More rain in Phuket

One thing that I can say honestly without being cheesy, is that my dear friend can cook a kings meal with a near empty fridge and virtually no exciting ingredients around. This time we were better off, the hotel reception mentioned that a fresh market was not far away, a bit further down the road. So we followed their instructions and found quite a big supermarket where we ended up with too many bags of food and drinks. But where you trip over taxis in Bangkok, in Phuket they are rare, if not existing at all..

With help of a parking guard we could jump on the back of two scooters and with full speed we were in 5 minutes back at our hotel. Before putting his sleeves up, my partner got rid of his holiday attributes and took position in the kitchen.

While I was watching Centurion, a hack and slash movie without a deep storyline, but not bad at all since I love Roman Empire movies, my private cook for the day created some magic on just two hot plates at the other corner of the living room.

Once ready, the result was awesome and old times were relived. I could have shared these pictures as from a classy restaurant and you would probably not notice it was home made. Lucky me ;-)

Cream soup d'execellent with shredded carrots

French fries with egg slad

beef glazed with onion and veggies

and wine...

And so it was worthwhile staying inside this day. The early dinner for me was one of the highlights of the holiday, with great wine on a lazy rainy day in Phuket. You don't have to travel far to have a 5-star meal...