Jun Phen Isan Restaurant

Jun Phen Restaurant Review

Like most great restaurants serving good old-fashioned Thai food in Phuket, Jun Phen didn’t bother much with the design. Clean, bright, and functional, the restaurant cooks great Isan food, including some delicious specialities hard to find in Phuket. If you happen to be in Phuket town and want to try some Northeastern food, or if you are missing it, here are some delicious dishes you can try.

One of our favourites is the ‘Jim Joom’ aka ‘Jaew Hon’, which means ‘hot dried-chilli dipping sauce’, a fun way to cook your veggies and meat in a cute clay pot placed on a charcoal barbecue and brought to your table. It reminds us of Thai suki, but it tastes different, and we would recommend you try it, too. We ordered a few unusual dishes such as ‘Nom Voua Yang’, a rather weird textured barbecued cow’s breasts, and some duck’s beaks, Faa’s all-time favourite. Try this one; it tastes very good!

Then you have all the classics: Som Tam (green papaya spicy salad), Soup No Mai (Bamboo shoots salad), Tam Sua (a mixed tough spicy salad), Tam Appen (similar to Som Tam but with apples), Nam Tok (beef salad), Moo Yang (barbecued pork) all served with Kao Niaow, the sticky rice that goes so well with these dishes.

You might say that all these are not much different from other local Thai places, but go to Chan Pen and try them, you might think differently. Jun Phen restaurant is located on Luang Por Wat Chalong Road.

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