Birthday Celebration in Charmed Koh Yo

I had made a reservation for the table months in advance. Daddy had found this really nice looking restaurant called Charmed. It is on Koh Yo, an island in the lake near to Songkhla. We worried about getting aGrab back to the hotel since the island is rather secluded. The hotel tried to check for transport, but the quoted price was so much higher than what we checked on Grab (pre-ordered van). Unfortunately, it was impossible to get a van. So we cancelled that and pre-ordered 2 cars for pick up from Charmed at 9pm.

We left the hotel at around 4pm. The drive was quite a while. Here's the bridge joining the mainland to the island. 

The driver had to turn into a very narrow road. Like kampung road, but it was in very good condition. And then, we're at the restaurant. We could walk out to enjoy the view:

As it was still rather early, we decided to walk to a nearby weaving factory. Unfortunately, it was closed. So we headed back to the restaurant. 

We were treated to a welcome drink after we were seated. 

After ordering the appetizers and drinks, we got the waiter to help take photos:

Took our own photos too:

It took quite a while before all our drinks/cocktails were served. The waitress had explained that they were short on staff that evening.

We decided to quickly order the mains in case it took too long to be served.

Then our mains were served:

Fried mince pork with fish

Stewed pork

Shrimp patties

And then our mains arrived:

Stir fried mince pork with basil

Steamed sea bass with lemon sauce

Grilled prawns

*Missing another Prawn in Paneang sauce*

Cabbage with scrambled egg

Stir fried pork belly and prawns with stink beans (for daddy)

Crab meat with curry

We finished dinner quite early.. it was only around 7.30pm. So Mei-mei and I headed out to walk around and for her to play on the swing and this "rocking giraffe".

The restaurant looks so pretty in the twilight:

Then we moved to the bar to have some drinks. 

When we finally got to contact our drivers at 8.15pm, we sent them a note that we were ready to leave anytime they can arrive. Unfortunately, they were driving over from Hatyai. We finally left the restaurant just before 9pm.

Headed back and KO-ed. What a long day! But I had an amazing day of celebrations.