Eating in Phuket - Kan Eang 2

Hehs. The Kan Eang restaurant that I had been raving about and comparing to all the places we have been to! It's realllllly the best~ Haha.

This place is in a very secluded area. So if you ever ever want to go to this place, please book a taxi, to and fro. You'll regret it if you din do it! Because, there's no car at sight at all. Haha.

The moment you walk into the place, you'll heart soft music in the background. Everything just look really classy. Not alot of photos were taken because we've forgot my camera! Oh damn. Of all the places!!! But thank god there's something called the camera photo. Well, I would say that the photos were not really well done too. Thank god there's something called photos editing. Haha. Now the photos look so much better. Haha! But wells, back to the place. It's right beside the beach, so there's small waves washing up the shore. And the lights were really very warmish kinda yellow. The brightest part will be your own table, whereby the light shines directly onto your food. Haha!

When we opened the menu, we were so so so shocked! We thought we were conned into this place. Because the seafood was much more expensive than the ones we had at the palm! Lobsters were more expensive. Oh, we wanted to eat it. We seriously wanted to leave for other places. But we learned that the nearest place has alot of dogs along the way. And then, we need a car if we want to go the other way. And in the end, the other place is Kan eng 1. Which is the same place sia......

After flipping the menu a little more, we realized that, erm, the thai food is really very cheap! Haha. And I guess the seafood is more expensive because they're alive. Not like most of the places which sell dead seafood. Hehs. So we set down and order and we wanted to order ALOT!

Clams? Lala? Hehs. They were really good. But I find them too spicy for my tongue. Lol!

The Phad thai was the best phad thai that I had ate in my life so far. Haha. I've only tried Thai express and the phuket and the bangkok ones? Lol! But it was really good. It could be because we were really starving and it was one of the first few dishes orders. But we ordered another 2 plates. LOL!

Spicy mango salad. My god. It's nice but spicy. Hehs. But that's how mango salads should be done right? LOL!

I forgot if this is tom yum kun or the seafood one. Hehs. Forgot the taste already. But then, I rmb it as a very spicy one. I cannot even really finish my first bowl at all. But it was really good. However, after drinking it, we need to eat a lot of other things to 'neutralize' the spiciness! Haha.

After a while, as the dishes come up one by one, we (or rather ah dear) got so engrossed in eating that no more food photos were taken. And, there were the nicer ones! Lol. I forgot why he din pass me his phone either. But I'll remember my camera the next time! Haha!

We tried their morning glory. It was surprisingly delicious.

The fish. We steamed it the Chinese style. My gawd. It was SO FRESH and SO NICE and SO SWEET and the soup was SO JUST RIGHT! Haha. It was the exact same thing as the one we had at Palm at Patong beach. That was nothing comparable to the one we had at Kan Eng 2! The fish really really did not die for nothing. It died a honorable death. Haha! I bet their other seafood were equally fresh and nice. NEXT TIME!

We also tried something that's seaweed tempura with prawn. Haha. I have to say. Just give me the seaweed and the sauce, I'm a happy Kelly already. LOL! The prawn was abit out of place because of the shell. You know the feeling of eating fried prawns with the shell? Lol. Very piercing, I would say. But the sauce made our day! Even though we were really full. Haha!

Oh, pineapple rice! That was good too. We were having a debate on whether the pineapple or Phad thai is better. We have to order another serving you see. Phad Thai won. Even though I think the Pineapple deserve a second serving too. The pineapple taste was really good!

Other than the coconut, I think, that's all we had ordered ba......The coconut was not just coconut orh. They named it 'Young Coconut'. Haha. Which means, their flesh is really soft and tender. Yeap. They delivered that! But I would like to have a young adult though. Then their flesh would be slightly thicker. Hahaha!

All in all, it was a really filling and wonderful dinner.

We left as very happy customers wanting and wishing to be back there every moment!

And mind you. We ate alot, we din spend alot! Inclusive of service charge, we only spend 1600 baht (=S$70). We ordered so much food and 5 coconuts and 1 soft drink! The fish was only 350 baht lo. So amazing! You cant get such good food at such great price so easily ba? Hehs.

It's a red alert recommendation! Please go there when you go Phuket one day! It's a must go! And it's a hidden gem because most of the people there are actually locals! Haha. =)

Oh by the way, did I mention that the service was pretty good? Hehs. How much more do I have to convince you to go there???? Hahaha!

Eating in Phuket - Kata Mama

Other than Mali seafood which is more expensive, this was the recommended seafood restaurant that's cheap and good around Kata beach. A place that we dun have to travel far to. Well within walking distance! Goood! It's right at one end of the Kata beach!

The place here is really nice. Nice breeze, nice checkers cloth which is like the must have for any beachside restaurant, light bulbs that's really pretty. And the most important one, cheap and delicious food. =)

They dun really have great coconuts though. I had the only sweet one. Lol! I think coconut is the staple drink/fruit at the beach leh.. LOL!



Pineapple rice is not bad. It's a must eat in Thailand, isnt it? LOL! I find the rice pretty tasteful. Hehs. And the pineapple is sweeet! Yum yum! But too bad, it doesnt have my favourite pork floss on it. Boohoohoo.



Since the name is called Phuket soup, it should be a must try when we are in Phuket right? Haha. Well, it says spicy again. No, it's salty! Lol. And ar, it just tasted like the mee sua soup my mama always cook for me. There's some mee sua in the soup lo. Haha. On top of the meatballs. Well, it's not too bad, but it's not a must eat either!



