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Central Food Hall opens at Central Festival Phuket

Posted on August 11th, 2010 by Alasdair Forbes

Central Food Hall opens at Central Festival Phuket

This is the fourth Central Food Hall in Thailand. There were two in Bangkok, and will be again when Central World is reopened, and there’s a third in Pattaya. The Phuket branch definitely raises the bar locally.

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Steaking a new claim in Chalong

Posted on May 31st, 2010 by Alasdair Forbes

Steaking a new claim in Chalong

Those who know their way around Phuket Town will tell you that when it comes to restaurants, Steak Samkong is very high on the list of places giving value for money.

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Dusit Phuket restaurant “best in Thailand”

Posted on May 26th, 2010 by Alasdair Forbes

Dusit Phuket restaurant “best in Thailand”

Want to know which is the best restaurant, not just in Phuket but the whole of Thailand? According to Thailand Tatler magazine, it’s La Trattoria at the Dusit Laguna Resort.

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Indochine gives party people a taste of things to come

Posted on May 6th, 2010 by Alasdair Forbes

Indochine gives party people a taste of things to come

Phuket’s beautiful people were out in force last night (May 5) for the unofficial pre-pre-soft opening of two floors of the restaurant and club section of the Indochine Resort & Villas, above Kalim Beach.

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Seriously French gourmandising at the Boathouse

Posted on March 7th, 2010 by Alasdair Forbes

Seriously French gourmandising at the Boathouse

Jean-Noel Lumineau presented his first French food festival at Mom Tri’s Boathouse in Kata nine years ago – two weeks of the very best French food in the world.

He came back every year to do the same thing and, in September 2008, made the big jump, moving to Phuket as Chef Consultant for Mom Tri’s four restaurants – the Boathouse, the Oasis next door, Mom Tri’s Kitchen (all in Kata) and, the most recent addition, Mom Tri’s Regatta at the Royal Phuket Marina.

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Fine dining club launched in Phuket

Posted on February 22nd, 2010 by Alasdair Forbes

Fine dining club launched in Phuket

Absolute Group boss Brian Lunt has been flying to Koh Samui once a month for dinner with the local dining club, and figured it was about time that Phuket had a similar deal.

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Fine food, wine and blues

Posted on February 10th, 2010 by Alasdair Forbes

Fine food, wine and blues

Andy Andersen, organiser of the annual Phuket Blues-Rock Festival, which takes place on February 26 and 27, has organised a couple of intimate dinners for small groups of people to get to know the two headliners – Charlie Musselwhite and Richard Clapton.

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Food with a view at Cape Sienna

Posted on February 9th, 2010 by Alasdair Forbes

Food with a view at Cape Sienna

This is a great place to watch the sun dive into the sea. On the evening the Observer was there, a gleaming gin palace to slide across the face of the bay as the sun sank behind it. Sitting in comfort on the classy restaurant terrace with a good cold Mojito to hand, it’s possible to image that this is something the management arranges every night just to add to the sunset experience.

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Raw food expert Ani Phyo heads for Phuket

Posted on January 4th, 2010 by Alasdair Forbes

Raw food expert Ani Phyo heads for Phuket

Ani Phyo is bringing her raw food vision to Phuket at the end of January with a class at Mom Tri’s Villa Royale.

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Art sale at Hung Fat’s restaurant for Phuket charity

Posted on December 3rd, 2009 by Alasdair Forbes

Art sale at Hung Fat’s restaurant for Phuket charity

Works of art donated by internationally-renowned artists, galleries and local children will be up for sale on December 9 at Hung Fat’s restaurant, Kalim Beach, with all proceeds to go to the Phuket Has Been Good To Us Foundation.

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