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well good morning friends
i am in such a cool area right now
i am in the heart of phuket's
old town a super colorful
and bustling part of the island of
course it's not so bustling during cove
times but i guess that's in my favor
where i get to explore this whole
area while it's fairly quiet for those
of you who don't know
phuket is an island in the south of
thailand
it is actually its own province and we
are in the capital city
which is called phuket town i decided to
start my journey here in phuket
uh in this part of the island because i
heard that a lot of
tourists actually bypass phuket city
they just go direct
to the resorts but so far i would highly
recommend it
and the hotel that i would also
recommend to you guys that i am staying
at
is called casa blanca boutique hotel it
is in the center of
old town it is built in the traditional
sino-portuguese style
and is one of the best rated hotels in
the city
i really loved my stay here because the
location was great the room is spacious
and the staff are incredibly kind i paid
35
usd per night and i think it's one of
your best options
of where to stay if you want to be city
central so to get us started with the
day i thought i would take you guys
around some of my
favorite areas of the old town that i
have experienced so far
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another interesting thing that i've
noticed about being here in phuket
is that there's actually quite a bit of
foreigners
even though we are in covid times and it
is quite difficult um
to get into thailand i feel like i've
seen more foreigners
here in phuket than i ever did in
bangkok it does make sense that people
would want to get out of city centers at
this time and kind of be out
in nature in a tropical paradise for
that matter
so it does make sense why people would
choose to come to phuket right now
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well friends to end off our spectacular
time here in phuket town i thought that
i would take you guys to one of the most
well rated restaurants and not only
phuket but definitely all of thailand
this is the blue elephant restaurant and
culinary school i've heard absolutely
amazing things about this place and i've
decided
to go on a little bit of a splurge and
get their tasting menu
try out all the little dishes and maybe
at some point i might even
take a thai cooking class with them
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all right guys i've just sat down for my
meal and my god
how romantic how romantic
is my solo uh fine dining experience
here this is amazing
so this was actually uh compliments from
the chef this is a little
duck confit salad she said and a little
bit of tom
yum soup so i'm excited to try that
and with the tasting menu they kind of
bring you three
different starters so this is a
vermicelli salad with scallop
and then this guy right here is actually
kind of like a pad
thai dumpling which is interesting and
then this one over here
is a sort of fish cake so
all in all looks really interesting and
delicious so my next course has
come and look there's like a little tea
light underneath it to
keep it hot but this is the
tom yum soup
i wonder if i can shine a light on in
one sec
yeah so there we go that is the tom yum
soup
uh it is made with tiger prawns
uh lemongrass homemade roasted chili
paste
anybody who likes spicy soup definitely
has to try tom yum
all right guys i am having the best time
this is literally like one of the best
dining experiences i have ever had the
food is so delicious
this right here is papaya salad but i
have no
idea what is on top of it like is that
is that caviar is that seaweed i don't
know i have never seen anything like it
but i will try it
uh then over here is the famous blue
elephant
spare ribs i guess that's what they're
really famous for over here
we have a green curry which of course
i love in thai cooking and then this guy
right here i will say i am a bit
concerned about because it is a chili
sea bass and it is the spiciest
thing on their menu there i know if you
guys can see it with the three
elephants in red it means it's the
spiciest thing
uh but they also give you unlimited rice
and they have two different kinds of
black rice and a white rice so i decided
to try
both but yeah i am in complete awe of
this meal
everything has been so delicious and
i'm gonna be so full all right friends
we have come
to the end of the meal and we have the
final
dessert which looks absolutely stunning
it is
the jasmine cake meringue
obviously that's the meringue on top but
this other layer
is actually mung bean and then it's got
a whole bunch of delicious
local fruits all around some
ice cream and i decided to pair it with
some jasmine
tea so that is it friends i hope you
enjoyed
today's video i had such an amazing time
exploring
the old town of phuket and some of the
attractions
that maybe the average tourist doesn't
see when coming here
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skillshare for sponsoring today's video
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and as always thank you guys so much for
tuning in i hope you're having a
fantastic day
and keep being your own kind of
beautiful bye guys
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