Eat in Sukhothai
Search Sukhothai dishes by craving — gaeng pa, grilled tilapia from the reservoirs, khao tom and more.
6 dishes worth going out of your way for in Sukhothai, 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 Pumpkin custard.
Pumpkin custard is a breakfast thing here, and sells out by mid-morning.
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6 Sukhothai dishes found
Extra hotJungle curry — a curry paste cooked out in water rather than coconut milk, with whatever meat or river fish is to hand, krachai, green peppercorns on the stalk, holy basil and a great many chillies.
฿80–200
Best around: Old Sukhothai, along the road outside the park walls and By the river, New Sukhothai
Whole tilapia from the Yom river and the irrigation reservoirs, scored, stuffed with lemongrass, packed in salt and grilled upright over charcoal, cracked open at the table and eaten with lettuce, herbs and a sour dip.
฿150–350 a fish
Best around: By the river, New Sukhothai and Along the Yom river, between the two towns
MildRice boiled loose in a clear broth with ginger and spring onion, eaten at dawn with a scatter of small dishes to add — salted egg, fried garlic, pickled radish, dried shredded pork — and a spoon of chilli in vinegar.
฿30–70
Best around: New Sukhothai, around Jarodvithithong Road
Whole bananas flattened and dried in the sun for days until they go dark and leathery, then sometimes simmered in coconut syrup — sold in bags at every market in the province.
฿30–80 a bag
Best around: By the river, New Sukhothai and Along the Yom river, between the two towns
MildThin rice noodles in a clear pork broth sweetened with palm sugar and sharpened with lime, topped with sliced pork, ground peanuts, chopped long beans and crisp pork rind — the sweetness and the raw green beans are what make it a local dish rather than a generic one.
฿40–80
Best around: Old Sukhothai, along the road outside the park walls and New Sukhothai, around Jarodvithithong Road
A small kabocha pumpkin hollowed out, filled with a custard of duck egg, coconut milk and palm sugar, and steamed whole until it sets — then sliced across so each piece is a wedge of squash with a band of custard in it.
฿20–50 a slice
Best around: Old Sukhothai, along the road outside the park walls and By the river, New Sukhothai
