I make no apologies if the following images bring on a craving for Thai seafood. If they do, the answer is to head down the coast to Hua Hin this weekend.

Thai seafood restaurants in the royal resort town of Hua Hin are located on the wooden piers along the seafront.

I first dined here more than 15 years ago when it was almost a completely Thai scene. The few westerners there were usually expats from Bangkok and introduced to the string of outstanding seafood restaurants by Thai friends.

Change, of course, was inevitable. Over the past few years, Hua Hin has experience a boom and now attracts large numbers of foreign holidaymakers and resident retirees from Europe.

What was also inevitable, alas, (and the two things are inextricably linked) has been the decline in the quality of the food.

Fortunately there is still Saeng Thai, the last restaurant at the top end of the road.This great alfresco venue has a well-deserved reputation among Thai as the best seafood restaurant on the seafront strip. It’s certainly the one place I always head to when in town. From mid-morning till late at night you can enjoy a feast of superb dishes and take in the ocean view.

Tomorrow, I’ll take you further down the coast to Pranburi.