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

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

Bit like chicken tikka massala to Mumbai!

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

They misspelled Gastroenteritis.

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???

They won again. Twice in one week is amazing.

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.

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

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 :-)

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.

I couldn't believe this makes UNESCO a laughing stock

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

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

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.

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

What great restaurants would they be?

There are less than half a dozen at best.

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

They misspelled Gastroenteritis.

You beat me to it