Kanchanaburi’s food follows its rivers and forests: freshwater fish, jungle vegetables and bamboo shoots, plus Mon and Karen cooking near the Myanmar border. Eating on a raft restaurant over the River Kwai is part of the experience.<\/p>\n
Steamed, fried or in spicy soup at riverside and raft restaurants. Map<\/a><\/p>\n A spicy salad of shredded bamboo shoots with herbs and toasted rice.<\/p>\n Coconut-free curries with forest vegetables.<\/p>\n Mon-style khanom jeen noodles and curries at the morning market near the Mon Bridge. Map<\/a><\/p>\n Grilled pork, sausages and sticky rice at the evening market.<\/p>\n Kanchanaburi has no MICHELIN-listed restaurants. Opening times change often, so check before you go.<\/p>\n Kanchanaburi was the western gateway for Burmese armies, and several of King Naresuan’s wars were fought along these routes. Read the full stories with maps: the declaration of independence<\/a> \u00b7 Phraya Phasim Campaign 1584<\/a> \u00b7 Mingyi Swa’s First Invasion, 1590<\/a> \u00b7 The Elephant Duel War at Nong Sarai, 1593<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n The River Kwai Bridge festival, usually held around late November to early December, brings food stalls to the bridge area; dates vary. See our Kanchanaburi travel guide<\/a>.<\/p>\n At raft restaurants near the River Kwai Bridge.<\/p>\n A spicy bamboo-shoot salad.<\/p>\n At the Sangkhla Buri morning market.<\/p>\n Possible, but two days lets you reach the waterfalls and Sangkhla Buri.<\/p>\n Cover photo: ThaiRiverKwaiJungleRafts.jpg<\/a> \u00b7 Ziegler175 \u00b7 CC BY-SA 3.0<\/a> \u00b7 Wikimedia Commons<\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" What to eat in Kanchanaburi: River Kwai fish, raft restaurants, bamboo-shoot salad, Mon dishes in Sangkhla Buri and the night market in town.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":6260,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[182],"tags":[],"province":[176],"class_list":["post-6259","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-food-en","province-kanchanaburi-en"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/songkran.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6259","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=6259"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/songkran.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6259\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6286,"href":"https:\/\/songkran.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6259\/revisions\/6286"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/songkran.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6260"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/songkran.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6259"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/songkran.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6259"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/songkran.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6259"},{"taxonomy":"province","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/songkran.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/province?post=6259"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Sup no mai<\/h3>\n
Jungle curries<\/h3>\n
Mon dishes in Sangkhla Buri<\/h3>\n
Grilled snacks<\/h3>\n
Markets and where to eat<\/h2>\n
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On King Naresuan’s trail<\/h3>\n
Food at festivals<\/h2>\n
FAQ<\/h2>\n
Where should I eat by the river?<\/h3>\n
What is sup no mai?<\/h3>\n
Where can I try Mon food?<\/h3>\n
Is it a day trip from Bangkok?<\/h3>\n
More to read<\/h2>\n
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