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Pattaya, Thailand

Top food to try in Pattaya

6 dishes to eat in Pattaya, what is in them, and where they belong.

Last updated 2026-08-08

1. Seafood at Naklua market

Seafood at Naklua market
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The working fish market north of the city, where the catch is landed and sold well below beach-strip prices.

2. Gaeng som pla

Gaeng som pla
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A sour orange curry with fish and vegetables, sharper and thinner than coconut curries and an eastern-seaboard staple.

3. Hoy tod

Hoy tod
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Crisp mussel or oyster pancake with bean sprouts, cooked hard on a flat griddle.

4. Khao lam

Khao lam
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Sticky rice with coconut and beans steamed inside a bamboo tube, sold along the roads out of town.

5. Grilled squid on the beach road

Grilled squid on the beach road
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Charcoal-grilled whole squid with a sweet chilli dip, sold from carts along the seafront.

6. Tom yum goong

Tom yum goong
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The defining Thai sour-and-hot prawn soup, with lemongrass, galangal and lime leaf.

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