wHeN cLoWns bEcoMe rOyaLty - fOodS eDitiOn

right when we reached the lounge of treetops arasia, we were greeted warmly with fresh flowers and a coconut each.. no worries about our luggage, they've been well taken care of by the concierge..

i'm not a fan of coconut drink in the first place, so i did not finish my drink.. it kind of tasted bland to me anyway.. heh, and it's too troublesome in my opinion to scrape out the coconut 'meat'.. nevertheless, thumbs up for the pretty flower decoration on the coconut! heez..

the first night we went to makan at patong sefood restaurant.. when we entered, there were so many westerners there la!! then we were like oh no, that's it.. tis place must be so bloody expensive! and true enough, that meal cost a bomb..

but then again, for the same price, we would never ever have the luxury of having such delicacy in Singapore! for approximately $40 per person, we had a fresh and huge lobster, and enormous tiger prawn each, along with other side dishes and drinks!

tom yum soup! how can we miss it when we're in thailand? haha.. the green curry is very yummy also! hehz..

i think the glass bottles of drinks looks adorable.. dun see them locally anymore! hahaha.. yumilicious dinner at patong.. looking forward to more and more good food.. at a cheaper price! ahahah..

the package for our trip included buffet breakfast at the resort and for bth mornings, i've unintentionally left my camera in the room! so erm, no photos.. but the food is great! there's variety and each day there are some alterations to the variety as well.. each person could request for 2 eggs, which ever way you like them to be done.. but 2 was too much for me haha so we each had 1 egg only.. i especially loved the cold cuts like smoked salmon and ham! scrambled egg and potatoes made an impression as well! hehz.. yummy yummy!

on the second day, we headed down to surin beach.. we had heneiken at $2.50 for each bottle and tom yum soup for 2ppl at $5..

this is how the eating place looked like.. and this lady was really friendly! haha.. while we were walking along the beach, she warned us not to go too far out if we're going into the waters.. and when it was about to rain, she brought us into the shelter and opened a huge umbrella to shelter us from the rain..

people of the land of smiles are ever so friendly and ready to help.. even their dogs are so courteous.. you know in Singapre, it gets on my nerves when stray cats or dogs keep circling around the table or my legs, or make noises while i'm having my meal? like they are scared i do not know of their existence, asking for some food? but the dogs in phuket are really polite! haha.. they do not terrorize and if they sense you are afraid of them, they'll stay far away until you've finished your food, before strolling over to see if there are any leftovers.. either that or they'll sit quietly near your seat, waiting for you to leave.. interesting!

we liked the eating place, so much so that we went back for lunch on our last day..

rememeber i said i'm not a fan of coconut drink? i take back my words.. i'm NOT not a fan of this coconut ar surin beach! hahahaha.. it's tasty! the cconut drink is sweet! and the 'meat' of coconut is so fresh! i did not have an easy time scraping the flesh of coconut fruit, but it was worth the effort!

the coconut, together with a tom yum soup and crab vermicelli, cost about $6.. the tom yum soup is clear one leh!! and it's so delicious!! spicy and sour shiok shiok shiok!! the tom yum soup here no fight ar! hahaha..

speaking of the crab vermicelli.. after we ordered, monkey was saying here in Singapore, when the menu says crab-something.. mostly it means using the crab stick as the major ingredient.. and so we wondered if it would be the same case in phuket.. haha

no no no!! real crabs! they fry the vermicelli with fresh crabs they caught from the sea! finger-linkin good! hahaha..

on sunday, we went to phuket town.. we drop by this place for some food.. my my so cheap! super duper value for money leh! haha

my camera did the food no justice.. they tasted so much better than what you see from the pictures! hahah.. we had this grouper(or was it? i forgot the type of fish la).. but i do know it cost more than $10 to pick one from Singapore's market.. and from normal zichar stall it'll cost more than $30.. but in at the restaurant we were at, we got to choose the fish (alive from the tank), and the method of preparation.. all at the price of about $15.. along with other dishes (beef, egg, vege, fried rice) and drinks.. about $10 per person.. cheap leh!

the dish above is the spiciest beef i've ever tried.. my goodness! the waiter was asking if we take hot stuff and monkey was like yeah yeah of course! and so he recommended this dish.. so bloody spicy!! it's like beppu ramen 8chilli! haha..

and we're supposed to eat the beef with the ice-cold vege you see above.. some of the vege i dun ven know what's their name.. haha you're supposed to take a bite off the vege, followed by a piece of beef.. the cucmber kinda made the beef not so spicy.. but the other vege actually enhanced the spiciness! they made the spicy taste linger in your tastebuds for a longer period of time! despite the spiciness, i ate quite a bit.. cos i thought it was so interesting, never try be4 wan ma..

in the end we couldn't finish all of the beef la.. too spicy, not cos we were too full.. haha..

and i had to pay the price of a 'spicy' stomach and 'spicy' asshole that very night.. hahahahaha..

we also tried bird's nest at phuket town.. i duno, they all taste the same to me! even if u give me lousy quality bird's nest, i doubt i can tell the difference.. this cost about $8..

for dinner, we decided to stay in the resort's mom tri's boathouse restaurant.. alot of travellers suggested to not eat here cos of the steep pricing.. but due to the bad weather and our laziness, we went ahead anyway.. haha..well, you could say perhaps we felt rich enough to spend like royalty.. wahahahaha..

ice coffe thai style! not a fan of coffee, so it tasted okie to me ba.. i wasn't very hungry.. so i only ordered a side dish.. there's complimentary basket of assorted bread.. haha luckily i did not order too much.. if not i would not be able to finish all the food! haha..

the breads were fresh, and very tasty.. hee..


here's the side dish.. prawns!! hahaha.. prawns prawns prawns! i think during my stay there, i had more than 25 prawns leh! haha. from brakfast right through dinner..

monkey ordered some spaghetti.. hmmm.. shan't comment much.. i dun like it.. hehz.. total cost for this dinner was about $12per person.. i didn't had much in the first place.. hehz.. so i did not feel the food were so expensive..

the best part of the food hunt in phuket i feel.. were the roadside stalls! this one at patong we tried was selling glass noodles.. we stood there watching the whole cooking process.. it was not unhygenic at all! in fact it was perhaps more hygenic than some local stalls we have here leh! for $1.60, we get a huge packet of it.. and we wished we had bought more!! yummy!

i have a short clip on the preparation of the glass noodle.. haha..



another roadside stall we had was at surin beach, roasted chicken.. such tender chichken! no time for photos cos we were rushing for time.. four of us shared a chicken leg which cost about $2.50.. definitely worth! i can still remember how it tasted like leh!! hahahaha..

during our flight back.. the food catered on the plane sucks!!! hahaa.. not bcos i had too much good food during my stay in phuket.. hmmm, perhaps it was a sign we're turing back into clowns? no more living like royalty liaoz..

my goodness.. what kind of food is this? plain rice with spinach, carrots and vege petti? huh hmmm huh?

there's also chicken lagsane.. but it also tasted bad.. disappointing! *shakes head*

i wanna stay in phuket!!!!! *cries*