Eating in Phuket - Kan Eang 2

Hehs. The Kan Eang restaurant that I had been raving about and comparing to all the places we have been to! It's realllllly the best~ Haha.

This place is in a very secluded area. So if you ever ever want to go to this place, please book a taxi, to and fro. You'll regret it if you din do it! Because, there's no car at sight at all. Haha.

The moment you walk into the place, you'll heart soft music in the background. Everything just look really classy. Not alot of photos were taken because we've forgot my camera! Oh damn. Of all the places!!! But thank god there's something called the camera photo. Well, I would say that the photos were not really well done too. Thank god there's something called photos editing. Haha. Now the photos look so much better. Haha! But wells, back to the place. It's right beside the beach, so there's small waves washing up the shore. And the lights were really very warmish kinda yellow. The brightest part will be your own table, whereby the light shines directly onto your food. Haha!

When we opened the menu, we were so so so shocked! We thought we were conned into this place. Because the seafood was much more expensive than the ones we had at the palm! Lobsters were more expensive. Oh, we wanted to eat it. We seriously wanted to leave for other places. But we learned that the nearest place has alot of dogs along the way. And then, we need a car if we want to go the other way. And in the end, the other place is Kan eng 1. Which is the same place sia......

After flipping the menu a little more, we realized that, erm, the thai food is really very cheap! Haha. And I guess the seafood is more expensive because they're alive. Not like most of the places which sell dead seafood. Hehs. So we set down and order and we wanted to order ALOT!

Clams? Lala? Hehs. They were really good. But I find them too spicy for my tongue. Lol!

The Phad thai was the best phad thai that I had ate in my life so far. Haha. I've only tried Thai express and the phuket and the bangkok ones? Lol! But it was really good. It could be because we were really starving and it was one of the first few dishes orders. But we ordered another 2 plates. LOL!

Spicy mango salad. My god. It's nice but spicy. Hehs. But that's how mango salads should be done right? LOL!

I forgot if this is tom yum kun or the seafood one. Hehs. Forgot the taste already. But then, I rmb it as a very spicy one. I cannot even really finish my first bowl at all. But it was really good. However, after drinking it, we need to eat a lot of other things to 'neutralize' the spiciness! Haha.

After a while, as the dishes come up one by one, we (or rather ah dear) got so engrossed in eating that no more food photos were taken. And, there were the nicer ones! Lol. I forgot why he din pass me his phone either. But I'll remember my camera the next time! Haha!

We tried their morning glory. It was surprisingly delicious.

The fish. We steamed it the Chinese style. My gawd. It was SO FRESH and SO NICE and SO SWEET and the soup was SO JUST RIGHT! Haha. It was the exact same thing as the one we had at Palm at Patong beach. That was nothing comparable to the one we had at Kan Eng 2! The fish really really did not die for nothing. It died a honorable death. Haha! I bet their other seafood were equally fresh and nice. NEXT TIME!

We also tried something that's seaweed tempura with prawn. Haha. I have to say. Just give me the seaweed and the sauce, I'm a happy Kelly already. LOL! The prawn was abit out of place because of the shell. You know the feeling of eating fried prawns with the shell? Lol. Very piercing, I would say. But the sauce made our day! Even though we were really full. Haha!

Oh, pineapple rice! That was good too. We were having a debate on whether the pineapple or Phad thai is better. We have to order another serving you see. Phad Thai won. Even though I think the Pineapple deserve a second serving too. The pineapple taste was really good!

Other than the coconut, I think, that's all we had ordered ba......The coconut was not just coconut orh. They named it 'Young Coconut'. Haha. Which means, their flesh is really soft and tender. Yeap. They delivered that! But I would like to have a young adult though. Then their flesh would be slightly thicker. Hahaha!

All in all, it was a really filling and wonderful dinner.

We left as very happy customers wanting and wishing to be back there every moment!

And mind you. We ate alot, we din spend alot! Inclusive of service charge, we only spend 1600 baht (=S$70). We ordered so much food and 5 coconuts and 1 soft drink! The fish was only 350 baht lo. So amazing! You cant get such good food at such great price so easily ba? Hehs.

It's a red alert recommendation! Please go there when you go Phuket one day! It's a must go! And it's a hidden gem because most of the people there are actually locals! Haha. =)

Oh by the way, did I mention that the service was pretty good? Hehs. How much more do I have to convince you to go there???? Hahaha!

Best Rafting 4u - SeaCanoe

We have been relishing on the adventures we had over at Phuket. Although I would very much want to just nua around the hotel compound, the adventures were pretty fun.

