Moon Bar.

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