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(dishes 300-950B; lunch & dinner)
Easily the top dining spot on Lamai. Try the signature beef
tenderloin with blue cheese - it's like sending your taste buds on a Parisian vacation. On
Tuesdays diners enjoy a special Thai-themed evening with a prepared menu of local delic-
acies. Rocky's is at the like-named resort just south of Lamai.
Choeng Mon & Big Buddha Beach (Hat Bang Rak)
Choeng Mon's lively main drag that runs parallel to this main northern beach has lots of
eating options, although price tags are high even without the beach view. There are fewer
eating options around Big Buddha Beach, west of Choeng Mon, where the setting is less
glamorous, but prices are more reasonable.
BBC
(Big Buddha Beach; dishes 70-300B; breakfast, lunch & dinner)
No, this place has nothing to do with
Dr Who
- BBC stands for Big Buddha Café. It's popular with the local expats, the interna-
tional menu is large and there are exquisite ocean views from the patio.
INTERNATIONAL
$$
Antica Locanda
(
www.anticasamui.com
;
Hat Bang Rak; dishes 170-280B; dinner)
This friendly trattoria has pressed
white tablecloths and caskets of Italian wine. Try the
vongole alla marinara
(clams in
white wine) and don't forget to check out the succulent specials of the day.
ITALIAN
$$
Catcantoo
(
http://catcantoo.net
;
Hat Bang Rak; mains 90-350B; breakfast, lunch & dinner)
Enjoy a bargain-basement
breakfast (99B) in the morning, succulent ribs at noon, or shoot some pool later in the day.
WESTERN
$$
Dining On The Rocks
( 0 7724 5678; reservations-samui@sixsenses.com; Choeng Mon; menus from 2200B; dinner)
Samui's ulti-
mate dining experience takes place on nine cantilevered verandahs of weathered teak and
bamboo that yawn over the gulf. After sunset (and wine), guests feel like they're dining
on a barge set adrift on a starlit sea. Each dish on the six-course prix-fixe menu is the
brainchild of the cooks who regularly experiment with taste, texture and temperature.
If you're celebrating a special occasion, you'll have to book well in advance if you
want to sit at 'table 99' (the honeymooners' table) positioned on a private terrace. Dining
On The Rocks is at the isolated Six Senses Samui.
ASIAN FUSION
$$$
