Restaurant Nam YOI

Nam Yoi Restaurant is very authentic Thai restaurant in nice cozy overground yard. Listed in Michelin Guide as BIB Gourmand Restaurant. Open on afternoon from 16 to 19. Most of the customers are local people. This is a perfect place if you want to try the local Phuket cuisine that is intensely flavored and typical southern Thai style.

You can try orange curry or a fish fried with turmeric. Adding turmeric to dishes gives southern Thai food its own characteristic. The combination of fresh turmeric and garlic enhances the fish flavor. The crispy seasonings and the slightly crispy fish with jasmine rice is a typical Souther Thai style cooking. Pla thot khamin or deep-fried turmeric fish is a fish delicacy hailing from the south of Thailand. The dish is typically made with whole, cleaned fish, seasoned with salt, and then thoroughly rubbed with a chunky mixture of fresh turmeric and garlic before it is deep-fried in hot oil until golden brown. Thai people usually prepare the marinating turmeric-garlic paste by pounding the ingredients with a mortar and pestle. In Thailand, threadfin bream is mostly used for this dish due to its suitable small size and firm flesh, but any firm-fleshed fish can be used, such as tilapia or mackerel.