Hua Hin: 3.5-Hour Lunchtime Food Tour

Start the afternoon sampling a dish popular all over Thailand. Pad Ga-Phrao is a spicy stir-fry cooked with a paste of fresh chillies and garlic. This dish is quite spicy and topped with basil at the end, leaving a delectable peppery mouthfeel. Enjoy trying the traditionally made dish before travelling a short distance to a roadside vendor either just outside the Chat Chai Market or Big G. While here try Yam Naem Khao Thot, a fermented pork salad with broken up crispy rice balls. Jump back on board your transportation to sample food from the northeastern region of Isaan. Discover what makes Isaan a destination for foodies and how Som Dtam is fast becoming Thailand’s national dish. Try one of the many variations of the green papaya salad and pair it with Khanom Jeen, a type of fermented rice noodles. Also, try a spicy dish called Soop Nor Mai, a hot and sour warm bamboo shoot salad. Your next stop is in the back streets of Hua Hin. Here you eat some southern Thai food, which is often reminiscent of Indian spices like turmeric. Dishes include Bplaa Dook Fuu Phat Phrik Gaeng, a stir-fried crispy shredded catfish, as well as either Sa-dtor Phat Phrik Gaeng which is stir-fried stink beans with prawns. Also have the chance to try Khua Gling, dry-fried yellow pork mince curry. The last stop of this food tour is a restaurant not known to many. Its location is difficult to find for travellers and many locals also do not know of it. This family-run restaurant serves up great food from all the regions of Thailand. As with all Thai meals, you will be striving for balance, so not everything will be seriously hot, but it’s all sure to be tasty.