Phuket Old Town Food Walk: Hokkien Mee, Loba & Peranakan Shophouses
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Phuket, Thailand
Phuket
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English (Sprache)
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Tour description
Most visitors think Phuket is a beach. The Old Town is something else entirely - a Sino-Portuguese shophouse quarter built on tin money by Hokkien Chinese families in the nineteenth century, with its own dialect, its own festivals and a menu you will not find in Bangkok.
This walk eats that menu. Hokkien mee, yellow noodles fried in a pork-bone stock with a soft egg dropped in at the end, from a shop that has done it the same way for generations. Loba, five-spiced pork offal and crisp fritters cut up on a plate with a thick sauce. O-tao, a griddle of taro, oyster and egg that is unique to this island. Dim sum from a bakery open since the early twentieth century. And a-pong, thin crisp coconut pancakes curled off a tiny copper pan, from a Bib Gourmand cart run by the same family for decades.
Between the eating your guide walks you through Soi Romanee and the Thalang Road shophouses, explains the Peranakan culture that produced this food, and tells you what actually happens during the famous Vegetarian Festival.
Small group, maximum 10 guests, entirely on foot, about 1.5 kilometres.
This walk eats that menu. Hokkien mee, yellow noodles fried in a pork-bone stock with a soft egg dropped in at the end, from a shop that has done it the same way for generations. Loba, five-spiced pork offal and crisp fritters cut up on a plate with a thick sauce. O-tao, a griddle of taro, oyster and egg that is unique to this island. Dim sum from a bakery open since the early twentieth century. And a-pong, thin crisp coconut pancakes curled off a tiny copper pan, from a Bib Gourmand cart run by the same family for decades.
Between the eating your guide walks you through Soi Romanee and the Thalang Road shophouses, explains the Peranakan culture that produced this food, and tells you what actually happens during the famous Vegetarian Festival.
Small group, maximum 10 guests, entirely on foot, about 1.5 kilometres.
Meeting point:
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Corner of Thalang Road and Soi Romanee, Phuket Old Town
We meet at the corner of Thalang Road and Soi Romanee, in front of the blue shophouses. Your guide will have a small sign with your name. About 45 minutes by taxi from Patong.
Detailed itinerary
Stop 1 - Dim sum and Chinese tea: Steamed buns, dumplings and salapao at a shophouse bakery trading since the early twentieth century - Phuket's Hokkien breakfast.
Stop 2 - Hokkien mee: Yellow noodles fried in pork-bone stock with squid, pork and greens, a soft egg broken in at the last moment. The island's signature bowl.
Stop 3 - Soi Romanee and Thalang Road: A guided walk through the best-preserved Sino-Portuguese street in Thailand, with your guide on tin money, Hokkien clan houses and the Peranakan families who built the town.
Stop 4 - Loba: Five-spiced pork offal and crisp fritters chopped onto a plate with a dark sweet sauce and chilli - the snack that most clearly shows the Chinese-Malay side of Phuket.
Stop 5 - O-tao: A griddle of taro, oyster and egg cooked hard on a flat pan and eaten with chilli sauce. Found on this island and almost nowhere else.
Stop 6 - A-pong, Bib Gourmand: Paper-thin coconut pancakes curled off small copper pans by hand, from a family cart Michelin put on the map. Cash only and usually sold out by early afternoon.
Stop 7 - Kopi and chendol: Local coffee at a Thalang Road kopitiam, or a bowl of chendol with palm sugar and coconut milk, with your guide's notes on the Vegetarian Festival and where to eat at night.
Stop 2 - Hokkien mee: Yellow noodles fried in pork-bone stock with squid, pork and greens, a soft egg broken in at the last moment. The island's signature bowl.
Stop 3 - Soi Romanee and Thalang Road: A guided walk through the best-preserved Sino-Portuguese street in Thailand, with your guide on tin money, Hokkien clan houses and the Peranakan families who built the town.
Stop 4 - Loba: Five-spiced pork offal and crisp fritters chopped onto a plate with a dark sweet sauce and chilli - the snack that most clearly shows the Chinese-Malay side of Phuket.
Stop 5 - O-tao: A griddle of taro, oyster and egg cooked hard on a flat pan and eaten with chilli sauce. Found on this island and almost nowhere else.
Stop 6 - A-pong, Bib Gourmand: Paper-thin coconut pancakes curled off small copper pans by hand, from a family cart Michelin put on the map. Cash only and usually sold out by early afternoon.
Stop 7 - Kopi and chendol: Local coffee at a Thalang Road kopitiam, or a bowl of chendol with palm sugar and coconut milk, with your guide's notes on the Vegetarian Festival and where to eat at night.
Tour price includes
• Small-group English-speaking local food guide
• All food and drink tastings listed in the itinerary
• One local drink at the final stop
• Bottled water and wet wipes throughout the walk
• All taxes and service fees
• All food and drink tastings listed in the itinerary
• One local drink at the final stop
• Bottled water and wet wipes throughout the walk
• All taxes and service fees
Tour price excludes
• Abholung und Rückfahrt zum Hotel, sofern nicht anders angegeben
• Zusätzliche Getränke außerhalb der enthaltenen Leistungen
• Persönliche Reiseversicherung
• Trinkgeld für den Guide (gern gesehen, aber nicht verpflichtend)
• Mahlzeiten und Einkäufe außerhalb des Programms
• Zusätzliche Getränke außerhalb der enthaltenen Leistungen
• Persönliche Reiseversicherung
• Trinkgeld für den Guide (gern gesehen, aber nicht verpflichtend)
• Mahlzeiten und Einkäufe außerhalb des Programms
Stornierungsrichtlinie
Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the tour start time for a full refund. Cancellations within 24 hours are non-refundable. Tours run rain or shine - the Old Town has covered five-foot ways along most of the route. If we cancel, you receive a full refund or a free transfer.
Weitere Hinweise
Runs Sunday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday at 09:30. We do not run on Mondays or Wednesdays, when several of the anchor shops on this route take their rest day - a Monday or Wednesday tour would lose two Michelin-listed stops at once.
On Sundays the Lard Yai Walking Street takes over Thalang Road from about 16:00, which is after we finish, but note that some shophouses close early to prepare. Our Sunday departure is unaffected.
Getting here: the Old Town is about 45 minutes from Patong and 35 from the airport. Taxi and tuk-tuk overcharging is common; we can arrange a fixed-price transfer if you tell us when booking.
Several stops are cash only and sell out by early afternoon, which is why this tour cannot run in the afternoon.
Dietary needs: tell us at least 48 hours ahead. Pork and shellfish are central here. A vegetarian route is genuinely possible in Phuket, which has a serious Chinese vegetarian tradition, but needs notice.
Monsoon season runs May to October with heavy afternoon rain.
On Sundays the Lard Yai Walking Street takes over Thalang Road from about 16:00, which is after we finish, but note that some shophouses close early to prepare. Our Sunday departure is unaffected.
Getting here: the Old Town is about 45 minutes from Patong and 35 from the airport. Taxi and tuk-tuk overcharging is common; we can arrange a fixed-price transfer if you tell us when booking.
Several stops are cash only and sell out by early afternoon, which is why this tour cannot run in the afternoon.
Dietary needs: tell us at least 48 hours ahead. Pork and shellfish are central here. A vegetarian route is genuinely possible in Phuket, which has a serious Chinese vegetarian tradition, but needs notice.
Monsoon season runs May to October with heavy afternoon rain.
Detailed price list
| Guest type | Price |
|---|---|
| Erwachsene | $55 |
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