3 restaurants that emphasize the freshest local produce
Keeping it fresh
Bo.lan offers a traditional approach to Thai food with ingredients sourced from local farmers and grown onsite. The five-to-six-course menu changes quarterly based on the season’s freshest produce. Expect dishes like squid from Pak Bara Pier in Satul stir-fried with chicken liver and herbs, served with jasmine rice from Yasothon and organic Gaba rice harvested in Sisaket.
24 Sukhumvit Soi 53, 02-260-2962. Open Wed-Sat 6-10pm; Thu-Sun noon-2pm. BTS Thong Lo
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Head chef Jim Ophorst works with local producers, such as the restaurant’s neighboring goat farmers, and even goes foraging himself to source beautiful ingredients. The menu even states the origins of each dish’s ingredients.
Trisara Resort Phuket, 60/1 Srisoonthorn Road, 076-310-232. Open daily 6-10:30pm
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Set in a converted shophouse, Saawaan uses local ingredients from all over Thailand to create innovative dishes with delicate flavors. Highlights include stir-fried Samut Songkhram mud crab with stink beans and Bai Liang leaves, panang (yellow curry) with Andaman black grouper fish and eggplant, and charcoal grilled Nakhon Pathom quail. A tea pairing menu is also available.
39/19 Suanphlu Rd., 02-679-3775. Open daily 6pm-midnight (Last order at 9:30pm)
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