Wiliawan Thwitchsree (center left), TAT’s deputy
chief of product promotion, and Deputy Mayor Ronakit Ekasingh (center right)
open the sixth-annual Thai Food Festival at Central Festival Pattaya Beach.
Jetsada Homklin
The Tourism Authority of Thailand celebrated the unique flavors of Thai cuisine
in the sixth-annual Thai Food Festival at Central Festival Pattaya Beach.
Wiliawan Thwitchsree, TAT’s deputy chief of product promotion, and Deputy Mayor
Ronakit Ekasingh opened the July 4-6 fair at the Beach Road mall. Wiliawan said
the show is held each year to showcase Thai pride in its native foods and
promote tourism.
More than 40 restaurants created colorful and flavorful dishes based on this
year’s theme of “Herbs and Spices… Thai Taste.”
Dishes included palace-recipe fried pork from Mue-thod Sood Chao Wang
restaurant, padthai with shrimp wrapped in egg from Sawei Phadthai Restuarant,
old-style crunchy noodles from Meekrob Khunya Thongphoon restaurant, herbal
spicy salad from Khun Toeng restaurant, local spicy food and herbs curry from
Mae Eed restaurant, and multi-color herbal drinks from Dreamwater.
Delicious palace-recipe fried pork
from the Mue-thod Sood Chao Wang restaurant is a popular treat.
