Posts Tagged ‘restaurant’

La Bodega: food, drink, entertainment and beds – all in one place

Posted on October 29th, 2009 by Alasdair Forbes

La Bodega: food, drink, entertainment and beds – all in one place

La Bodega’s vision is to showcase authentic original local talent. It might be described as a sort of a mini-Montmartre with a Thai-Spanish flavour and jelly vodka shots.

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Royale Nam Tok – top-class dining in the wilds of Phuket

Posted on October 28th, 2009 by Alasdair Forbes

Royale Nam Tok – top-class dining in the wilds of Phuket

The Royale Nam Tok restaurant is European dining at its finest.

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Magnetic Terrace – an attractive new watering hole

Posted on October 20th, 2009 by Alasdair Forbes

Magnetic Terrace – an attractive new watering hole

This time a different name in the same place – the Magnetic Terrace opens in Cherng Talay, on the way into the Laguna complex.

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Gitano reborn: a new venue for Phuket foodies

Posted on October 10th, 2009 by Alasdair Forbes

Gitano reborn: a new venue for Phuket foodies

Lin and Miguel Kirjon have revived Gitano – fresh, brightly artistic, playful, sexy, sassy and fun, with great food, great Mojitos and a lot more.

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Restaurant with a view… of Underwood Art Factory

Posted on September 9th, 2009 by Alasdair Forbes

Restaurant with a view… of Underwood Art Factory

There are plenty of restaurants in Phuket with views. But a restaurant with a view of a factory? Would we recommend this?

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Getting high on Thai food at Phuket View restaurant

Posted on July 31st, 2009 by Alasdair Forbes

Getting high on Thai food at Phuket View restaurant

For a fine view across Phuket City to Chalong Bay, accompanied by excellent Thai food and good cold beer, head up Rang Hill in the middle of the city and drop in at the Phuket View restaurant.

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China Inn Cafe – green haven in Phuket Town centre

Posted on June 30th, 2009 by Alasdair Forbes

China Inn Cafe – green haven in Phuket Town centre

The China Inn Café is one of Phuket City’s hidden jewels; even some people who have lived in Phuket all their lives have yet to realise it is there.

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Halal food amid the mangroves of Phuket

Posted on June 24th, 2009 by Alasdair Forbes

Halal food amid the mangroves of Phuket

Bang Rong Community restaurant with its excellent, cheap, halal food.

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Blue Elephant restaurant coming to Phuket town

Posted on June 22nd, 2009 by Alasdair Forbes

Blue Elephant restaurant coming to Phuket town

A classic mansion in Phuket, left to rot for years, is to be reborn as a sophisticated Thai restaurant.

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Write yourself into a vacation on Phuket

Posted on April 27th, 2009 by Alasdair Forbes

Write yourself into a vacation on Phuket

Mom Tris’ Boathouse hotel has long been a centre for literature in Phuket, starting more than a decade ago with its Chao Phraya Literary Club.

Okay, so far no Pulitzer or Booker winners have appeared at the hotel’s regular literary evenings, but the evenings do feature a variety of Thailand-based novelists, columnists, poets, editors and assorted scribblers, and attract a good crowd of people who have realised there is life outside Patong.

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