Blue Elephant Phuket

Nooror Somany Steppe, an unofficial ambassador for Thai cuisine and the founder of Blue Elephant restaurants, has a keen set of eyes when it comes to selecting a location for each of her restaurants. Just like her Bangkok restaurant, which has become a landmark in Sathorn, the Blue Elephant outpost in Phuket is elegantly set in a refurbished Sino-Portuguese mansion that was once was the residence of Phra Pitak Chinpracha, a Chinese merchant who was in charge of the province’s tin mining industry during the reign of King Rama V. Apart from serving the signature dishes offered at all Blue Elephant restaurants worldwide, the Phuket outpost of Blue Elephant has perhaps the most impressive list of Peranakan staples in all of Phuket, courtesy of a collaboration with a Peranakan association and Rajabhat Phuket University.

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