One note of caution is never to book the packages online! It's like double the price we got! But then, we wonder if the ang mohs will get any discounts not. They seem to be 'tok-ed' in every Asia tourist spots that can be bargained! Hahaha~

The company (Best Rafting 4u) we signed up with (for both sea canoe and water rafting) was fabulous! REALLY REALLY GOOOOOD! Their service was good, their food was good, their instructors were all so friendly (please minus the language barrier at times. That probably doesn't count!). We'll definitely sign up with their company again if we ever go back. LOL! And the operator was really really good too! We went back to her every single day for directions to good food around, activities to do, taxis booking, etc.





Please look for Jenny if you ever ever go to Phuket and decided to stay at Kata Beach and decided to stay around Sugar Palm too. Haha. She's the most friendly operator we had found and she offered us the best prices too! =) She's stationed very near to the 7-11 you will find there. And and and, if you can't find her, just wait awhile. She could be off at the bank and will definitely be back soon! =) =)

Okay, back to the Best Rafting 4u. So we went off to Phang Nga Bay for our first adventure on my 3rd day there. Had to make sandwiches using ingredients (white bread and strawberry jam) from 7-11 because that's where our 2nd home was. Haha. And no dairy products and ham and stuffs, in case we need the toilet super urgently.



And do you know why we have to make our own breakfast and not buy ready made ones? It's all because we have to meet at 0715. And that's not enough, we have to take a 2 hours bus ride and another 2 hours ferry ride to reach our first destination! OMG. Please. Everyone. Stop raving about how fun and how fun and how fun these activities were! Please at least warn us on the bus ride to the Phang Nga Bay! Ah dear had bus sick the first day, TXY the second day. It's such an agony!

We took the big boat because we had no idea why. Hahaha! I guess it was because Jenny recommended this to us. Lol. But being on the big boat was pretty fun. Because there's so many people to look at! There's a family from South Africa! Why aren't they watching world cup at home? LOL! The most important one was that there was a family who had a super duper uber handsome daddy. And, I think his son was not too bad too (see circle)! Oh, the mummy was pretty too. Oh, what a family. Hehs. (Psssst! I'm not the only one saying that ok? Even Ah dear had to agree with me!)



But then, the ferry was really really really slow, as compared to the speed boat. Goodbye speedboat. Haha. That's all we can say. LOL!



We were quite amazed at the unlimited supply of softdrinks and water. Everyone just keep taking it, but it never seem to be depleted. Haha!





Well, you may start asking, what do we do here? Erm, look at limestones, limestones and more limestone? Hahaha! So, if you are into stones (like all of us), I would say, skip this trip and go Phi Phi island instead. Hahaha!


Well, of course, the trip has its fun parts too! The canoeing! But sad to say, we only get to paddle ourselves once. We really really thought that we can paddle and paddle ourselves leh. That is called fun ma. =( Well, safety first I guess. And if they let us do it, I think we can only go back after the sun sets? Lol!



Thank god our instructor was reallllly reallllly cute! And talkative too! Haha. I think he's so happy. Always jumping into the waters when he gets the chance, laughing and joking about, always disturbing us. And he also give us extra service, like, stop the canoe there to let us find monkeys, though I think it's more of to feed the mosquitos. Haha. We're always almost the last ones to go back because he always bring us an extra distant or spend some extra time at the lagoon itself. =) Aren't we lucky?



But, there's something about the islands that we want to complain about. Lol. The guide was telling us about the James Bond Island and that was meant to be our first station. Well, it's called James Bond island because it appeared in the movie for like, 3 minutes even though they spend 3 months shooting. So, when we say that, you would assume that the island is at least big enough to allow us to climb into right? But. Nope. We kept thinking that this is James Bond Island. All because it's the first place we landed!



So while we were on this island, we spotted a scenic place and decided to take a group photo here!



And we happily walked on and Mohammad, our instructor decided that we should take photos this way! And in our mind, we were still thinking that it's some nice stones that can let us take nice and funny photos!





And all of a sudden, someone said, 'this is the James Bond Island!'



#$%^&*((*&^%$ Hahaha. From then on, the moment we see the 3 words, James Bond Island, we really really feel like tearing the poster up! Lol. Even the James Bond Island 2 look bigger than this! Hahahahahahaha! That was really quite funny though. Hehs. And there are some posters with bad spelling. They spelled it as Jame Bond Island. Pronouncing it with the Thai slang became a little past time for us. Hahahahahahaha. Just like, Phang Nga Bay. LOL!

