River food and roti sai mai
In Ayutthaya, have boat noodles for lunch while you tour the ruins. If you want to share a meal with your companions, you could choose grilled river prawns. Roti sai mai, thin roti wrapped around sugar threads, is a snack to try in Ayutthaya. Wrap them yourself one sheet at a time and enjoy a sweet moment on your trip.
When choosing a meal in Ayutthaya
Have boat noodles for lunch, and for a meal with several people, share grilled river prawns and rice. Roti sai mai is nice to wrap one sheet at a time, adjusting how much sugar thread you use.
Ayutthaya sits close to the river, and its food trips of noodles and river prawns are well known. You can also find roti sai mai, which Muslim communities have kept alive. Have noodles as a meal and wrap sugar threads in roti, and enjoy different dishes from the same city.
Boat noodles are eaten in other cities too. River prawns vary in price with size and selling unit, so choose after you see the prawns you are ordering.
Pick a dish you want to eat. Each guide explains what it tastes like and what to eat it with.
It is a dish where you enjoy broth, noodles and meat together. The taste of the broth can change with the meat and the seasoning. Try it first without adding anything, then add chili or other seasonings a little at a time.
Boat noodles (kuai tiao ruea): taste and how to eat it →
It is a dish where you enjoy the aroma of grilled prawns and the texture of the prawn meat. Try just the meat first, then add a little of the sauce that comes with it. If you eat it with rice, you can enjoy the taste of the sauce too.
Grilled river prawns: taste and how to eat it →
The texture of thin, soft roti and fine sugar threads come together. The sweetness depends on how much sugar thread you put in. Add only a little the first time, and add more to the next roti to suit your taste.
Roti sai mai: taste and how to eat it →A fruit's famous growing area and the city where you buy it now can be different. Check the season and taste, then choose the fruit you want.
Sweet tamarind is a fruit eaten soft and sweet. Eat the flesh and leave out the hard seed and fibers in the middle.
Sweet tamarind: season, taste and how to eat it →
Ripe mango is soft and sweet. Some varieties of green mango are eaten for a different texture from ripe mango, so you do not need to assume that every green one is unripe just from its color.
Mango: season, taste and how to eat it →
Sweetness and firmness of the flesh vary with the variety and how ripe it is. It helps to tell apart bananas eaten when ripe and yellow from bananas used for cooking.
Banana: season, taste and how to eat it →
It is a crunchy, juicy fruit. Fresh fruit and taeng mo pan, 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 vary in price with size and selling unit, so choose after you see the prawns you are ordering.
Have boat noodles for lunch, and for a meal with several people, share grilled river prawns and rice. Roti sai mai is nice to wrap one sheet at a time, adjusting how much sugar thread you use.
If you want to read more about the food and the regions behind it, these sources are a good next step. Ingredients and cooking methods can differ from one place to the next.
