Well, terminal weekend nosotros dragged our lazy bones out of the household for a proper twenty-four hr catamenia out, fifty-fifty managing to piece of job out Phuket! I am certain most people realise that Phuket is an island, but Phuket is connected to the mainland yesteryear the Sarasin span (well, ii bridges genuinely which run parallel), hence you lot tin travail to/from Phuket. The bridges are close 500m long together with when you lot hitting the other side you lot are inward Phang Nga tell which has a wealth of attractions including Phang Nga Bay, Khao Sok National Park (well, that's genuinely inward Surat Thani province), the Similan Islands together with the temple inward a cave at Wat Suwan Kuha.
After visiting the temple together with checking out the nearby Raman Waterfall together with National wood commons (which nosotros volition revisit), nosotros went looking for lunch. H5N1 friend had told me to expect for a eating seat called "Poo Dam" (meaning Black Crab) roughly the Khok Kloi expanse which is a chip due north of Phuket. I had assumed it was on the water, hence every bit nosotros drove dorsum towards Phuket nosotros looked for "Poo Dam" signs. No luck... Feeling hungry nosotros followed instead a sign to "Samchong Seafood" which was good signposted (but entirely inward Thai!), alongside the plow off close the hamlet of Ka Lai, close 10km from Khok Kloi together with close 20km from the Sarasin bridge. You travail close 2km downward the side route together with hit a broad mangrove channel, some floating jetties together with the Samchong Seafood eating seat floating inward the water, accessed yesteryear a stilted walkway. The sign you lot tin expect for :
And here's the eating seat ...
It looked decent, the views were cracking along the channel, alongside some of the Phang Nga limestone formations visible to the east, together with a stilted hamlet similar to the famous Panyee hamlet only over the water. Longtail boats acted every bit taxis across to the village. H5N1 peaceful location (I don't count the occasional longtail engine). H5N1 few cars alongside Phuket plates were parked nearby. Maybe a eating seat that Phuket people see for an "off island" lunch! I liked the house fifty-fifty earlier nosotros ordered food.
There was an English linguistic communication menu, but I'd take in they don't larn many tourists here. I should banker's complaint that nosotros institute the English linguistic communication carte was close 10 Baht to a greater extent than per dish than the Thai menu. We chose the Thai price. We ordered a salad made alongside smoked prawns, a whole snapper alongside lime together with garlic, addition chicken alongside garlic for the kids. The cost of the fish dish was less than places nosotros guide maintain eaten inward Phuket, entirely 280 Baht per kilo. Service was fast, though the house was non really busy every bit nosotros arrived a chip later on than normal lunchtime.
Food was really tasty - fish was excellent, nosotros are already planning a furnish see to Samchong Seafood. No photograph of the fish, sorry. I am non a expert nutrient blogger.. nosotros had already started attacking the fish together with agreeing on how tasty it was, together with hence I realised I had non taken a photo. Ah well, adjacent time... Photos higher upwardly demo Yam Gung Seab (salad alongside dried smoked shrimp) together with Kung Che Nam Pla (raw prawns alongside fish / chili sauce). From our house, entirely close an hr to travail there, together with it's non only the food, it's the location! Some to a greater extent than views from Samchong Seafood:
It's been a expert twelvemonth for finding novel places to consume hence far. We must vow to expire along our explorations together with non live on hence lazy!
Update March 2012: We guide maintain at 1 time done a twain of trips out to Phang Nga Bay from Samchong Seafood - slow to larn a longtail from at that topographic point to James Bond Island together with Koh Panyee / Panyi.
Samchong Seafood - Location Map
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After visiting the temple together with checking out the nearby Raman Waterfall together with National wood commons (which nosotros volition revisit), nosotros went looking for lunch. H5N1 friend had told me to expect for a eating seat called "Poo Dam" (meaning Black Crab) roughly the Khok Kloi expanse which is a chip due north of Phuket. I had assumed it was on the water, hence every bit nosotros drove dorsum towards Phuket nosotros looked for "Poo Dam" signs. No luck... Feeling hungry nosotros followed instead a sign to "Samchong Seafood" which was good signposted (but entirely inward Thai!), alongside the plow off close the hamlet of Ka Lai, close 10km from Khok Kloi together with close 20km from the Sarasin bridge. You travail close 2km downward the side route together with hit a broad mangrove channel, some floating jetties together with the Samchong Seafood eating seat floating inward the water, accessed yesteryear a stilted walkway. The sign you lot tin expect for :
And here's the eating seat ...
It looked decent, the views were cracking along the channel, alongside some of the Phang Nga limestone formations visible to the east, together with a stilted hamlet similar to the famous Panyee hamlet only over the water. Longtail boats acted every bit taxis across to the village. H5N1 peaceful location (I don't count the occasional longtail engine). H5N1 few cars alongside Phuket plates were parked nearby. Maybe a eating seat that Phuket people see for an "off island" lunch! I liked the house fifty-fifty earlier nosotros ordered food.
There was an English linguistic communication menu, but I'd take in they don't larn many tourists here. I should banker's complaint that nosotros institute the English linguistic communication carte was close 10 Baht to a greater extent than per dish than the Thai menu. We chose the Thai price. We ordered a salad made alongside smoked prawns, a whole snapper alongside lime together with garlic, addition chicken alongside garlic for the kids. The cost of the fish dish was less than places nosotros guide maintain eaten inward Phuket, entirely 280 Baht per kilo. Service was fast, though the house was non really busy every bit nosotros arrived a chip later on than normal lunchtime.
Food was really tasty - fish was excellent, nosotros are already planning a furnish see to Samchong Seafood. No photograph of the fish, sorry. I am non a expert nutrient blogger.. nosotros had already started attacking the fish together with agreeing on how tasty it was, together with hence I realised I had non taken a photo. Ah well, adjacent time... Photos higher upwardly demo Yam Gung Seab (salad alongside dried smoked shrimp) together with Kung Che Nam Pla (raw prawns alongside fish / chili sauce). From our house, entirely close an hr to travail there, together with it's non only the food, it's the location! Some to a greater extent than views from Samchong Seafood:
It's been a expert twelvemonth for finding novel places to consume hence far. We must vow to expire along our explorations together with non live on hence lazy!
Update March 2012: We guide maintain at 1 time done a twain of trips out to Phang Nga Bay from Samchong Seafood - slow to larn a longtail from at that topographic point to James Bond Island together with Koh Panyee / Panyi.
Samchong Seafood - Location Map
View Samchong Seafood, Phang Nga inward a larger map Sumber http://jamie-monk.blogspot.com