Alrights, the best part of the trip has to be the food the nice aunties prepared for us! Wooohooo! It has to be the most authentic meal we had tasted so far! =) =) Yums yums! The nicest dish was the vegetable tempura! You really dunno what you are eating! Like, I've got carrots, pumpkin and even PINEAPPLE! Hehs. *Slurps slurps* It was enough to made us actually forget all our complains about James Bond Island. LOL!



Another fun part of the trip was the Ko Hong. It means island of rooms. So, this island has a lot of lagoons and you have to canoe through caves in order to enter it. And they purposely wait till it is high tide before they start this activity. This is so that the water height ill be higher and to get through the caves without scarring yourself, you have to lie all the way down. And Mohammad, being the instructor who loves to give extra service, PURPOSELY go through the most cramp area he can find, the lowest lying stones he can find. Hahaha. But that was fun! And there was a part where the caves were so dark that they (except for our PROFESSIONAL Mohammad) had to bring touch lights! SO SCARY!







Well, all in all, it was a great experience. But no, we are never going to do this again! Hahahahaha! Unless they actually let us canoe ourselves. Hehs. =)

Best Rafting 4u - Sea Canoe

We have been relishing on the adventures we had over at Phuket. Although I would very much want to just nua around the hotel compound, the adventures were pretty fun.

One note of caution is never to book the packages online! It's like double the price we got! But then, we wonder if the ang mohs will get any discounts not. They seem to be 'tok-ed' in every Asia tourist spots that can be bargained! Hahaha~

The company (Best Rafting 4u) we signed up with (for both sea canoe and water rafting) was fabulous! REALLY REALLY GOOOOOD! Their service was good, their food was good, their instructors were all so friendly (please minus the language barrier at times. That probably doesn't count!). We'll definitely sign up with their company again if we ever go back. LOL! And the operator was really really good too! We went back to her every single day for directions to good food around, activities to do, taxis booking, etc.





Please look for Jenny if you ever ever go to Phuket and decided to stay at Kata Beach and decided to stay around Sugar Palm too. Haha. She's the most friendly operator we had found and she offered us the best prices too! =) She's stationed very near to the 7-11 you will find there. And and and, if you can't find her, just wait awhile. She could be off at the bank and will definitely be back soon! =) =)

Okay, back to the Best Rafting 4u. So we went off to Phang Nga Bay for our first adventure on my 3rd day there. Had to make sandwiches using ingredients (white bread and strawberry jam) from 7-11 because that's where our 2nd home was. Haha. And no dairy products and ham and stuffs, in case we need the toilet super urgently.



And do you know why we have to make our own breakfast and not buy ready made ones? It's all because we have to meet at 0715. And that's not enough, we have to take a 2 hours bus ride and another 2 hours ferry ride to reach our first destination! OMG. Please. Everyone. Stop raving about how fun and how fun and how fun these activities were! Please at least warn us on the bus ride to the Phang Nga Bay! Ah dear had bus sick the first day, TXY the second day. It's such an agony!

We took the big boat because we had no idea why. Hahaha! I guess it was because Jenny recommended this to us. Lol. But being on the big boat was pretty fun. Because there's so many people to look at! There's a family from South Africa! Why aren't they watching world cup at home? LOL! The most important one was that there was a family who had a super duper uber handsome daddy. And, I think his son was not too bad too (see circle)! Oh, the mummy was pretty too. Oh, what a family. Hehs. (Psssst! I'm not the only one saying that ok? Even Ah dear had to agree with me!)



But then, the ferry was really really really slow, as compared to the speed boat. Goodbye speedboat. Haha. That's all we can say. LOL!



We were quite amazed at the unlimited supply of softdrinks and water. Everyone just keep taking it, but it never seem to be depleted. Haha!





Well, you may start asking, what do we do here? Erm, look at limestones, limestones and more limestone? Hahaha! So, if you are into stones (like all of us), I would say, skip this trip and go Phi Phi island instead. Hahaha!


Well, of course, the trip has its fun parts too! The canoeing! But sad to say, we only get to paddle ourselves once. We really really thought that we can paddle and paddle ourselves leh. That is called fun ma. =( Well, safety first I guess. And if they let us do it, I think we can only go back after the sun sets? Lol!



