During this period of 10 days, the devotees and those attending the rituals would have to observe vegetarianism diets. Hence it was a true treat for us as vegetarian food is available in almost corner of phuket town.
Im going to introduce the foods that I did not mention in my earlier post.
I did not recall 7-11 has all these set meals available back then. Hence I was very happy when I saw this poster. Loads of set meals and paos available for us! All you need is to heat up in the hotel microwave. We brought 2 sets to try.Green Curry with Brown Rice Set 35BHT
I'm not a fan of green curry but my cousin who ate this said it wasnt too bad! The authetic taste was there. Comprises of eggplant and some mock meats. It really affordable.Hong Kong Noodles 35BHT
Comprises of Mushrooms, Cabbage and carrots. Simple but tasty!
I brought this really last min.. as I wanted to try how the buns taste like. It was surprisingly not bad tasting, not spicy as well. Comprises of Mushrooms and veg.Potato Snack 20BHT
I was still wondering how come so many people where queuing up to buy this, but I got blown away the moment i ate it. VERY crispy and tasty! It is basically potatoes thats sliced with a special machine into this spiral form, then dipped into some batter before deep-fried. Then topped with the various spice flavours available. We took the hot and spicy flavour. YummY~ Thats my dear cousin posing with the yummy potato.
Coconut Snack 20BHT
I have not idea what is the name of this snack but since its made of coconut fillings, i'm naming it the coconut snack. Tastes heavenly if you love coconuts. The exterior is just a very thin layer of flour, and baked with fresh creamy coconut milk.
Chicken Rice/ Char Siew Rice
I was very happy to find chicken rice and char siew rice too! The sauces made the rice tasty. However the char siew tastes very different from the ones we eat in SG, hence we didn't really like it.
Must buy - Vegetarian Instant Noodles (Tom Yum)
5 of us brought 3 boxes, which is a total of 90 pkts home. Its really good.
It is amazing to find more than 100 stalls selling vegetarian food. Ranging from the normal char kway tiao to noodles soup to mixed veg rice.. they have almost everything you yearn for. However, there are a lot of fried foods too, making it really unhealthy. Hence do CHOOSe wisely. Now that I am back, I gotta go on a detox mode due to the over-eating. My aunt was left very satisfied at the end of the trip and is dreaming about coming back again. I guess I can start organising a yearly vegetarian food tasting trip to Phuket real soon.
Diet: Vegan, no eggs and milk used in all foods sold during this season
Location: All over Phuket Town
Normal tasting, similar to those sold at tze char stall. The chefs (My mum and aunt) were still commenting that if they add abalone on top will be better.... until...
The next dish came.. and this was served separately.
One of the better dish of the day... loads of veg, carrots and the taste was alright. However, noodles can be a little more dry.
Nicely decorated. Something I liked that didn't have any mock meat too. The lotus is very tasty as it was thinly sliced and still very crispy. The Yam basket was a little too hard. And here comes the Bee hoon (deep fried) , used as the decoration below the basket. Aint too bad.
As I was overwhelmed by taro-made dishes during the afternoon dinner, this didn't came as a surprise for me. However, the sauce saved the day. Simply made from tomato, cucumber and mango, has a blended taste of sweet and sour. I ate up all the taro slices and all the small little pieces of fresh mangoes. Taro tasted normal, crispy on the outside, soft on the inside.
Seems like the veg in season was spinach as I had the same dish that afternoon. Normal tasting, both ingredients are fresh.
Not too bad, but I was too full by the time this came. Serving was too big and I could only take a few mouthfuls. Not much ingredients, comprises of only the lettuce, and mixed frozen veg (peas, corns, carrots). But done quite nicely and wasn't too saltish.
That's Zenna posing outside the restaurant. Behind her is the picture of the 1st Floor. From the signboard outside, you would need to take the stairs to reach the restaurant. I do not see any lifts, hence may not be easily accessible for some.
Tastefully done as the ingredients (comprises of mushrooms, enoki mushrooms, veg ham, crabsticks, tao kee) are finely sliced and topped with abalone and konnyaku "shark's fins" that can be brought from most suppliers. The soup was nicely brewed with mushroom base and wasn't too saltish, tasted perfect with vinegar. I would recommend this as one of the best sharks fin I've had. *Serving originally is quite big*
The Honey Sauce Mock Pork was braised in a special honey mixed sauce. This mock pork is made from pure soy protein and the "fats" portion is actually made of Konnyaku. Hence is definitely healthy and guilt-free since this is zero chorlestrol.
I liked the way this dish was presented. Definitely gorgeous in this finely wrapped "vermicelli" which is like a "bird's nest". However, it was too hard and tasteless to bite. The monkeyhead mushrooms were chewy and cooked in sweet and sour sauce. I would love it better if it was in "gong bao" style. I thought it was quite wasteful for the "nest" as we can't chew it and it would be discarded.
If you are into Yam, this is the dish for you. Yam is firstly steamed then wrapped with mushrooms and mock duck and then fried on the outside. You may eat this dish wrapped with fresh lettuce and the restaurant's special sauce which was quite spicy. Didn't taste like duck as the yam taste was overpowering.
A tad too sourish and not very spicy. It is one of the chef's recommendations. I liked it with the rice. You may want to let the chef know if you do not like it too sour. The rice is something that is worth trying as it comprises of brown rice, white rice and barley, which is a healthier alternative to white rice.
I've always loved olive and didn't know it goes well with tofu. The beancurd is pan fried, then served with cooked olive, fresh spinach and enoki mushrooms. Most importantly, it is not oily, as compared to the normal canned olive veg that we buy off shelves.
I was expecting mock meat again when I saw the name, but was pleasantly surprised when it is made with potatos, seaweed and beancurd sheets, and tasted just like mock meat. The skin was crispy but not oily and potatoes is well cooked. I liked it.
We were given 2 choices that day. White Fungus (hot) and the Strawberry Sago (cold). The white fungus was really soft and wasn't too sweet. It is good for complexion. As for the Strawberry Sago, it comes with a scoop of vanilla ice cream and fresh strawberries. It is not suitable for vegans as it comprises of milk. They serve different dessert everyday. 