INSIDE - Phuket Dining

Despite being clearly signposted, when you turn down into the dusty side soi off Rat-U-Thid Road, Patong, you will be forgiven for questioning whether you are at the right place to enjoy what is quickly becoming known as ‘the’ place in Patong to enjoy fine dining.

Baz Daniel straps on his monogrammed silver tasseur and heads north from Patong to find out how the other half dines on ‘Millionaire’s Mile.’

Eating at Mom Tri’s kitchen in Kata Noi will likely serve as a reminder as to why you ever decided to come and more importantly stay on this little patch of paradise we call Phuket.

Acclaimed Italian chef Angelo Magliaro became the Executive Chef at the Impiana Resort in Patong earlier this year and brought with him a wealth of experience, enthusiasm and a whole new menu.

The Blue Elephant has been serving Royal Thai cuisine in various world-wide capital cities including Brussels, Bangkok and London since 1980. Now Phuket can be added to that growing list.

The aptness of the name of KanEang@Pier becomes apparent after spending just a few hours at the restaurant.

One evening as I was driving around town with my friend and we saw the very new and chic ‘Chill Chill’ restaurant on Kra road (parallel with the canal) not far from Sapan Hin. Owner Khun Tan opened the cafe/restaurant Chill Chill in February for her son who just finished a course to become a barista.

Entering the Andara Resort in Kamala for the first time is quite an experience; the huge high ceilings, the dark wood furnishings and large fixtures make for a very pleasing and grand welcome.

The Raw Food movement started, as so many modern health fads seem to, on the west coast of the USA in sun-baked, and some would say half-baked, California.