Phuket Dining: A First Taste — From Street Stalls to White Tablecloths
Ask ten people what brings them back to Phuket and at least half will mention the food before the beaches. This island eats well at every price — a 60-baht plate of pad see ew from a street cart can be as memorable as a white-tablecloth seafood dinner, and Phuket Dining exists to cover all of it. Where we'll be eating The street level. Night markets, noodle carts, roti stalls and the morning dim sum shops of Phuket Town — the everyday food most visitors walk straight past. Southern Thai kitchens. Phuket sits deep in Southern Thai country: fiery curries, crab curry with rice noodles (khanom jeen), Hokkien noodles, and seafood pulled straight off day boats. The seafood scene. From the floating restaurants on the east coast to the beach-road grill rows, we'll sort the places locals rate from the ones living on a view. The special occasions. Phuket's fine-dining scene punches above its weight — chef's counters, farm-to-table kitchens and old-town shophouse restau...