today we're in Koh Samui and even though we live here we've been feeling like
tourists lately because there are so many changes happening on the island
that we're kind of behind that's why today we're going to spend a day in Chaweng to see
what's new here and also if it has recovered from being a ghost town for the last two years
wow it looks busy huh i've never seen chaweng like this so like this is Lub D which is a very popular
hostel for younger people lots of parties going on younger people like us yeah but
this one also right here is elephant beach club a bit more like uh a little more expensive so
the vibe at the elephant beach club looks really good it's quite busy we have to
move on though because it is a bit loud there for us to vlog it seems like a good place to
chill though um if you come to koh samui you remember this it used to be the famous arkbar
like a big hip-hop party scene over here but they tear everything down and changed it to surf up
it could be the same owners though that's the owner right there oh that's mario right there
but yeah they tear everything down it looks totally different
this is such a big change from how chaweng was a couple months ago because now we can see that a
lot of the resorts on the beach are open some of them are definitely new especially if you
go further down the beach but it's nice to see that you know lots of families lots of tourists
everyone just enjoying chaweng beach which is one of the most beautiful white sand beaches in samui
oh nice menu i love picture menu
a lot of the restaurants on the beach are a little more pricier that is really that's quite expensive
yeah like look at this i want to get a fruit shake 125. but you are paying for this exactly the view
what are you getting fresh coconut for me
two coconuts two coconuts okay whoa
nice and cold
nobody was here yeah yeah let me open it
oh this is going to be good because the coconut meat is young so you can eat the meat too this
makes me happy seeing samui like this it doesn't seem like it's super busy but i think it has a
huge impact on the economy here already with the businesses reopening people getting rehired to
work it's a really good time for everyone for the tourists for the local people who work yeah yeah
for the business owners we don't come to chaweng beach very often but i think we should start
there's a lot happening on this beach because the beach is quite long it's like three
kilometers long it says seven kilometer long making it the longest beach on the east coast
wow learn something new every day come for a walk seven kilometer walk yeah
do you want something babe maybe one of these ones would be nice of course these ones look nice
that's pretty good good luck today
purple looks really nice nice beautiful i am using the camera as my mirror
i like it he's so friendly too very friendly okay we're gonna finish
our coconuts and we're gonna check out the chaweng beach road let's see what's up there
that was so awkward
great
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so we're on chaweng beach road right now and not the whole beach road is open it's kind of limited
to some sections but we do see a lot of massage places open restaurants open shops open it is a
really good sign that it is recovering and for all those party animals out there chaweng nightlife
is back of course right now you won't see anything open yet but we did come on a friday night once
and green mango club is open black club is open and a lot of restaurants bars on the main road
are open as well the guys just handed me this tomorrow you want to go watch boxing
we haven't seen it before no we haven't seen it live i'm not sure maybe i think we should go watch
boxing tomorrow even though there are tons of food choices on this street we are pretty close
to one of our favorite local restaurants here in chaweng so we'll take you to eat there instead
oh look at these oh they're fresh okay i always have to get some of these uh patonggo which are
deep-fried donuts yeah when we come here and let's get some soy milk too yeah
don't get too much we're gonna go to the market after this but these are so good
i'll just get okay i'll just get a little bit
oh they don't have pandan custard condensed milk will be good yeah okay let's sit down
so this restaurant is called Jay Pan and it is in a more local area of chaweng the food is very
delicious and super affordable we usually come here and it's mostly just local people eating here
we don't see that many tourists around and the best thing is it's open 24/7. oh it used to not
be 24/7. it must mean there's a lot more people now so that's a really good sign so this place
is famous for quite a few things the dried rice porridge which i'm going to get and the stewed
pork leg on rice ready to order yes it's pretty cool he said he started from just selling patongo
just this like a street side cart and eventually he expanded and have a restaurant and he used
to have four branches in samui but he now only owns one yeah because of covic
but then he said it's kind of nice to have this one store to take care of so he can put
all his love and energy into one place that's why their patongo is the best on the island
this one is my favorite this one is um the one with kind of like cinnamon sugar on it
it's like churros you know so i got three different types and
they actually taste different but this one with the sesame
the dough is a bit denser and a little bit sweet but this is like the original this is
the original patongo which is light and airy and you break them into two when you eat them
so i got braised pork knuckle on rice with boiled egg usually they just pour this all over the rice
but i don't like my rice wet so i asked them to separate it and the way to eat this dish is
you have to use the vinegar sauce right here
put it on top of the pork accompanied with pickled mustard green boiled kale chinese kale
chase it with thai chili
raw garlic raw green onion
can't wait to make out with you tonight
wow
so my dry rice porridge is a little easier to eat than yours but it also comes with a couple
components so first i have the rice porridge here and it has some meatballs some boiled pork ribs
crispy pork and an egg and it comes with a little broth as well here so a pork bone broth
and this is a really delicious spicy sauce that you just pour over everything
you got the meatball you got the crispy pork skin garlic rice oh
it's so delicious i get this every time i think the last 10 times we came here i ordered this
what's the damage wow it's only 170 baht so the patongo was only 15 baht the soy milk
20 baht yours was 60 baht and mine was 75 baht so mine's the most expensive
but it is the most popular and i just heard um the table behind me
they all ordered dry rice porridge five dollars for a meal that's amazing that's crazy good
in koh samui too wow you guys must come and try it it's really really good
we're now here at this market called dalat namor si khao which means the
white market in front of the university it has a huge selection of street food
lots of grilled meats lots of fried chicken desserts but i think we are a little bit
too full to be eating anything at this market we'll just make a stop at one of note's favorite
waffle places and grab something to take home it's waffle time
sauce
she's gonna make it fresh very nice
it's everyday and it has been open for three months now
so it's very fairly new it's new and it's like super clean and the food is delicious
wait you can actually eat it now yeah you're not extremely full no wow
i have lots of room left wow i'm so full nice and hot
i had a lot of waffles this is one of the best it's chewy and it's soft
not too sweet and the raisins and it's only 25 baht 75 cents that's why we got two
no i can't possibly eat anymore i'll bring mine home
everyone's curious about where we're from today yeah that's like the third person that asked us
because i don't look thai people tend to think that note is from hong kong or chinese or japanese
and i am thai or korean are we really that confusing to to people like what type of asian
we are hope you enjoyed seeing what chaweng is like now so go ahead and go book those tickets
to come to koh samui as always thank you so much for watching we'll see you in the next one
hey have a wonderflo day oh have a wonderflo day
what's with your waffle transition oh no just saying so just say you love me
and let me fall back into sleep and when i wake up i say i had a real bad dream woah