Rayong is a coastal fruit province on the Eastern Seaboard. Its kitchens are full of fresh seafood, and the province is known for fish sauce, shrimp paste and orchards of durian, mangosteen and rambutan.<\/p>\n
Grilled fish, crabs and squid at the pier town where boats leave for Ko Samet. Map<\/a><\/p>\n Rayong has a long tradition of making nam pla and kapi; buy bottles at local shops.<\/p>\n Fruit season peaks around May\u2013June, when orchards and roadside stalls fill up.<\/p>\n Dried squid and fish sold at Ban Phe market.<\/p>\n Seafood barbecues on the beach in the evening.<\/p>\n Rayong has no MICHELIN-listed restaurants. Opening times change often, so check before you go.<\/p>\n King Taksin’s campaigns passed through this province: the breakout march<\/a> \u00b7 the Chanthaburi campaign<\/a>. The full story with maps is on our King Taksin trail site (in Thai).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Rayong’s fruit festival, usually around May, celebrates the harvest with fruit stalls; dates vary. See our Rayong travel guide<\/a>.<\/p>\n Seafood, fish sauce and tropical fruit.<\/p>\n Around May\u2013June; check locally.<\/p>\n Fish sauce, shrimp paste, dried squid and seasonal fruit.<\/p>\n At Ban Phe or on Ko Samet.<\/p>\n Cover photo: Thaifishsauce0609.jpg<\/a> \u00b7 Heinrich Damm (User:Hdamm, Hdamm at German Wikipedia) \u00b7 CC BY 2.0<\/a> \u00b7 Wikimedia Commons<\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" What to eat in Rayong: seafood at Ban Phe and Ko Samet, Rayong fish sauce and shrimp paste, durian and mangosteen season, and local markets.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":6269,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[182],"tags":[],"province":[178],"class_list":["post-6268","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-food-en","province-rayong-en"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/songkran.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6268","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=6268"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/songkran.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6268\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6282,"href":"https:\/\/songkran.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6268\/revisions\/6282"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/songkran.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6269"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/songkran.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6268"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/songkran.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6268"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/songkran.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6268"},{"taxonomy":"province","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/songkran.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/province?post=6268"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Fish sauce and shrimp paste<\/h3>\n
Durian, mangosteen and rambutan<\/h3>\n
Dried seafood<\/h3>\n
Ko Samet beach dinners<\/h3>\n
Markets and where to eat<\/h2>\n
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On King Taksin’s trail<\/h3>\n
Food at festivals<\/h2>\n
FAQ<\/h2>\n
What is Rayong known for eating?<\/h3>\n
When is fruit season?<\/h3>\n
What can I bring home?<\/h3>\n
Where should I eat seafood?<\/h3>\n
More to read<\/h2>\n
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