How many times have you seen restaurants that boast "an authentic homemade taste" of whatever local cuisine they are specialising in.

Thanks to the herb and vegetable garden at the Hilton Phuket Arcadia Resort, "authentic homemade" means just that. The resort is putting its fertile soil and chefs' local expertise to excellent use to ensure guests are served the real flavour of Thailand. The culinary range of the resort's garden includes 22 herbs and aromatic plants, as well as edible flowers and herbs for herbal tea - just the thing after a relaxing pamper at the spa or a fabulous meal at one the hotel's 13 restaurants and outlets.

But it is not just the master chefs who get to utilise the resort's home-grown approach to fresh produce. A full interactive gastronomic experience is already available to guests through weekly cookery classes and kitchen tours - so there'll be no excuse to ever order another Thai takeaway when you get back home!

As a taster, try this stunning dish from the resort's menu - who knows, next time you could be making it in Phuket.

Tom Yam Goong - Spicy and Sour Prawns

15 minutes

Easy

• 120g. Two large Tiger Prawns
• 20g. Sliced Straw Mushroom
• 5 pieces Sliced Chillies
• 10g. Sliced Galangal
• 2g. Sliced Lemon Grass
• 5g. Whole Shallot
• 2tsp. Lemon Juice
• 2tsp. Fish Sauce
• 400g. Chicken or Prawn Stock
• 5g. Kaffir Lime Leafs
• 5g. Coriander Leafs

1. Heat the stock.
2. Add the lemon grass, shallot and galangal.
3. When stock boils, add the prawns.
4. When stock comes to a boil again, remove pot from heat and then stir in the lime juice, fish sauce, chillies, kaffir lime leafs and top with coriander leafs.
5. Enjoy!