Eat in Ayutthaya
Search Ayutthaya dishes by craving — boat noodles, at the source, foi thong and the golden sweets, green curry and more.
7 dishes worth going out of your way for in Ayutthaya, 2 of them vegetarian. Each one lists where to eat it, because the dish and the room that does it well are not the same question.
Leave room for Foi thong and the golden sweets.
Khanom chin nam ya is a breakfast thing here, and sells out by mid-morning.
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7 Ayutthaya dishes found
Small bowls of noodles in a broth darkened and thickened with blood, with beef or pork, morning glory and crisp pork rind — ordered five or ten at a time, with the stacked empty bowls counting the meal.
฿15–25 a bowl
Best around: Hua Ro, the island's northern corner
Egg yolk drizzled in fine threads into hot syrup and gathered into golden skeins — with thong yip and thong yot, its pinched and dropped siblings — sold by weight from sweet shops and used at weddings and ordinations.
฿50–150 by weight
Best around: The roads out of the city, and the hospital road in particular
A curry paste of fresh green bird's eye chillies, galangal, lemongrass and coriander root, cooked out in coconut cream with chicken or fish balls, pea aubergines and sweet basil.
฿60–180
Best around: The island's back streets, around the market and the schools and Along the Pa Sak and Chao Phraya banks
Medium spiceGiant freshwater prawns from the Chao Phraya, split and grilled over charcoal shell-side down so the head fat cooks in its own shell, served with a fierce green seafood sauce of chilli, garlic and lime.
฿400–900 a kilo
Best around: Hua Ro, the island's northern corner and Along the Pa Sak and Chao Phraya banks
Fermented rice noodles, served cold in nests, drowned in a hot fish curry built on krachai and shredded snakehead — with a tray of raw and pickled vegetables, herbs and boiled eggs to pile on top yourself.
฿40–80
Best around: Hua Ro, the island's northern corner and The island's back streets, around the market and the schools
Palm-sugar candy floss spun into coloured threads and sold in a bag with a stack of thin, soft green and pink pancakes — you take a pancake, pile the floss into it, roll it, and eat it before it melts.
฿30–60 a bag
Best around: Hua Ro, the island's northern corner and The roads out of the city, and the hospital road in particular
A whole snakehead or tilapia stuffed with lemongrass and pandan, packed in coarse salt and grilled upright over charcoal until the crust sets hard — cracked open at the table and eaten with a chilli-lime dip and lettuce leaves.
฿200–450 a fish
Best around: The island's back streets, around the market and the schools and Along the Pa Sak and Chao Phraya banks
