The Family Restaurant located in Chalong Rawi southern island of Phuket is a favourite amongst the local expats and is also a rare bird: A genuine Mediterranean restaurant that serves up Thai food, but with a strong line in Middle Eastern dishes. Simple in design with a warm feel to it, The Family is helmed by Ovadia Shicartzy, an Israeli with a deep font of amusing stories, witticisms, anecdotes and aphorisms. Ovadia and his Thai wife set up the restaurant some 15 years ago and have never looked back since. Stepping inside the air-conditioned and fan-cooled restaurant, it's immediately clear that the owner is a Blues music lover as the atmosphere is enhanced by swirling ambient background music. The restaurant is in a prime spot right next to busy Tesco Lotus on the Chalong-Rawai road, take advantage so of the shopping center's parking space if you're driving. Each visitor must visit restaurant services, so that these are not ordinary services, but mighty museum and blues music lovers.