Central Festival - Zen (closed)

When we want Japanese in Phuket it has to be Zen restaurant.

We always choose a set menu and then gyozas.


Delicious


The Zen that we choose to go to is on the ground floor of 
Central Department Store just outside Phuket Town.

Zen @ Central Festival (closed)

Well we can't stay away from here - Zen at Central Festival.

The food is always fresh and the selection of dishes which you can have is enormous.

We had a deep fried fish with a salad, a beef dish 'set' and some gyoza's.

Do not forget to have the Miso soup - superb.

Wonderful

Then I nipped to Swensens across the way to get some ice cream :-)

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Approximate price: $$$$$ 

Address: 31st floor, 75-75 Vichitsongkram Road, Phuket Town

Hours: 11:00 - 21:00

Zen in Central Festival (closed)

What can i say about Zen's Japanese Restaurant - the restaurant that we have a card for and are always claiming on the card?

Lovely Japanese food and quality service. Choose from the set menus rather than the a la carte menu because it is easier! The a la carte menu is enormous and then there are even more to choose from after that.

I usually have a fish set and order extra gyosas (sp?).

You can drink copious amounts of green tea and the miso soup is to die for - sometimes a little salty but i think that that is more to do with the time that you enter. We have Jemma with us who is 2 years old and they always give her a clever set of chop sticks with an elastic band.

Then we finish with a Swensen's ice cream - seriously good finish, better than the fruit pieces.

Wine Connection

We were in Central Festival and we were hungry - we normally choose to go to the Japanese restaurant Zen but wanted something different - there are a lot of different themed restaurants in Central!


We went for Wine Connection - we had been previously but were not impressed by the speed of service... but the meat platter and the pate were wonderful.

We were welcomed and served promptly - the food all arrived at the same time and we were all very happy.


mixed salad with chicken (but there was not a lot of chicken)
mixed meat platter
a lot of bread and butter
cheese pizza
white wine


comfortable and satisfied - thank you

Job Joob (closed)

Joob Joob is a more popular stop than it shows on this blog - foursquare has the most - each time we go into Central for Zen and other restaurants I like to 'pop in' to Joob Joob.

It is a small place where they create the most wonderful cupcakes - for many occasions - read TripAdvisor for the plethora of different cakes that they have made. When I wrote this post Joob Joob was #1of44 Coffee + Tea in Phuket Town.

Joob Joob is essentially a small self contained kitchen where the cupcakes are created and then displayed and adjacent to this is the wonderful Illy Coffee.

Wonderful for a place to pop in.

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Approximate price: $$$$$ 

Address: Central Festival, outside Phuket Town

Hours:  10:30 - 22:00

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Zen Japanese Restaurant (closed)

You are in Thailand so why do you want Japanese food? 

You may well be at Central Festival for a bit of shopping and subsequently want a bite to eat for to eat and it is well worth visiting.

This Japanese restaurant is a favourite of ours. We visit here because they have a good selection and is extremely convenient - there are a number of posts on this blog and they do not really vary.

There is an enormous selection of dishes - what you need to look at first is the set menu book.

With the set menus there will be with this - a bowl of plain rice, Miso Soup, a tiny side dish of something. It is definitely a good mixture to have - we always have one or two of these.

Then there are the menus that have all the side dishes - our favourite of these is the Gyoza - deep fried wontons - wonderful, but we ate them before I was able to take a photograph...

Then there is the drink - we are extremely boring and we have a great number of green teas whilst we have our food - always worth a visit.

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Approximate price: $$$$$ 

Address: Central Festival, Phuket Town

Hours: 11am - 9pm

 

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Phuket's Best restaurants and bars...

This recommendation is from BK - knows Bangkok.

This is their list of Phuket Restaurants and Bars. Out of their selection we have only been to one of them - more to visit...

Restaurants

1) Mee Ton Poe in Phuket Town 

2) Kang Eang@Pier in Chalong 

3) Lim's in Rawai

4) Phuket 346 in Phuket Town

Bars

5) Seduction in Patong (Bangla Rd)

6) Surin Beach - Stereo Lab and Catch Beach Club

7) Yaowarat Rd in Phuket Town - Ploenchit and Sanaeha

This is my list

Restaurants

1) Kan Eang@Pier in Chalong 

2) Lemongrass in Phuket Town 

3) Top of the Reef in Cape Panwa 

4) Suay in Phuket Town 

5) Zen in Phuket Town (Central Festival) 

Bars

6) Russell's Sunset Bar in Cape Panwa

7) Siam Indigo in Phuket Town 

 - there are lots of other places...

Joob Joob - Central Festival

After a shop which involved lots of bits and pieces Chuen and I retired to have lunch at Zen in Central Festival. As we wandered through the building we noticed that there was a new outlet - Joob Joob.

This seemed to be wonderful - the smell of freshly brewed coffee and the plethora of little cakes was wonderful.

Approaching the counter made me even more demanding - not one cake but two cakes, the choice was almost impossible.

I chose my two cakes and asked for a cappuccino to go with the two cakes.

It was immediately clear that the cakes were cooked freshly (later I noticed that there was an oven on the premises). The coffee was smooth with only a slight bitter taste (with no sugar added). Chuen went shopping whilst I sat here - lovely.

So why Joob Joob? Apparently Joob Joob is Thai for a small kiss - a 'peck on the cheek' I am led to believe but whatever it is it does make a name that you remember.

I do wonder why people sit in chairs provided by a Cafe but purchase nothing? (if you need Internet I was able to pick up Wine Connection - ssshhh.)

  

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Approximate price: $$$$$ 

Address: Central Festival, outside Phuket Town

Hours:  10:30 - 22:00

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