Dining

Known for sweet, sour, salty, and particularly spicy flavours, Thai cuisine is popular across the globe. Your acclaimed private chef is a dab hand at stir-fries and curries and can tailor dishes to suit international palates.

Always a good moment to get together and plan the day, breakfast can be served at the wood-and-marble dining table with the teak-framed glass doors wide open to the pool, or in the covered outdoor lounge with a low-slung table.

As well as fresh farm eggs, croissants, and seasonal Thai fruits, breakfast favourites include pastries and bread rolls, while fresh pancakes with honey or jam cater for sweet tooths. Rather than individual servings, cooked dishes are served family style with enough of each meal to feed the entire group. Thai staples may include chicken fried rice or herb omelettes with steamed Surin jasmine rice.

Unless you're out sightseeing, lunch is typically an informal buffet on the poolside deck. Expect golden shrimp spring rolls in fresh rice paper drizzled with tamarind sauce or popular Thai dishes such as green curry chicken or prawn with aubergines. A milder version is the coconut milk-based Massaman Curry with potatoes and chicken or beef. The chef can also knock up green papaya salad for guests who don't fear nose-tingling sensations, or serve western dishes such as healthy salads and Mediterranean pasta.

Your Villa Manager will do your grocery shopping if you pre-order food and drinks. Groceries and beverages are charged at market price plus a 20% handling fee subject to government tax. Breakfast is included in the rate.