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The devil is in the detail – Phuket’s Les Diables
PHUKET: Walking into Les Diables bakery to interview creator and master pastry chef Peter Webber, I find him hunched over his work bench, meticulously crafting a tiny toilet out of white chocolate. Curious, I ask him what on earth it is for and he replies matter-of-factly: “It’s for a customer, they were having a trailer-trash party and they wanted the…
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Carnivore’s delight – Phuket Food
PHUKET: I miss you dearly, my friend. Maybe not at first, not in my first months in Thailand when I was sucked right into the world of lemongrass and coconut milk. When pork (and Thailand is up there with the best of them when it comes to the quality of pork) and poultry became the foundations of my daily diet.…
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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: 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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Phuket Eats: Off Course – The 19th hole
PHUKET: Finding somewhere to spend a day with the whole family while keeping everyone happy can sometimes be a challenge in Phuket. Often, kid-friendly activities can leave the adults twiddling their thumbs and wishing they could be somewhere else. The owners of Phuket Adventure Mini-Golf in Bang Tao, Pia and Thomas, have solved this problem by creating a family-friendly venue…
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