Phuket named ‘City of Gastronomy’ by Unesco

[snoop1130]

Phuket named ‘City of Gastronomy’ by Unesco
Phuket Gazette

PHUKET -- The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (Unesco) has dubbed Phuket a "City of Gastronomy", recognising the island's rich culinary history and unique cuisine.

"Being chosen as a member of the Unesco Creative Cities Network as a 'City of Gastronomy' is a wonderful honour for Phuket," said Unesco directorgeneral Irina Bokova.

Efforts to collate recipes and historical information of local Baba (Straits Chinese) cuisine in order to have Phuket Town recognised as a City of Gastronomy have been ongoing since 2011.

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/breakingnews/Phuket-named-City-of-Gastronomy-by-Unesco-30275927.html

-- The Nation 2015-30-12

[BigBadGeordie]

Efforts to collate........Straits Chinese recipes, well done Thailand.

Bit like chicken tikka massala to Mumbai!

[GiantFan]

Baba cuisine popular in Singapore and Malaysia. Grasping at straws.

[fester the benevolent]

They misspelled Gastroenteritis.

[alant]

Let me see, some members of UNESCO got the organisation to pay for a holiday and needed to produce evidence of working on the trip???

[sebastion]

They won again. Twice in one week is amazing.

[Snackbar]

After nearly 15 years in Phuket I've yet to find half a dozen decent restaurants. Cold bad food and non-existent service.

UNESCO does award crumbling, dilapidated instutions with historical recognition. Well done Phuket. Yuck.

[grumpyoldman]

I'd agree if they had said Bangkok, but Phuket? Off to get a Unesco acclaimed noodle soup.........

[khun custard]

They misspelled Gastroenteritis.

A new spin on Molecular Gasto-nomy !!

I also think "gourmand" is spelt correctly in relation to the package tour gastronomes

and the bog-in-buffets they gravitate towards on this fare Isle :-)

[Renter]

Right on Snackbar...................I've been here almost a decade & I can count on the fingers of one hand the number of places where I have eaten a meal I'd rate 8 or better.

So I choose to eat at home almost always as my lady has developed into an exceptionally fine cook/chef.

We did go into Patong to a very well known farang hotel with restaurant for Xmas dinner with friends....again a big overpriced Patong rip off.....850 Baht for a meal that was barely a passable 5.

Xmas dinner in Patong---never again.

[mydee]

I couldn't believe this makes UNESCO a laughing stock

[JHolmesJr]

Suffering from gas while looking at the stars....gsstronomy.

[hhinhh]

Interesting, are they talking about an island or a city? The city itself surely does not deserve this title. How can they give a rating without any clear definition about what they are talking? And if they think about the island it will never lead to a decent comparison with real cities.Perhaps next time the British island wins

[stevenl]

Interesting, are they talking about an island or a city? The city itself surely does not deserve this title. How can they give a rating without any clear definition about what they are talking? And if they think about the island it will never lead to a decent comparison with real cities.Perhaps next time the British island wins

Well, they mention phuket town in the OP. That might help you answering your own question.

[bearpolar]

Phuket town has tons of really great restaurants

But yeah, nothing close to major cities like montreal, new york, milan, paris.. Chiang mai or bangkok would make more sense.. Prob a fat guy in love behind this

Edited January 1, 2016 by bearpolar

[Snackbar]

What great restaurants would they be?

There are less than half a dozen at best.

[bearpolar]

Tons of amazing thai food in restaurants with no english name. Some spots you can't ever get a seat at 6pm

[White Christmas13]

They misspelled Gastroenteritis.

You beat me to it