Chonburi is Bangkok’s nearest beach province, and its food is all about the sea: fresh shellfish, grilled fish and seafood markets, plus sweet snacks that Thai travellers buy on the way home.<\/p>\n
Steamed crabs, mussels, oysters and grilled fish at seafood restaurants along the coast. Map<\/a><\/p>\n Sticky rice with coconut milk and beans, cooked in bamboo tubes, sold at Nong Mon Market. Map<\/a><\/p>\n The famous sweet chilli sauce takes its name from Si Racha district; try it with grilled seafood.<\/p>\n Crispy oyster or mussel omelettes and stir-fries at night markets.<\/p>\n Dried squid and fish sold as souvenirs at Ang Sila and Nong Mon.<\/p>\n Chonburi, including Pattaya, has had restaurants listed in the MICHELIN Guide Thailand, including Bib Gourmand picks. The guide changes every year, so check the current edition for Chonburi entries.<\/p>\n Opening times change often, so check before you go.<\/p>\n Pattaya’s Songkran (Wan Lai) and the Chonburi buffalo races bring food stalls. Read Songkran in Pattaya<\/a> and our Chonburi travel guide<\/a>.<\/p>\n At Ang Sila, Bang Saen or Pattaya seafood restaurants.<\/p>\n Coconut sticky rice cooked in bamboo, sold at Nong Mon Market.<\/p>\n Khao lam, dried squid and Si Racha chilli sauce.<\/p>\n Yes, Bang Saen and Pattaya are about 1\u20132 hours by road.<\/p>\n Cover photo: Mussels at seafood market in Pattaya.jpg<\/a> \u00b7 XoMEoX \u00b7 CC BY 4.0<\/a> \u00b7 Wikimedia Commons<\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" What to eat in Chonburi: seafood at Ang Sila and Bang Saen, khao lam bamboo sticky rice, Si Racha chilli sauce, Pattaya night markets and more.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":6237,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[182],"tags":[],"province":[174],"class_list":["post-6236","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-food-en","province-chonburi-en"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/songkran.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6236","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=6236"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/songkran.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6236\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6248,"href":"https:\/\/songkran.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6236\/revisions\/6248"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/songkran.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6237"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/songkran.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6236"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/songkran.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6236"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/songkran.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6236"},{"taxonomy":"province","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/songkran.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/province?post=6236"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Khao lam<\/h3>\n
Si Racha chilli sauce<\/h3>\n
Hoy tod and seafood stir-fries<\/h3>\n
Dried seafood<\/h3>\n
Markets and where to eat<\/h2>\n
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MICHELIN in Chonburi<\/h2>\n
Food at festivals<\/h2>\n
FAQ<\/h2>\n
Where should I eat seafood?<\/h3>\n
What is khao lam?<\/h3>\n
What can I bring home?<\/h3>\n
Is it easy to reach from Bangkok?<\/h3>\n
More to read<\/h2>\n
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