Mark Wiens and Trevor James (The Food Ranger) - We had this idea to go on a spur of the moment road trip to Hua Hin (it’s about a 3 hour drive south of Bangkok) to eat a giant lobster. We set off in the middle of the morning and first stopped to explore a seafood market Mahachai (มหาชัย). For lunch we enjoyed some amazingly good Thai chicken massaman curry (มัสมั่นไก่).
We continued driving on to Hua Hin and arrived in the late afternoon, just in time for the Hua Hin walking street to open and the Thai seafood street food restaurant we were going to was just open as well.
Lung Ja Restaurant (ร้านลุงจ่า) is a seafood restaurant in Hua Hin that I had eaten at about 3 years before, but hadn’t been back. The owner remembered me (you can watch my previous video about the lobster here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IQlWz...). It’s amazing to see the seafood they have - including King lobster, which I think is also rainbow lobster or spiny lobster. Additionally, they have some of the most massive tiger shrimp / prawns that you might ever seen in your entire life. Trevor James and I decided to order to giant lobsters (they were spiny rainbow lobsters) and two giant tiger prawns.
Watching them cook the lobsters was half of the fun, and it only built our hunger and anticipation. Eating lobster is one of the great culinary experiences you can ever have, and I love being able to eat lobster in Thailand at a non-fancy Thai street food restaurant where you are sitting open air to enjoy the atmosphere!
Eating 2.6 kg's of lobster and giant tiger prawns with Trevor was a food experience of a life time!
Lung Ja Seafood Restaurant (ร้านลุงจ่า)
Address: 103/4-5 Dachanuchit Road Tambon Hua Hin, Amphoe Hua Hin, Chang Wat Prachuap Khiri Khan 77110
Open hours: 5 - 12 midnight daily
Phone: 082-6544499
ที่อยู่ ตลาดโต้รุ่งหัวหิน ซอย เดชานุชิต หัวหิน ประจวบคีรีขันธ์
เปิดบริการทุกวัน 17.00-24.00 น.
โทร. 082-6544499
We ordered:
Lobster กุ้งมังกร
Tiger shrimp กุ้งลายเสือ
Stir fried water morning glory ผัดผักบุ้งไฟแดง
Total price - 6,340 THB ($180.70), Expect to pay about $30 - $50 per person
