The Best Thai Food Pattaya Has to Offer | The Market
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Thailand is one of the best food destinations in the world, and Pattaya is no exception. The Thai food Pattaya visitors come looking for is about bold flavours, fragrant spices and dishes that have been recognized throughout the world. At The Market, we offer a selection of seven essential Thai dishes, prepared with quality ingredients and served facing Pattaya bay on the beachfront of Central Festival Pattaya.
Whether you try Thai cuisine for the first time or you know exactly what you want, The Market is the place you need in Pattaya.
Thai food Pattaya classics: Pad Thai and Kao Pad
Some dishes define a cuisine, and Pad Thai is one of them. Stir-fried rice noodles with egg, bean sprouts, spring onion and a tamarind-based sauce: it’s the dish that introduces most visitors to Thai food – and the one that gets them hooked. At The Market, it is available with chicken or prawns.
The Kao Pad, or Thai fried rice, is straightforward and always satisfying. Fragrant jasmine rice, wok-tossed with egg and seasoning, served with your choice of chicken or prawns.
Neither dish is spicy, which makes them ideal if you want to explore Thai flavours without your mouth catching fire. Mild on heat, but never short on flavour.
Pad Kra Pao: the dish every Thai food lover knows
Pad Kra Pao is a staple of Thai home cooking and street food culture. At The Market, it arrives as a stir-fry of chicken or pork with soy sauce, oyster sauce, garlic and fresh chilli, all brought together by the ingredient that makes it unmistakable: Thai basil. The fragrance it releases in the wok is immediate and distinctive.
It is served over rice with a fried egg on top. Break the yolk into the rice and the sauce, and the whole dish comes together perfectly.
Thai Cashew Nut Chicken: the best-seller at The Market
The Thai Cashew Nut Chicken is our Thai food bestseller at The Market, and it is easy to understand why. It brings together tender chicken, fresh vegetables, dried chilli and roasted cashews in a sauce that balances sweet, salty and spicy in equal measure. The cashews add a crunch that contrasts with the softness of the chicken.
The combination of flavours keeps you coming back to the plate until it is empty. Ready to try it?
Curries and soups: the depth of Thai food in Pattaya
Thai cuisine goes well beyond stir-fries, and three dishes on the menu show exactly that.
The Chicken Green Curry brings together coconut milk, Thai eggplant, lemongrass and galangal in a broth that is aromatic, gently spiced and served over rice.
The Massaman Lamb goes deeper: a slow-cooked shoulder in a rich Massaman sauce built from dried spices and coconut milk, tender enough to pull apart with a spoon.
The Tom Yum Kung: prawns in a fragrant broth of galangal, kaffir lime leaves and lemongrass is the dish that locals order on instinct. When dishes like that arrive at the table, the smell alone tells you it was the right choice.
At The Market, no one has to compromise on what they feel like eating. A green curry and a Wagyu ribeye can arrive at the same table without either feeling out of place. However different the orders, every dish receives the same attention to quality and preparation. That is what makes a shared table work, regardless of who is sitting around it.
Thai food in Pattaya, served on the beachfront
The Market is open every day from 11am to 1am. Lunch or dinner, the full Thai menu is available throughout, alongside the grill, the seafood and the international dishes that complete the offer.
You will find us on the beachfront at Central Festival Pattaya, facing the Gulf of Thailand. Whether you come for one dish or stay a little bit more, the table is ready for you.
G Floor, Central Festival Pattaya City, Bang Lamung District, Chon Buri 20260, Thailand
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