The Bamboo Resort Restaurant

None of us remembers the exact moment of discovering the Haad Yuan beach. This is a small, picturesque beach accessed from Haad Rin by the longtail (taxi boat). Experienced walkers should also try the 5th km mountain path. Despite its proximity to Haad Rin, this beach looks much less crowdie. In spite of the fact that our permanent residence in Koh Phangan was in Leela Beach – my sister chose to spend couple of days on Haad Yuan, trying to properly allocate the huge amount of time between reading, swimming and staring at the sea from the terrace of the bamboo resort restaurant.

Although I’m definitely not the “laying-on-the-beach-till-the-crane-will-pick-me” tourist kind, I decided to join her for one-day. I had no regrets whatsoever! In Haad Yuan I took the best pictures of the trip (taking nice authentic pictures of pure solid beauty is a thing that stands on its own) and had a meal in one of the best restaurants on the island.

The bamboo resort restaurant offers an unbelievable variety of Thai, Burmese (the two chefs are from Myanmar) and Western dishes. As for me, the best choice was the grilled and spicy red shaper fish, (my sister still dreams of their Tom Yum Kung soup). The restaurant is relatively expensive comparing to Koh Phangan standards (for example, my red shaper cost 250 baht), but it’s worth every bath. After the meal, you can savor the beauty of the beach, sea and mountains surrounding them, or … take a nap on a mattress inside the restaurant.