Yok Sod – Crab Heaven near Huahin

I hear this time and time again from frequent visitors to Thailand.  ”We always want to go to Huahin, but its sooo far away”   If the words ‘Crab Heaven’ make your legs go tingly and jaws tightened in anticipation for cracking shells, you need to take the 2 – 4 hour journey from Bangkok to Huahin.   This place….of course, is 30 – 60mins away in Pranburi, google ‘Pranburi Resorts’ if you intend to stay there instead of the main tourist hub of Huahin.

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Smith Bangkok

Opened by a local celebrity Chef and his protege, this restaurant brings the nose to tail eating concept to Bangkok.  St John made this concept its own in the UK, and the food that comes out of St John is so simple and fantastic that one may be fooled into thinking they can cook it at home too…..or in their restaurant.  I mean, how hard can it be right?  Simply cooked offal and meats?

Can the team at Smith live up to St John’s philosophy to which they have so blatantly subscribed?

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