Joanna James
Famous as it is for its beaches, Phuket is also filled with culinary delights everywhere you look! Here is a guide to some of the best dishes you ought to try while on Thailand's most famous island.
Tom Yam Goong is a spicy, sweet-sour, and flavourful soup filled with prawns and is a favourite dish in Thai cuisine. Other popular variations of the soup are Tom Yam Gai (Chicken) and Tom Yam Talay (Seafood). The soup is prepared with coconut milk, mushroom, red chilli paste, galangal, lemongrass, and mushrooms.
Hokkien mee is a simple stir-fried noodle dish, which is a hot favourite of many! Thick egg noodles are mixed with eggs, prawns, pork, calamari, and bean sprouts in an ideal blend that tastes incredible. The noodles are best enjoyed with chilli sambal and fresh lime juice.
Massaman curry is a comparatively milder curry that does not compromise on taste! Coconut milk adds a sweet and creamy element to the curry while the tartness of the lime juice cuts through the richness. It's flavoured with Thai basil, kaffir lime leaves, tomatoes, and peanuts.
Although dim Sum doesn't belong to Thai cuisine, it is readily available in Phuket! There are plenty of varieties of dim sum to choose from as well! But the best type is the seven times folded fluffier versions. The stuffing ranges from pork, shrimp, green beans, or prawns.
Gaeng Keow Wan Gai is another curry that draws in foodies from all over the world for its unique taste. The curry typically uses chicken and includes two kinds of Thai eggplants. The delicious green curry paste adds an attractive dimension to the curry and is the best way to pair a freshly cooked bowl of rice. Don't forget to try this curry out while holidaying in Phuket or searching for Thailand luxury villas for sale the likes of Avadina Hills By Anantara.
This is a soup made using chicken, tomatoes, mushrooms, galangal, and lemongrass in coconut milk. It's flavourful and not that spicy. You can pick proteins like fish, chicken, crab, tofu and a nice helping of veggies for a complete meal.
Khao man Ghai is a filling chicken rice dinner and a staple across many South Asian countries. It is a flavorful and texturally pleasing dish with boiled chicken, chicken broth, jasmine rice, and a special sauce of garlic, ginger, chilli and soya sauce.
These are widely available at sit-down cafes and as street food. Prawns, vegetables, meat, and rice noodles are rolled into a crunchy pastry, which is then deep fried. Enjoy them hot with a dip of soya sauce for a tasty snack or aperitif.
Chicken satay in skewers is a mainstay in Thai cuisine and is typically consumed with peanut sauce. The spicy and flavourful peanut sauce is the star of the dish and is made from fish sauce, peanut butter, coriander leaves, red curry paste, sugar, lime juice, and coconut milk.
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