Street food around Bangtao, Phuket brings together various offerings of ready-to-eat meals, snacks, fruits & drinks sold by street hawkers or vendors at food stalls or food carts on the street side in Bangtao, Phuket.
Sampling Thai street food is a popular activity for visitors, as it offers a taste of Thai cooking traditions. Bangtao is often mentioned as one of the best place for street food.
Dishes
Som tam (green papaya salad) is a popular street food in Bangtao, Cherntalay & the Laguna complex on Phuket.
Noodles are a popular street food item as they are mainly eaten as a single dish. Noodle dishes include pad Thai; rat na, flat noodles with beef, pork, or chicken & vegetables, topped with a light gravy; & rad naa’s twin, phat si-io, the same flat noodles dry-fried (no gravy) with a dark soy sauce, vegetables, meat, & chili. Chinese-style noodle soups, fried noodles, & fermented Thai rice noodles (khanom chin), served with a choice of different Thai curries, are popular.
Nearly everywhere in Thailand som tam (green papaya salad) & sticky rice are sold at stalls & roadside shops. This is popularly eaten together with grilled chicken; but if the shop doesn’t sell any themselves, someone else nearby will. Other dishes include tom yum kung (a sour shrimp soup), khao phat (fried rice), various kinds of satay, & various curries. Japanese chikuwa & German sausages have also appeared in Bangta.
In most towns around Bangtao there will be stalls selling sweet roti, a thin, flat fried dough envelop, with fillings such as banana, egg, & chocolate. The roti is similar to the Malay roti canai & Singaporean roti prata, & the stalls are often operated by Thai Muslims.
Restaurants & Food in Bangtao, Phuket 