Faim de Loup, Bakery at Phra Ae, Koh Lanta

Faim de Loup, Bakery at Phra Ae, Koh Lanta

During my day off from the current IDC on Koh Lanta, I had lunch at Faim de Loup, a French bakery in Phra Ae on Koh Lanta.

During my recent visits to Koh Lanta, this is the place where I went to get my wholewheat bread for my breakfast! It's excellent and the nice thing is that after a couple of months the lady who runs the place recognized me when I went back last week for more (breakfast) bread.

My lunch, a club sandwich and a café au lait. French fries can be ordered separately.

The bread and bakery goods that are on display, haven't tried the baked goods, yet!

The place is very laid back and the menu is not too big so you don't get overwhelmed with options and choices. Always check for specials, this may be worthwhile. Today there was gratin and salad as a special.

Faim de Loup is kind of opposite the Red Snapper in Phra Ae and the picture above shows how it looks like. If you're in this area, go and have breakfast or lunch or get your baked needs on Koh Lanta taken care of!

Camille

Nang Sabai, German bakery, Saladan, Koh Lanta

Nang Sabai, German bakery, Saladan, Koh Lanta

The third and for the time being last restaurant or food update originating from my recent visit on Koh Lanta. This time it's the Nang Sabai German Bakery I visited and write about and it's a must visit place, even if you're not German.

The location is a few 100 meters outside of Saladan, direction South on your left hand. There's clear signs outside and it will be very difficult to miss. There's also plenty of parking space for motorbikes and cars alike.

Bread and cakes are baked fresh every day, the owners have early days and starts their days around 3am, baking away!

They recently relocated to this fairly new place, after having grown out of their original place. Just like the Red Snapper restaurant owners, they're since 7 years on the island, first just as holiday makers and than later on as expats after they relocated from Germany.

Herrentoast

The menu is the right size, not an overwhelming assortment to choose from but just enough to make it interesting and once I laid my eyes on my choice; the Herrentoast -> 1 rye bread with pork, mustard and baked with cheese I was pleasantly surprised once I received my dish. This is easily one of the best meals I ever had in a bakery in Thailand! Obviously this dish comes highly recommended by me.

Apfelstrudel

Upon walking in you can't miss the big fridge placed on your right hand side entry and just looking at it I knew I had to get a dessert. My choice was the Apfelstrudel with ice cream and whipped cream. An excellent choice and once more highly recommended. Come in early since by noon the Apfelstrudel for the day was gone and finished!

A very fine bakery and well worth a visit. Enjoy!!

Camille

Feeding time on Samui

For the restaurant lovers on Samui,

There hasn't been a review of restaurants for a while now, this doesn't mean however that we don't go out to eat anymore! Not at all! We just haven't visited any new places but there are plenty of old faves that I can highly recommend.

For starters, Aux Amis who have relocated to Bophud, don't forget their Mussels day on Tuesdays or how about Il Molino for some good Italian lunch or rather, the best Italian lunch on the island. Angela's bakery in Maenam remains high on the fave list for breakfast and lunches.

Today we had lunch at Dcheed 2 in Chaweng on the ring road, man, are those sateys tasty!

Or how about lunch or dinner at Gai's in Maenam, an old fave that stills rocks my boat!

If in Lamai, we always visit this Kao man gai place, make sure not to miss it.

Last but not least, our almost neighbours; Clok Lana for some awesome Isaarn food.

As you can see, we're still eating out, these are some of the places we've recently been to and had good food, over and over again!

Hope you can find the restaurants, they're worth it. Some are very authentic and not to be found in any tourist guide. It's appreciated that if you do find them to let me know if you liked them.
Please post on the blog.

Camille

Art Cafe, Samui Town Center, Bophud

This morning my wife and myself visited the Art Cafe in Buphud to have some breakfast.

After having visited the Nathon branch just a few days ago, I was really looking forward to visit their shop at the Samui Town Center complex, located at the ring road between Bophud traffic lights and Big C.




The location is very difficult to spot, although I was told that it was next to the Music shop at Samui Town Center, it is hardly distinguishable from the road if you drive by. Even after just having visited the cafe, I couldn't spot it from the road when I left!

The interior however has the same warm feeling as the Nathon shop and their are some nice feats for sale, paintings, homemade candles etc.

Same as in Nathon, they also sell homemade bread. The loaf I bought in Nathon was very enjoyable, one of the best breads I had on Samui.

We had two breakfasts and a salad with a date muffin as desert and it was really enjoyable.
I can recommend both locations strongly and hope you will try them out. Their menu has some real healthy food, including plenty of vegetarian choices but also meat can be had. Enjoy!

