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AMPHOE MUEANG
Nakhon Nayok Local dishes If you get bored of the food in city restaurants,
try local dishes such as Kai Yang Som Tam in front of the Phra Chulachomklao
Royal Military Academy. For those interested in trying something
new several local dishes include:
1. Boiled Bamboo Shoot with Pla Ra (a condiment of fermented
fish)
A local dish in which three-layered pork and Pai Tong bamboo shoot
are boiled in coconut milk. The mixture is then boiled again with
Ya Nang grass juice, chili-paste sauce and Pla Ra and is seasoned
with fish sauce and palm sugar.
2. Pla Som's Eggs
Pla Som's Eggs is made by fermenting pounded garlic, salt, boiled
rice and Pla Som's eggs for a few days until it is sour. Then the
fermented paste is boiled in coconut milk and seasoned with salt,
palm sugar and a kaffir lime leaves. This delicacy may be eaten
with eggplants, cucumbers and other fresh vegetables.
3. Khanom Dok Sanow
This is a mixture of rice flour, sugar and Sanow flowers which
are mixed together and steamed.
4. Pomelo
Pomelo is a popular fruit in Nakhon Nayok. It can be eaten fresh
or with fermented fish paste. It goes along well with spicy salads
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