Pattaya Street Food Tour: 5 Must-Eat Authentic Thai Dishes

Mae Doom Fried Pork

• 🐷 This legendary Pattaya spot specializes in fried pork, including sun-dried pork (mudad) and fermented pork (naem).
• 🧄 The pork is deep-fried with a generous amount of garlic and green chilies, served with jasmine or sticky rice.
• 🌶️ A special dip, naem pla, made with fermented fish sauce and chilies, adds an intense flavor to the fried pork.

Sashimi Secret Beach Naklua

• 🌊 Located directly on the beach, this market offers incredibly fresh, live seafood, with a focus on various types of squid.
• 🦑 The highlight is the tiger squid (big fin reef squid), served raw as sashimi or blow-torched, showcasing different textures from its body, flaps, and tentacles.
• 🐚 Pen shells are also a must-try, offering a sweet, tender, melt-in-your-mouth experience similar to scallops.

Dong Chon Wua

• 🍜 This traditional Thai-Chinese restaurant is renowned for its braised beef noodles and soup.
• 🍲 A signature dish is the clay pot stew, featuring meltingly tender braised beef and tendon in a rich, thick broth.
• 🌶️ The Thum Yum beef noodles offer a unique sweet, sour, and savory broth balanced with peanuts and vinegar.
• 🌿 Stir-fried holy basil with beef shin and a classic beef boiled soup are also highly recommended.

Somtam Jay Phai

• 🥭 Auntie Phai has been serving authentic Isaan papaya salads for 36 years, using a mortar and pestle.
• 🍖 The grilled pork neck is a standout, grilled over indirect fire to achieve a smoky, tender, and flavorful result.
• 🦀 The blue swimmer crab salad is a