Adventure to Rawai

I've decided to try to write a blog every week.  Even if they are fairly short and focused.  Soooo, this is a little story about our adventure to Rawai.  Corey drove us on our zippy little scooter down the island.  We made a few stops along the way.  When Corey works as a scuba instructor he leaves from Chalong.  I hadn't really seen much of this area so we did a quick drive along the bay.  It is really a pretty spot.

Rawai is a beach town on the Southern part of Phuket Island.  It is known for it's seafood restaurants that are set up in a unique fashion.  Basically there are fish vendors on one side of a dirt road and on the other side are restaurants.  You buy the seafood you want to eat and then pick a restaurant to cook it for you.  There are sorts of options available, from shellfish like clams, prawns of all sizes, and a huge variety of fish from to snapper to grouper- even imported lobsters that were HUGE!
I think we were told the lobsters come in from Myanmar (Burma).  They looked like they came from outer space they were mutants- so big!  We didn't eat lobster as they were ridiculously expensive.  The other choices were reasonable and really went well with a cold Chang beer.   We may have to return for a lobster at some point though!

You can see by the picture on the left that we ordered a lovely small grouper, some large prawns and of course I had some veggies plus steamed rice.  Everything was amazing!   The restaurants charge an average of 100 baht (3 dollars) a kg to cook for you- you pick the preparation from the menu.  We chose to have our prawns done with a garlic chili sauce.  They also came with sautéed onions.  Yum!  The grouper was steamed and was "swimming" in a lemon, garlic, chili and a few other spices.  It was really amazing!  
I have to recommend a trip to Rawai if you love seafood!  I'm not sure how much we spent total but not more than $20 dollars equivalent including drinks.  I love eating in Thailand!!

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