ขาหมูเห็ดหอม Mushroom Pork Knuckles 24 Dec 2019

Khao Kha Moo

After yesterday a tiring day, this morning all of us woke up after had a good night sleep. After we had taken our bath, we just walked towards the main road. Alvin brought us to a small shop which is facing the main road.

It is a selling pork knuckles shop or restaurant. This shop is a small shop with only one serving booth and limited tables and chairs inside the shop. There are some condiments on the table which is quite normal to be found in Thai restaurant.

We just ordered the normal pork leg rice that comes with braised eggs as well. besides that, the shop also served braised intestines and more. Looks delicious from the menu but we do not order it.

The ladies in the shop brought out some pork knuckles from the kitchen inside. Just look at those fatty knuckles and it looks so soft and nice!

Other ladies were busy preparing the rice to serve us. There was only our table and another table of couple were eating here during we were here. But we noticed that there were a lot of people came here to take away.

The people in and out waiting for their takeaway. Both Alvin and I were thinking that this might due to the working blue collars workers came here to takeaway for their own lunches at their work. But later that only I know that this ‘Mushroom Pork Leg’ shop is a very famous shop at Hat Yai. 

We had our pork rice at this shop and it is our breakfast. Look at the soft meats and it looks delicious and yummy! A typical pork rice in Thailand comes with braised egg, green vegetables and salted vegetables as well.

We have some photos before we have our breakfast as usual! Hahaha…

After our breakfast, we stayed at the shop for awhile to plan for our destinations for the whole day. And discussed about transportation and walking routes.

Then we go for our first destination – Hat Yai Municipal Park. While waiting for the grab car, I noticed that there is a mini Big C shop across the road. There is the place where we grab our drinking water for the whole trip.

Rim Nam Seafood Buffet Hat Yai 23 Dec 2019

It was already nearly 2.30pm when we back to Silom Boutique Hotel, we were so tired as we slept in the bus last night. We decided to have a rest and take an afternoon nap in the hotel.

It was almost 6.00pm when we woke up and prepare ourselves for our dinner. We would be walking about 1.7km to reach our dinner venue – Rim Nam Buffet 198 Seafood 389.

After we paid at the entrance counter, we were guided and served by the waiter to our table.

Alvin and Issac were walking towards the counters and did a survey on what is the food or seafood that we can eat later.

Annabelle and I were waiting at our table for the waiter to give the small hot charcoal stove and mookata stove. Here are the stoves are like.

Alvin had done some research online before we came here. Out of 3 places of hotpot buffet restaurants (namely Asia Seafood Buffet & Kratha, Rim Rua Kratha Ron Seafood BBQ Buffet and Rim Nam Buffet 198 Seafood 389), Rim Nam Buffet is the most expensive among all but we think is the most value for money above all.

Hotpot or Mookata buffet is very common at Hat Yai or even in Thailand itself. The price can start from 159 Baht, that will be including BBQ and Mookata hot pot. The difference of Rim Nam Restaurant is they are very spaces, able to accommodate a lot of people.

Rim Nam Restaurant do serve BBQ and Mookata, the price would be 198 Bath if only these 2 types of hotpots. Here are instant food and BBQ area.

There are buffet dishes such as fried rice, Thai mango and papaya salad, braised pork, deep fried calamaries, chicken, mince pork with basils, fried sausages and more.

And for the BBQ session, there are all types of marinated chicken, pork for you to choose from too.

There are unlimited drinks including soft drinks, fruit juices and desserts that you can take, such as coconut ice cream, soft serve, and more.

The special of Rim Nam Seafood which priced 389 Baht is the unlimited seafood which you can choose from and ask their chefs to cook for you in any flavours that you like. Here are the seafood area.

There are seafood such as tiger prawns, crabs, mussels, scallop, bamboo clams which are unlimited for you to choose from.

There have an open kitchen. Bring the seafood that you have chosen to the counter and tell them which type of method of cooking that you prefer.

There are in total 24 types ways of cooking for the seafood, namely fried fish with sauce, fried fish with garlic, fried fish with chili sauce, salt-crusted grilled fish, fried fish with mango salad, steamed fish with lemon, steamed fish with soy sauce, steamed fish with plum, fried squid with curry powder, fried shrimps with curry powder, crispy shrimps, shrimps salad, fried shrimps with chili sauce, fried shrimps with chilies and salt, fried crab with curry powder, crab salad, steamed crab, fried crab with papaya salad, squid salad, spicy seafood, spicy horseshoe crab egg salad and boiled scallop.

This is something that other mookata restaurants does not provide. You just tell them which table number then they will serve right to your table.

We ordered 3 fish with different types of cooking methods and a horseshoe crab egg salad. This is the salt-crusted grilled fish.

This is the fried fish with sweet and sour sauce. And the other one was the grouper that Alvin chose before it became steamed fish with lemon.

Here is the spicy horseshoe fish egg salad. This is the one that Alvin wanted to try for very long time.

Besides that,  we still can cook our own on the 2 types of hotpots on our table.

Here is our BBQ pit with tiger prawns and scallops. It really taste great with their homemade sauce.

Here were both Issac and Annabelle busy with the BBQ and the Mookata hotpots.

Alvin and I were so satisfying with the food especially the seafood galore we have. It is a record that we ate 3 fish at a meal. The seafood is so fresh.

Please bear in mind that do not waste food because customer need to pay if there is leftover and it would be weight accordingly to the grilled seafood or BBQ, fresh seafood and instant food.

Lastly we have our family photo in front of the Rim Nam Buffet Restaurant before we walked our way back to Silom Boutique Hotel.

Along the way back, we noticed that the street lightings are so beautiful. It is an elephant holding a lamp.

It is such a wonderful night that we have tonight first night in Hat Yai.