Nakhon Sawan’s food reflects its large Thai-Chinese community and its rivers. The town is famous across Thailand for its mochi, and Chinese bakeries sell pastries and mooncakes all year. From Bueng Boraphet come freshwater fish and lotus.<\/p>\n
Soft, round glutinous-rice cakes filled with bean paste and other fillings. Mochi shops line the main roads and are the classic gift to take home. Map<\/a><\/p>\n Khanom pia (flaky pastries) and mooncakes from local bakeries, especially popular around Chinese New Year and the Mid-Autumn Festival.<\/p>\n Restaurants near Bueng Boraphet serve river and lake fish: steamed with lime, fried with herbs, or in hot and sour soup.<\/p>\n Fresh lotus seeds are sold in season around the lake; lotus stems go into curries and stir-fries.<\/p>\n Duck noodles, rice soup and other Thai-Chinese dishes in the old market area near the river.<\/p>\n During Chinese New Year, stalls sell dumplings, sweets and offerings food along the parade route.<\/p>\n Nakhon Sawan has no MICHELIN-listed restaurants. Opening times change often, so check before you go.<\/p>\n Paknampho Chinese New Year turns the riverside into a huge food fair for about twelve days. See things to do in Nakhon Sawan<\/a> for the festival.<\/p>\n Mochi, Chinese pastries and freshwater fish.<\/p>\n At the many mochi shops along the main roads in town.<\/p>\n Yes, especially during the Vegetarian Festival in October, when many Chinese-run shops sell jay food.<\/p>\n Mochi or Chinese pastries.<\/p>\n Cover photo: Mooncake1.jpg<\/a> \u00b7 Junelee \u00b7 CC BY-SA 1.0<\/a> \u00b7 Wikimedia Commons<\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" What to eat in Nakhon Sawan: famous mochi, Chinese pastries and mooncakes, Bueng Boraphet fish and lotus, noodle shops, markets and festival food.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5860,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[182],"tags":[],"province":[251],"class_list":["post-5859","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-food-en","province-nakhon-sawan-en"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/songkran.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5859","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/songkran.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/songkran.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/songkran.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/songkran.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5859"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/songkran.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5859\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5910,"href":"https:\/\/songkran.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5859\/revisions\/5910"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/songkran.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5860"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/songkran.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5859"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/songkran.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5859"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/songkran.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5859"},{"taxonomy":"province","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/songkran.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/province?post=5859"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Chinese pastries and mooncakes<\/h3>\n
Freshwater fish<\/h3>\n
Lotus seeds and lotus stems<\/h3>\n
Noodles and Chinese dishes<\/h3>\n
Festival snacks<\/h3>\n
Markets and where to eat<\/h2>\n
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Food at festivals<\/h2>\n
FAQ<\/h2>\n
What is Nakhon Sawan famous for food-wise?<\/h3>\n
Where can I buy mochi?<\/h3>\n
Is there vegetarian food?<\/h3>\n
What should I take home?<\/h3>\n
More to read<\/h2>\n
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