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Phuket Food: For the love of durian
PHUKET: As a Thai, I am fully aware of the nation’s love affair with food. But one item baffles me still and it’s no other than the infamous fruit – durian. I have observed that there was no two-way thing about this so-called king of Thai fruits – you either love it or hate it. As the latter, I decided…
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Phuket Lifestyle: Top of the list
PHUKET: Jon Hyams, founder of the Wine List of the Year Awards, says that one of his biggest aims when starting the competition was education. But this time, it’s not teaching consumers about the wine, but rather teaching the sommeliers and waiters how to present their product to you, and helping them get rid of their inherited, old and often…
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Phuket Food: Hurry for a curry
PHUKET: Given that Phuket offers very little in terms of flavors from the sub-continent, we pounced on the opportunity to try out one small Indian restaurant recently discovered by a couple of friends way out in Cape Panwa. Only a stone’s throw away from the city center, Cape Panwa seems like a parallel universe compared to the rest of Phuket.…
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Phuket Food: Go Brazilian at Rodizio
PHUKET: Looking at a map of the world, Phuket, Thailand is about as far away as you can possibly get from the soccer-and-samba-crazed nation of Brazil. But don’t buy your ticket to Rio just yet, Patong’s newest restaurant has saved you the trouble of flying halfway around the globe and brought a taste of Brazil right here to Phuket. Rodizio…
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