Laem Hin, Phuket

Laem Hin is a very well known local seafood restaurant in Phuket- just google top 10 seafood restaurant of Phuket you will definitely find this place.

Since this place is highly recommended by Google, we decided to try out the dinner on our first night at Phuket. The restaurant is located about 40km away from our hotel and the journey took a while since it was rush hours among the locals.

We drove pass villages, dark narrow roads with dim lamp post and for a while we are uncertain if we going to the right directions. We feel more relieved after Google Map also leading to the same directions.

The restaurant is located next to the pier where you can take boat to Coconut Island or restaurant nearby.
Almost all the patrons are local except us table and another table of expats that arrived later.
The do provide English menu however only one staff speak English.

Salad raw prawn despite being one of the popular dish among Thais; this is my first time trying. There is no fishy smell  and surprisingly it gives after taste likewise fresh Sashimi. The chili however is just too spicy for me. 

Almost all the restaurant we goes to offer us stir fried morning glory.

Seafood clear tom yam

Fried fish

This Salted egg squid is very different from our usual, not recommended.

Thai style steam seabass is highly recommended. it come with a bowl of base soup tasted like clear tomyam. Actually the soup tasted so rich soaked with the fish, taste even better than the tomyam. If you plan to have this dish you can forego the tomyam.

The star dish of the night steam live mantis prawn.The size of this prawns is huge from my wrist up to elbow. The prawn is really fresh while meat bouncing against your teeth as you chew . I never have such great mantis prawn in my life. It was so great that my other friends who stay back at Phuket revisit this place after we left.

The happy look at their faces.

We ordered 7 dish for 4 pax, yeah... we over ordered but everyone super satisfied with this yummy-licous meal. 

Laem Hin Phuket

Open 10am to 10pm  (no break in between)

Last order is 9.30pm

Kampung Bukit Tinggi @ Janda Baik

Godness..just realised I have not been writing for one whole month since September.
The workload has been crazy and I so need to find time to chill and pampered myself ..hahahaa

I saw a friend posting at this place at the facebook. It took me a while before reminded myself to come and tryout here.

There are quite a fair bit of restaurant choices here and normally we go either Foon Lock or Garden View Restaurant. Why? Their food fit our taste bud the most and somehow their similarity make me ponder if both of them belongs to the same boss.

Bentong is well known for their ginger- so aside for coming for good food, you can get plenty of super spicy ginger and fresh vegetables. Perhaps of its location near to Genting Highland seems every stalls selling watercress vegetables.

Whenever I come, without fail ordering this stir fried watercress

The next recommended dish Claypot Seabass. It tasted like steam fish but with deeper flavor. The hard texture of seabass goes very well with the claypot. However, if you planned to have Soon Hock or Marble Goby please stick to steam option. Soon Hock texture is softer than seabass and it tend to overcook with claypot method.

Fried pork belly - this dish texture is hard therefore not suitable for elderly. But this dish is good to serves as snack to go with beer. 

Steam ginger chicken - must try dish since it is cooked with Bentong ginger. You could opt to add Bihun (rice vermicelli) to the dish too. 

Bentong ginger is a well known must have confinement food. Its spiciness is different level compared to normal ginger and help to improve the blood circulations for new mum. 

The farming is just beside the restaurant. Not only that, if we even find chickens and ducks too near the stream. Quite an interesting place for the kids.

Be early as this place normally full by 7pm (weekends). Beside locals, this restaurant also cater for tourist especially the PRC. 

If you are heading to Genting Highland, do stop by on your way back to KL. Definitely worth your money.