When is Phuket Vegetarian Festival? [toc] Update: The Phuket Vegetarian Festival 2018 is held between October 8 and October 17 The Phuket Vegetarian Festival (or Nine Emperor Gods Festival) happens once a year, during the ninth lunar month, and is one of the most auspicious events on the island. For
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The Charm Phuket [toc] The Charm Phuket restaurant opened in a century old Thai house of Phuket Town. The location on Dibuk road is the perfect way to end your exploration if you decide to spend a day wandering the old streets. The food is an excellent choice of southern
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What is Central Phuket? [toc] Update September 2018: Central Floresta, a massive new wing just built across the street from the existing Central Festival is to open on September 10. Central Phuket (Central Festival Phuket) is one of the few mega malls on the island (the other famous one being
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Ko Benz Ko Benz is one of Phuket most popular local restaurants for more than 15 years now. Ko Benz served a relatively small choice of noodle soups and rice porridge, and by keeping it focused, became really good at preparing them. The restaurant is large and designed to be
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Amazing Mansions of Phuket [toc] Thalang Road is where everyone goes on a Phuket exploration, it's a nice walk and a must do. But if you too have a passion for old houses, you might want to explore a bit further where some amazing mansions are still standing but often
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Hokkien Noodles in Phuket Town [toc] Mee Ton Poe (Mee Ton Poh) has served some of the best known Hokkien noodles on Phuket island for many years, since 1946 to be precise. It used to be a tiny modest restaurant at the clock circle in Phuket town where locals and
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What to Do at Phuket Walking Street Market? [toc] Phuket Walking Street and weekend market is called 'Lard Yai' by locals and is now the most popular attraction in Phuket Town. This weekend street market was an instant success since day one, adding a much needed event to the historical
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Phuket Best Radna Khun Jeed's Radna Yod Pak restaurant is an institution in Phuket Town, open as far as I remember, which is more than 20 years now. It became famous with a dish Thai people love called... radna. Radna is a Thai-Chinese noodle dish served with pork, beef, chicken
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Hokkien Noodle Soup [toc] Som Chit Restaurant is famous for its delicious Hokkien Noodle Soup. People from Bangkok who know about would stop for a lunch at Som Chit if they are in the vicinity of Phuket Town. Som Chit (which is pronounced ‘Som Kit’) is easy to find, near
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Where is Wat Khao Rang? Wat Kao Rang (Kao Rang Temple) and the giant sitting Buddha. Here it is, the famous Sitting Buddha of Phuket! But wait a minute... Isn't it supposed to be much bigger and made of white marble? Yes, this is the golden sitting Buddha of Wat
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Ko Yoon Restaurant [toc] Ko Yoon Restaurant is a very small and discreet place serving amazing Hokkien Noodles. If you happen to visit Phuket Town, chances are you walked passed it without noticing it, it looks like any other anonymous local hole-in-the-wall restaurant. But Ko Yoon has prepared those delicious
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Explore the Museums of Phuket [toc] Phuket Museums are not always fascinating, but in the recent years an effort was made to keep a record and share the rich history of Phuket. Several new museums opened recently and the Old Phuket Town itself has been renovated and is somehow a walk-in
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Exploring the Chillva Market [toc] Chillva Market Phuket is the latest and one the best on the island. Everyone seems to love them, Thai teenagers more than everyone else. Every town in Thailand has a surprising amount of night markets and they are always packed, so it's no surprise that
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Explore a Local Bazaar in Phuket Town [toc] Expo Phuket is a very little known covered bazaar found in Phuket Town, next to the newly renovated Novotel Phokeethra hotel. Expo Phuket is surprisingly vast and modern as it was also renovated recently. It might not be worth travelling all the
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Phuket Town Coolest Cafés [toc] Phuket cafés and coffee shops keep popping-up (and closing) all around Phuket Town, mostly around the old streets of Thalang, Yaowarat and Dibuk. In recent years Phuket town has become a very popular tourist attraction and a fun photo playground... and as photographers and models
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Great Seafood at Ko Ang Restaurant [toc] Ko Ang Seafood is a very local restaurant serving a very good seafood on the east side of Phuket Town. Ko Ang Seafood has been around for a very long time and started as a modest shop made of plain concrete with a
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Must Try in Phuket Town: Suay Restaurant [toc] Suay Restaurant (Suay meaning 'beautiful') serves a young modern cuisine in the simplicity of a small house and a friendly easy going atmosphere in Phuket Town. Not often do we find a successful new young and creative chef in Phuket. Tucked in
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Try Some Phuket Special Dishes [toc] What Phuket dishes should you try and where to find them? We already share our Best 10 Local Restaurants and 10 Best Classic Thai Dishes, so here are 10 really local dishes (or their popular Phuket variation). To make it easy for you, most of them
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Try Real Phuket Food at Lock Tien Food Court Lock Tien food court in Phuket Town is a place every person living in Phuket long enough knows. It doesn’t look like much but with a 50 years old history, it’s probably the oldest food court on the island. What really
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Fun Shopping at Indy Night Market [toc] Phuket Indy Market is a fun, young and creative little night market in Phuket Town. It is located in Limelight Avenue, a small lane off Dibuk Road not far from the well known Raya Restaurant. It's not as popular as it used to
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