This is the garlic and pepper prawns. Urm, I was hoping for a similar garlic from the restaurant in Langkawi. But no, nothing like that came. The garlic was quite nice though. But, the prawns are a little too small le ba? Right? Lol. I really think the prawns are extras. I can just have the garlic will do. Lol!



YX says that BBQ squid is a must eat! So, we ordered it. Haha. It's really very nice! It has a BBQ taste in it. Omg, it's. HEAVENLY! I swear. If not, why would we order a second plate? Hahaha. The chili totally made it really really really nice too. Purfect! =) The 2nd plate din fail us too!



So because of the squid, we ordered more bbq stuffs. Hmm. The prawns were like, just prawns. Yes it's fresh, but, there's no BBQ taste in it. So, no way am I going to order BBQ prawn from this place again. Hahahaha!

In the end, we only spend like 880 baht ($30.50) here! Cheap and nice! Me like!

Eating in Phuket - The Orchid

If you are talking about not too bad thai food nearer to our place, Orchid is the one. It's just next to our hotel. You dun even need to go down the slope at all! But, the food was just okok only. Good enough to fill your stomach. And not too bad if you haven went to Chalong for their thai food! Hahahaha!

Ah dear thinks this is nice!



We think that the gravy was nice. This is fried beef with basil leaf. Ya right, their fried is stir fry lo. Lol! But this was good.



The phat thai was not too bad. But it felt about the same as thai express though. Hehs. So, not the standard we should want to find in thailand ba? haha.



Papaya salad is also another must eat in Thailand. It was not too spicy. Taste wise, just ok only ba. Hehs.



The girls tried the tom yum soup too when they reached. Our conclusion: it's not nice! Not spicy and sour enough. Hmm. No good! Hahahaha.

Overall, this place is a good place if you are so hungry that you need food asap and you are just at the hotel. Haha. Other than that, dun need to try because there are so much more better food around!

Eating in Phuket - Two Chefs

Phuket = thailand = thai food! Slurps.

Phuket = beach = fresh seafood! Slurps.

When you go Phuket, you will realize that there are alot of Ang moh ang moh restaurants around. But within the restaurant, there will be both western food and thai food. Something that I find amazing. Haha. But I think, most of the time, the western cuisine taste better than the thai food ba. I want to try their steaks but I would think Singapore would offer better ones. And, why did I even go Thailand for western food? Are you joking? LOL!

But still, I had western food. Hahaha. They are a little difficult to resist, especially when the place look so pretty from the outside and they have pretty good reviews on the internet. Hehs.

One great one I would love to recommend is Two Chefs. It's opened by 2 Swedish chefs but they offer more food than just Swedish cuisine itself. The one we went to was just round the corner of our hotel (we just have to go down the slopes, we can find a lot of food already!). And we only went there for lunch.



The place was rather tastefully decorated, like most of the restaurants you can find at Kata beach itself. =)



I think this should be some Swedish bread. Yums. But Ah dear din think that it was that fantastic actually. Lol. Plain bread was better. Hahaha!



I ordered some mexican food. It's tacos with spicy meat and all the toppings and sauces. So we have to place all the stuffs into the tacos and eat it. Hehs. Hmm. I think, the meat is really very salty and not spicy at all. This is the problem with the Phuket food. They say it's spicy, it turns out to be salty. We still cannot fathom why! Lol! Other than the salty meat, this was rather good.



Since it's by 2 Swedish chefs, we have to try some Swedish food right? The only one we know is the meatballs. Haha. So, Ah dear ordered it. It was really really really really really nice! I can finally understand why everyone in the lab told me that the meatballs from Ikea is not meatballs at all. This one is so soft and yummy. And the whipped potato. Dun even compare. Heaven. =)

Eating in Phuket - Black canyon coffee

Another ang moh food that we had has to be our American breakfast. The first breakfast in Phuket, I'm yearning for American breakfast. With big sausage, scramble egg and orange juice. Best if there's hashbrown around. It's nothing too difficult to ask for right? Because, I can really make a nice one myself. Haha. But, disappointment was the thing I got. I cannot remember which restaurant we went to, but it was along the Kata beach, and it was at the end. It should be either Kata mama (which I dun think so) or the one beside it (more likely). Hahaha! The photo looks great! But, what we got was.... Not a pretty sight at all!



To be fair, the egg was really nice. But the sausage is so small, and the bacon was really oily and the ham was just ok only. The bread was not too bad, but the butter dun taste good. The tea was fabulous and the orange juice was freshly squeezed and it was really sweet. So, overall, it was pretty ok. BUT BUT BUT! This whole set should not have cost 250 baht (S$11) ba.... Well, if you say it's cos of the view, then, ok lo. We have to settle for this because I was way too hungry and most of the restaurants were not opened yet. But, I'm not going to go back for this anymore!

The better American breakfast that I had was at Black Canyon Coffee. The breakfast sets were just 120 baht and it tasted better and it was more filling. Haha.







Not only this, Black canyon coffee also serves pretty nice drinks too! (From the top: Ice thai tea, Ice chocolate frappe and Ice black hazelnut frappe). Not too bad, I would say!







And, to top it up, they serve pretty nice thai food too. We tried their tom yum koon (yums), phat thai (not too bad), some fried chicken (ok la.the sauce was good), hor fun lookalike rice noodles (really tasted like hor fun) and american fried rice (fried rice lo). Haha. Din take any photos because I was still feeling very down from losing my diamond earring. But overall, the food was not too bad. Especially when it's just a few steps from the foot of the slope from our hotel!