We tired hot pan BBQ the other day and it was kind of complicated to figure out what goes where. I would like to spare you this headache, therefore I created this how to guide.
Your BBQ is being made on a hot pan ( no shit Sherlock ). I wouldn’t want to explain how it looks just look at the photos below. The lower part of the pan contains soup, this is where you supposed to place your veggies and anything else that you would like to cook. The upper part of the pan is for your meat, as you can see there is a bacon on top that will provide the pan with enough fat to avoid burning your meat. You can top up the soup any time using the kettle provided. The pan sits on coal fire which usually runs for about an hour. If it would run out while you are still cooking you can always ask for a replacement pan ( or fire ). Same goes for the kettle with the soup.
Once you have your pan you can go and collect the combination of meat and veggies you would like to cook. There is a very large variety of meats and veggies available so you will have hard time deciding what it is you want to have. You can have crab meat, chicken, pork, beef and even local chilli devon.
You now have the desired mix of meats and veggies collected. Let’s start cooking! Meats on top, veggies and pasta to the boiling soup!
The not so adventurous can also pick pre-cooked food from the stands, fruit and cakes are also available!
To be honest with you I loved this way of cooking the meat and veggies. This is my personal crusade to show as much people as I can that this is a very cool and fun way to eat and there is more to Koh Samui than a bunch of overpriced western restaurants.
The hot pan BBQ cost 139 Baht / person obviously it is all you can eat. One strange thing though that you have to buy drinks from them otherwise there is extra charge. Probably they try to avoid people bringing in their own drinks with this.
The BBQ place we visited is right next door to the Fisherman’s Village junction on Koh Samui. If you’d like to buy your own pan you can do so in Tesco Lotus near Chaweng.
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