Camille

About Art & Cafe, Restaurant, Nathon

Today had a nice surprise in Nathon.

Supposedly since 1995, 'About Art & Cafe' has been around, so I'm running a bit behind schedule.
Immigration and over due electricity bill payments had me travel to Nathon today. After all the business side was taken care of, I walked around Nathon and the 'About Art & Cafe' drew me in with it's nice and warm atmosphere.




It's located at the pier road (boulevard) with the pier bus station at your back, almost opposite the road, a little bit to the right.

The warm colours of the interior caught my attention when I walked by and made me go inside and give it a go.

They have a great breakfast and lunch menu and open between 8 am and 5 pm (08.00 - 17.00).

Lots of vegetarian dishes, salads and sandwiches made with home made bread fill the menu. On top of that they have a wide selection of fruit shakes, juices and smoothies.

Inside they sell various bits and pieces but all the things they sell completely melt into the surroundings and you don't have the feeling that you're sitting in a shop (well, at least part of the premises). Very nice and relaxed indeed. This picture shows various kinds of pottery that are for sale with associated bits and pieces.

Various clothes, postcards and you name it, are for sale but blend completely in with the whole set up of the place.

They also sell outstanding self made breads, ask the staff. I purchased a whole wheat/oat bread which was still slightly warm when they put it in the bag. Mmmm, yummy.

Oh yes, I also ordered food, here's a picture of my Penang Tofu Curry, with very fresh veggies in it on brown rice and in the background is my mango/banana fruit shake. For desert I had a delicious chocolate cake.

When in Nathon, make sure to visit this place, I know that I will in the future!

There's a second shop, Art Cafe between Bophud and Chaweng on the ring road, at the Samui Town Center shopping complex, so that's on the list of places to visit!

Camille

Il Molino, Italian Bakery

Il Molino in Chaweng is my favorite lunch place on the island!

Located on the ring road, just before the Bangkok Samui Hospital and Bangkok Airways main office on the ring road (going from Tesco Lotus direction Lamai) on the other side of the road, they offer small slices of pizza and home made Italian bread tasting exactly the same as if you were in Italy.



Run by Salvatore and Tha, his lovely wife, they have been baking and providing bread to all the major hotels on the island and plenty of other places since 1994.

To come here and have chat with both of them is a nice break in the day and their food is absolutely delicious.

They offer a extensive menu with various breads and salads and slices of pizza and many times they offer specials, like lasagna.

Outside they have a very nice sitting area where you can enjoy your meal, together with some excellent coffee, cappuccino or espresso.

Here's a small selection on what's on offer, the slices of pizza in the front left are amazing and they come with various toppings.

Their daily bread was just being delivered 10 minutes before I arrived, otherwise the whole picture would've covered in bread!

Besides their menu, they also have some exclusive Italian imported cheeses and sausages for sale.

Well worth a visit and highly recommended by me and they were long overdue on my blog!

Camille

Angela's Bakery, Maenam

Angela's Bakery is by far my favourite Bakery on Samui.

When they opened, a bit more than 7 years ago, I used to live almost behind the bakery and next to Angela, the owner. I'm just a tad little bit longer on the island than when Angela opened her doors for the first time and she's still up and running and I'm still enjoying eating there.



Now I live a bit further away from Maenam, so I don't visit that often anymore, as I used to do, but it's still a fave stop whenever I'm around. The bakery is located at the ring road, at the very beginning of Maenam, a little bit further down from the Police station, if you're coming from Bophud, at the opposite side of the road.

It's definitely not a plastic table and chairs establishment, in contrast, the way they decorated the restaurant is very cosy and gives you a 'home' feeling.

Besides a very nice menu, with plenty of choices in Western and Thai food, with great salads, sandwiches and German and English dishes, one of Angela's teasers are her cakes! In the cooler in the background on the left, one can find amazing Apple pie's, triple chocolate cheesecakes, Tiramisu's and much more.

One of my fave dishes at Angela's is the Creamy Chicken Hash, as pictured above. A nice full plate of Chicken hash!

Angela's Club Sandwich is one of the best Club Sandwiches available in Thailand, in my opinion. Nicely done with fried chicken and plenty of other ingredients. All freshly made.

She also make birthday cakes and for more info on this, please call 077 427 396 and she makes fantastic wholewheat breads.

It's only open till 6 pm, which makes it a perfect place for breakfast and lunch. Another one I can highly recommend.

Camille