Hot events around town

Seafood sensations

Head out to Mahachai in Samut Songkhram Province this weekend and feast on fresh seafood. The country’s best fishing town is hosting its annual Seafood Festival from tomorrow to Monday. More than 50 famous restaurants will dish out their secret recipes and seafood. Crab, red snapper, shell, oyster and lobster will all be on the menu served just the way you like it. Mahachi is about 50 kilometres south of Bangkok.

 

And dairy delight

Or head north to Muak Lek in Saraburi Province and get up close and cosy with the beautiful cows. The annual Dairy Farm Festival continues through Sunday and it promises to be fun for the entire family. Kids will love the tour of a dairy farm in action including milking and caring for baby calves while the adults can enjoy country music, a cowboy show and delicious dairy snacks and drinks.

 

ll bloom

Often called the “Rose of Lanna”, Chiang Mai is playing host to its annual Flower Festival from February 6 to 8 at Suan Buak Hat Park in Muang district. The festival will turn the park into an open-air exhibition venue where local and international visitors can marvel at a magnificent tapestry of floral splendour. An agricultural exhibition, flower arrangements and Miss Flower & Miss International Flower Blooming Beauty Contests add to the fun. One of the Festival’s highlights is the parade of elaborately decorated floral floats during the opening ceremony, which is being held on February 7.

 

Mysteries of the Mediterranean

Phuket Outrigger’s new Lebanese chef, Mustapha Haj Omar, is now at the helm of Metzo’s and promises foodies a range of innovative dishes influenced by the culinary heritage of Lebanon, Turkey, Greece, North Africa, Spain and Italy. “Mustapha is a star of Middle Eastern, Mediterranean and Arabic dining,” notes Tony Pedroni, general manager of the Outrigger Laguna Phuket Beach Resort. “He combines a family-inspired passion for taste with an impressive track record that has seen him cook for royalty in the Gulf Region”. His signature dishes will be available from February 6. For a table, call (076) 360 600.