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...coconut chandeliers and drooping flags are the final elements of the installation...
...choose from a menu studded with so many tantalizing items, there's an easy solution: opt for the Tao Taste Plate of grilled beef tenderloin, pan-seared red snapper and wok-fried king prawns. Two other standouts are the conch fritters and the laksa (pictured above)?a coconut-milk-based noodle soup that can be bland when served outside its native Malaysia, but packs a Caribbean punch at Tao. The restaurant's beachfront setting meanwhile provides all the laid-back island ambience you could want. Given Tao's intimate size, reservations are essential; call...
...choose from a menu studded with so many tantalizing items, there's an easy solution: opt for the Tao Taste Plate of grilled beef tenderloin, pan-seared red snapper and wok-fried king prawns. Two other standouts are the conch fritters and the laksa - a coconut milk?based noodle soup that can be bland when served outside its native Malaysia, but packs a Caribbean punch...
Surrounded by 10 acres of coconut palms, weeping figs and streams, the Sarojin (sarojin.com) could just as easily be a private tropical estate as a resort?and that's perfectly appropriate, given its namesake. A figure from Thai folklore, Lady Sarojin was the eldest daughter of a nobleman and renowned for the exemplary manner in which she ran her father's household. There's certainly a familial intimacy about the resort, which consists of just 56 suites, sequestered amid national parkland an hour's drive from Phuket Airport...
...verdant setting. Interiors are in unpretentious Thai-resort style, with attractive use of dark woods and natural light. All suites enjoy private gardens or terraces, "waterfall" showers, couple baths and hanging orchids, while some have private plunge pools or Jacuzzis. Requests for privacy are indicated by placing a coconut outside the door...