In the Sky: Chalong

Wednesday, February 17, 2010

More solitude? Villa Zolitude, Chalong, Phuket, Thailand

1/2/3 a Moroccan style rest room.

4/5. check the tiles and the sink.

6/7. Staying here doesn't need a gym. :)

8. More Zolitude. 9. an open shower before going into the swimming pool.

10/11. Motionless at 5pm, in the pool...

12/13. a Moroccan Library.

14. 180 degree at night. 15. Mango Madness THB120.

16. Good night. 17. Certainly a mini-car is at service to your room or to dinner.

Breakfast 180 degree, Villa Zolitude, Chalong, Phuket, Thailand

The breakfast isn't the best but it's in a very wide range of choices. At least there are 6 different types of juices. Another remark is their very friendly staff.

1. toast, bacon and chicken/pork sausage, ham with fresh fruits. 2. orange juice and coffee.

3. smoked salmon with imported veggie. 4. omlette, canned lychee, sausage...etc.

5/6. the stations.

7/8. more to go.

9/10. the food stations are in the center and surrounded by tables.

180 degree, the restaurant of Villa Zolitude, Chalong, Phuket, Thailand

180 degree - yes, it's really 180 degree view to the green, the bay and the hillside. The restaurant earns its name. A restaurant is like a soothing soul in a hideaway restaurant. If it's not well run, it would just spoil your hideaway time unless you need to fast. Some often say hotel food is not preferred as they are not local but I don't agree to it especially in hotels in most Asian countries. Restaurants in hotels stand for how they represent locally and how they treat customers.

1/2. the restaurant.

3. the tables are set in a distance. Quite cozy. 4. check the details of the side wall.

5. tray for the tea selection.

6. Bananarama THB120 (not the 80's British pop group) - a smoothie with banana, yohurt and lots of honey. Of course, lots of honey is specified, it's very sweet but why complain when it says "lots of honey". 7. Red Ruby THB120 - banana, papaya, orange juice, yohurt. Both are quite nice.

8. Hamburger THB280. Though it's not the best but no complaint as it's just THB280 at this kind of 5 star resort. 9. veggie pizza THB180. A good one especially it's just some veggie for not eating too much meat.

10. iced coffee THB110 - quite aromatic. 11. Mini apple tart with vanilla ice cream THB150. A bit too sweet to me but the apple tart is quite nice.

12. Caesar salad with deep fried chicken drumstick THB220. In general, most dishes are at the range from THB150 to 280. Very reasonably priced. 13. It was 4:30pm and the waitresses changed the table clothes to tune in "dinner" time. Also, each table cloth is different. This is another little detail they do, but change the whole atmosphere.

14. even toothpicks are in the same color green. 15. the restaurant outside. Downstairs is the conference room.

16. dinner time. Start with Onion soup THB150. 17. nice herb bread to go with.

18. Seared scallops on zesty salad THB220. This is something about the restaurant. In considering it's just THB220, we can't expect those big scallops. So cooking this kind of small to medium sized frozen scallops are of some technique. This one is not bad. The salad is good too. 19. Pad Thai (THB180) is my must try dish at many resorts and hotels in Thailand. So this one is pretty good.

20. Masaman curry THB180 - I asked for no spicy. Then it's really no spicy, but the taste isn't bad. Very aromatic with peanut. 21. the open kitchen.

More room types of Villa Zolitude, Chalong, Phuket, Thailand

Villa Zolitude has distinguished the villas into 2 levels. The first ones are higher on the hillside which are mainly the Grand Deluxe Villas and 2 bedroom Grand Deluxe Villas. Then the lower level are those deluxe villas with one floor only at a lower rate THB7,500 and another 4 bed room type (to be checked). The main lobby/pool/restaurant is in the middle section of these 2 levels. So I got to find out more villas.