Thank god our instructor was reallllly reallllly cute! And talkative too! Haha. I think he's so happy. Always jumping into the waters when he gets the chance, laughing and joking about, always disturbing us. And he also give us extra service, like, stop the canoe there to let us find monkeys, though I think it's more of to feed the mosquitos. Haha. We're always almost the last ones to go back because he always bring us an extra distant or spend some extra time at the lagoon itself. =) Aren't we lucky?



But, there's something about the islands that we want to complain about. Lol. The guide was telling us about the James Bond Island and that was meant to be our first station. Well, it's called James Bond island because it appeared in the movie for like, 3 minutes even though they spend 3 months shooting. So, when we say that, you would assume that the island is at least big enough to allow us to climb into right? But. Nope. We kept thinking that this is James Bond Island. All because it's the first place we landed!



So while we were on this island, we spotted a scenic place and decided to take a group photo here!



And we happily walked on and Mohammad, our instructor decided that we should take photos this way! And in our mind, we were still thinking that it's some nice stones that can let us take nice and funny photos!





And all of a sudden, someone said, 'this is the James Bond Island!'



#$%^&*((*&^%$ Hahaha. From then on, the moment we see the 3 words, James Bond Island, we really really feel like tearing the poster up! Lol. Even the James Bond Island 2 look bigger than this! Hahahahahahaha! That was really quite funny though. Hehs. And there are some posters with bad spelling. They spelled it as Jame Bond Island. Pronouncing it with the Thai slang became a little past time for us. Hahahahahahaha. Just like, Phang Nga Bay. LOL!

Alrights, the best part of the trip has to be the food the nice aunties prepared for us! Wooohooo! It has to be the most authentic meal we had tasted so far! =) =) Yums yums! The nicest dish was the vegetable tempura! You really dunno what you are eating! Like, I've got carrots, pumpkin and even PINEAPPLE! Hehs. *Slurps slurps* It was enough to made us actually forget all our complains about James Bond Island. LOL!



Another fun part of the trip was the Ko Hong. It means island of rooms. So, this island has a lot of lagoons and you have to canoe through caves in order to enter it. And they purposely wait till it is high tide before they start this activity. This is so that the water height ill be higher and to get through the caves without scarring yourself, you have to lie all the way down. And Mohammad, being the instructor who loves to give extra service, PURPOSELY go through the most cramp area he can find, the lowest lying stones he can find. Hahaha. But that was fun! And there was a part where the caves were so dark that they (except for our PROFESSIONAL Mohammad) had to bring touch lights! SO SCARY!







Well, all in all, it was a great experience. But no, we are never going to do this again! Hahahahaha! Unless they actually let us canoe ourselves. Hehs. =)

Eating in Phuket - Kata Mama

Other than Mali seafood which is more expensive, this was the recommended seafood restaurant that's cheap and good around Kata beach. A place that we dun have to travel far to. Well within walking distance! Goood! It's right at one end of the Kata beach!

The place here is really nice. Nice breeze, nice checkers cloth which is like the must have for any beachside restaurant, light bulbs that's really pretty. And the most important one, cheap and delicious food. =)

They dun really have great coconuts though. I had the only sweet one. Lol! I think coconut is the staple drink/fruit at the beach leh.. LOL!



Pineapple rice is not bad. It's a must eat in Thailand, isnt it? LOL! I find the rice pretty tasteful. Hehs. And the pineapple is sweeet! Yum yum! But too bad, it doesnt have my favourite pork floss on it. Boohoohoo.



Since the name is called Phuket soup, it should be a must try when we are in Phuket right? Haha. Well, it says spicy again. No, it's salty! Lol. And ar, it just tasted like the mee sua soup my mama always cook for me. There's some mee sua in the soup lo. Haha. On top of the meatballs. Well, it's not too bad, but it's not a must eat either!



This is the garlic and pepper prawns. Urm, I was hoping for a similar garlic from the restaurant in Langkawi. But no, nothing like that came. The garlic was quite nice though. But, the prawns are a little too small le ba? Right? Lol. I really think the prawns are extras. I can just have the garlic will do. Lol!



YX says that BBQ squid is a must eat! So, we ordered it. Haha. It's really very nice! It has a BBQ taste in it. Omg, it's. HEAVENLY! I swear. If not, why would we order a second plate? Hahaha. The chili totally made it really really really nice too. Purfect! =) The 2nd plate din fail us too!



So because of the squid, we ordered more bbq stuffs. Hmm. The prawns were like, just prawns. Yes it's fresh, but, there's no BBQ taste in it. So, no way am I going to order BBQ prawn from this place again. Hahahaha!

In the end, we only spend like 880 baht ($30.50) here! Cheap and nice! Me like!