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Food is a kind of art that literally reflects taste, so fine dining is much more than just a method of filling yourself. To be able to enjoy higher-level cuisine is another level of art. Now that Phuket had been assigned by UNESCO as a \u2018City of Gastronomy\u2019 there are many fine restaurants to represent the town and one of these is Blue Elephant Phuket.<\/p>\n
Chef Nooror Somany-Steppe is the co-founder of Blue Elephant and the creator of the restaurant\u2019s Peranakan Phuket set menu. The menu presents local food such as geang pu bai cha plu (crab curry with cha plu leaves) which is very popular with diners. The restaurant also features experienced grandmas and aunties \u2013 specialists in Peranakan dishes \u2013 who teach how to cook Peranakan food correctly. \u201cWe are proud to fully support Peranakan food and to be a trusted Thai cooking school. We carry on presenting Peranakan food to make sure that it\u2019s not forgotten and we use the uniqueness of these dishes in fine dining. These dishes are very detailed when it comes to ingredients, taste, appearance and we match them with great wines in to make dining here more fascinating.\u201d Chef Nooror says.<\/p>\n
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With 38 years\u2019 experience, Chef Nooror pays great attention to matching all her ingredients, ideas and cooking skills until she gets the best final result.<\/p>\n
Start with Peranakan dumplings and Phuket fish balls. For appetizer enjoy a \u2018sarm bai kor leang\u2019 Fresh tiger shrimp fried with coconut milk and shrimp paste serve in coconut. The highlight of the meal is \u2018tumee curry with seabass\u2019 which is old Phuket-style homemade \u2018tumee\u2019 curry with fresh seabass, fenugreek, rich coconut cream and okra. The main courses feature \u2018moo hong\u2019 – a typical Phuket province recipe of pork belly braised in soy sauce and palm sugar served with steamed \u2018mantou\u2019 buns. End the course with \u2018tubo\u2019 a Phuketian heritage dessert served in a coconut shell.<\/p>\n The attraction of Peranakan food is its lively mix of cultures and influences. Blue Elephant continues to create signature menus unique in this Peranakan set. Traditional Peranakan food is already outstanding, but new techniques by the new generation of Chefs bring out better tastes and textures which only confirm that Phuket is indeed a city of gastronomy.<\/p>\n http:\/\/www.blueelephant.com\/phuket\/<\/a> Food is a kind of art that literally reflects taste, so fine dining is much more than just a method of filling yourself. To be able to enjoy higher-level cuisine is another level of art. Now that Phuket had been assigned by UNESCO as a \u2018City of Gastronomy\u2019 there are many fine restaurants to represent the town and one of these is Blue Elephant Phuket.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3879,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[798,8],"tags":[541,540,539],"class_list":["post-3892","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-eat","category-cat_all_phuket","tag-blue-elephant-phuket","tag-city-of-gastronomy","tag-peranakan-fine-dining"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"yoast_head":"\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.phuketemagazine.com\/phuket-vegetarian-festival-2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/XT1C7287.jpg\")
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