The Baan Ploy Samed
The Baan Ploy Sea is located on the quieter Ao Klang beach at Koh Samet. The hotel is small and cosy with a welcoming atmosphere. We enjoyed dinner one night at the Baan Ploy Samed overlooking the beach, with its high, vaulted wooden ceiling and traditional Thai seating on the typical triangular pillows either side of an unpolished, long wooden table.
The appetiser consisted of a chilli paste with crab eggs, served with fresh vegetables…
Scallops simmered with chilly and Thai herbs followed next…
The sour and spicy orange curry with crab shell and bamboo shoots offered an unusual tangy taste tempered with dry chilli…
The fried rice with egg and crab meat was so delicious that one could just keep eating spoonfuls of this by itself, without adding any main course to it…
By far the highlight of this meal was the finger-licking Thai version of shrimps mariniere, comprising succulent prawns in a hot pot with cream, garlic and Thai herbs…
