Phuket, Thailand
Beyond the Beach: 14+ Tastings in the Soul of Phuket
Discover Phuket's culinary heritage with a local guide — 14+ tastings through Old Phuket Town, from Sino-Thai specialties to local street food.
Discover Phuket's culinary heritage with a local guide — 14+ tastings through Old Phuket Town, from Sino-Thai specialties to local street food.
Photos are indicative — the dishes served may vary.
There's a reason Thailand's biggest island was crowned with UNESCO gastronomy status. For centuries, this trading outpost has absorbed spices and techniques from far-flung lands. This isn't a place for Thai green curry or spicy som tum salads; that's mainland fare.
If you truly want to understand what makes Phuket's culinary scene tick, you'd be one wonton short of a noodle bowl not to drag yourself off the island's beaches and join us on this four-hour Phuket food tour, feasting around the back alleys and Sino-Thai streets of Old Phuket Town, ground zero for island eating.
On this Phuket food tour you'll wrap your chopsticks around 14+ tastes: sticky handmade fresh spring rolls, wok-fried mee hoon, Hokkien noodles peppered with delicate prawn wontons and char sui barbecue pork, leaf-wrapped miang kham bites, spiced chicken curry puffs and gaeng som fish curry, along with plenty more culinary surprises to boot.
We promise that when your Phuket food tour reaches its sweet conclusion you'll have a far deeper appreciation of what the island's flavours are all about. Don't worry, the palm-fringed beaches will still be there; we just can't guarantee you'll still fancy your hotel beach bar's Thai green curry any longer.
This Phuket food tour has been voted the #1 culinary experience on the island. Why? Because it's a journey through Baba and Peranakan food history, where you'll peel back the layers of Chinese and Malay influences on the island's gastronomy, learn about the ingredients and history behind the dishes, and discover why it has been granted UNESCO World Heritage intangible status for its food.
“Old Phuket Town is gorgeous and the Sino-Thai food was a revelation — so different from the rest of Thailand.”
“Fourteen tastings through the colourful old streets. Our guide clearly loved her city.”
“Lovely walk and tasty food. A bit hot at midday, but the stops were well spaced.”
“We finally understood why Phuket earned UNESCO gastronomy status — every bite earned it.”
“The o-aew dessert and the hokkien noodles were the surprise stars. A beautiful, tasty stroll through the old town.”