River food and roti sai mai
In Ayutthaya, have boat noodles for lunch between the ruins. If you want to share a meal with your group, you could pick grilled river prawns. Roti sai mai, thin roti wrapped around sugar threads, is a snack to try in Ayutthaya. Wrap each piece yourself and enjoy a sweet moment on your trip.
Choosing a meal in Ayutthaya
Have boat noodles at lunch, and for a group meal share grilled river prawns with rice. Roti sai mai is good to wrap one piece at a time, adjusting the amount of sugar threads.
Ayutthaya, close to the river, is well known for a food trip of noodles and river prawns. You can also try roti sai mai, which Muslim communities have kept alive. Eat a meal of noodles and wrap roti around sugar threads, and enjoy two quite different dishes of the same city.
Boat noodles are eaten in other cities too. River prawns cost different amounts depending on size and selling unit, so choose by looking at the prawns you will order.
Pick a dish you would like to try. We explain what it tastes like and what to eat it with.
It is a dish in which you enjoy broth, noodles and meat together. The taste of the broth can change with the meat and seasoning. Try it first without adding seasoning, then add chilli or other seasoning a little at a time.
Boat Noodles: taste and how to eat it →
It is a dish in which you enjoy the aroma of grilled prawns and the texture of the meat. Try the meat alone first, then add a little of the sauce served with it. Eaten with rice, you enjoy the flavour of the sauce too.
Grilled River Prawns: taste and how to eat it →
The texture of thin, soft roti and fine sugar threads blend. The sweetness depends on how many sugar threads you add. Add only a little at first, and on the next roti add more to your taste.
Roti Sai Mai: taste and how to eat it →A fruit's famous growing area may not be where you buy it today. Check the season and taste, then pick the fruit you want to eat.
Sweet tamarind is a fruit eaten soft and sweet. Take out the hard stone and the fibres in the middle and eat the flesh.
Sweet Tamarind: season, taste and how to eat it →
Ripe mango has a soft, sweet taste. Some green mango varieties are eaten for a texture different from ripe mango, so you need not assume that every green one is unripe just by its colour.
Mango: season, taste and how to eat it →
Sweetness and the firmness of the flesh differ with variety and ripeness. It helps to tell apart bananas eaten when ripe and yellow and bananas used for cooking.
Banana: season, taste and how to eat it →
It is a crunchy, juicy fruit. Fresh fruit and the shake blended with ice give you different textures.
Watermelon: season, taste and how to eat it →Boat noodles are eaten in other cities too. River prawns cost different amounts depending on size and selling unit, so choose by looking at the prawns you will order.
Have boat noodles at lunch, and for a group meal share grilled river prawns with rice. Roti sai mai is good to wrap one piece at a time, adjusting the amount of sugar threads.
If you want to read more about these dishes and regions, these sources are a good place to start. Ingredients and cooking methods can differ from one eatery to another.
