Phuket Information - Foods of Phuket Island

Phuket Foods

Phuket Island offers many interesting foods, many which are unique to Phuket alone. Please be experimental and adventurous as you explore the towns and villages with seemingly endless street food stalls, night markets, small restaurants and food carts.

You will certainly find many pleasant surprises in the variety of special tastes and textures.


ao-lieng A coffee like drink.	Cha Nam Yen A refreshing local ice tea.l	Cha Yen A refreshing local ice tea with sweetned condensed milk.


Esarn hotdog Originally from the northern regions.	fried chicken Served with sticky rice.	fried grasshoppers Tasty and crunchy.	fried insects High protien & very good.

homok A desicious curry-fish paste in banana leaf.	todmon-pla Fried fish cakes.	kanompung-nahmu	khanom-krok A sweet treat.

khanom-buang Crisp and sweet.	khanom-tokyo A crunchy and lightly sweet dessert.	khanomtungthak A thin cake-like dessert.	khanom-huwdkoy A soft dough dessert.


chicken BBQ	chicken BBQ with sauce	Esaan hotdog on scewer	Esarn hotdog on scewer

pork BBQ	sa-tae Chicken or pork BBQ with peanut sauce	sausages	poo-aud Crab sausage


khaw mmo deang Red pork	khaw mongai rice and chicken	mee grob-radna Crisp noodles in sauce.	mee Hokkian Chinese smoked noodles.

buae tod Deep fried srimps.	khanom Chin Soft noodlse and many sauces.


kanom Phuket local-style sweets.	khanom-kiumkoy	dim-sum Steamed stuffed dumplings.	dim-sum Steamed stuffed dumplings.

platongko	khanom-ningnong	khanom-bachang Sticky rice with fillings.