Phang Nga: Food and Drink vs. Shopping and Souvenirs

A meal and life on the Island

Dining out:

Phang Nga cuisine is heavily influenced by Phuket, with Chinese and Southern Thai food predominating. In the morning, don't forget to try Phang Nga's kanom jeen, accompanied by a wide variety of fresh vegetables. One of the most popular variation is kanom jeen tha nun (ขนมจีนท่านุ่น). Also on after around the town are salabao (Chinese buns), dim sum, tea and traditionally-made coffee. In the market there are many khao man kai (chicken and rice) and khao kha moo (pork leg with rice) stalls.

For lunch there are many kinds of noodles to try out, particaly in the market and around the Ma Jor Po shrine.

Another famous food in the town is pork satay -- there are at least three excellent satay restaurants for you to choose from. The key to the dish, locals will tell you, is roasting the pork until it's tender and ensuring that the peanut sauce is really tasty.

For a main meal or seafood, Boo Dum Restaurant (ร้านปูดำ) just north of Khok Kloy has a good choice of seafood and local dishes.Lert Rot Chinese restaurant in Takua Pa District is another good choice. One thing you will remember about Phang Nga is the delicious food.

A Nightlife:

Phang Nga is a quite province, so don't expect to come across too many bars, pubs or other nightspots. If you really want to go for a night out, your best bet is Ran Pu Kan (ร้านพู่กัน) in Takua Pa District but even then most of the nightspots are little karaoke bars.

Shopping and Souvenirs:

About 800 metres past the Sarasin Bridge from Phuket, you'll come to a strech of little shops by the roadside selling many local food products and seafood which make perfect gifts. There are also many stalls selling big juicy pineapples at shockingly low prices - as little as three for 10 baht in the right reason.

Just past Phang Nga Town are other little shops with similar products as well as cashew nuts.

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Now all about Phang Nga has been present and recommend by Anongnat Sartpisut (on www.SiamBackPack.com 's Blog)

How to get to make a good time there is going down here:

Phang Nga Province has no airport. However, there are some flight such as One-Two-Go flies daily from Bangkok to Phuket and Krabi airport. Find the Best Flight Every Time!


From Phuket airport to Phan Nga Town is 58 kilometres along highway 4; from Krabi airport the distance is about 86 kilometres. In Phang Nga Town, it is easy to find songthaew (converted pickup trucks) and motorbike taxi services.

Welcome to Phang Nga:

• Phang Nga Bay is the sheer limestone cliffs


• Phang Nga: The places with lot of activities to have fun


• Phang Nga: Food and Drink vs. Shopping and Souvenirs