Fruits
of Thailand and Phuket
 Phuket
Island is a tropical fruit version of heaven. Every day all year
long a variety of sweet succulent delicious fruits are in season
and ready for you to enjoy. Thais traditionally finish a meal with
a serving of fruit and save the sweeter Thai desserts for snacking
between meals. Many tropical fruits are grown right here on Phuket
Island. Pineapple grown here is famous throughout Thailand for being
particularly sweet and crunchy and is a major export product. Rambutan
is a cute, small red oval fruit with hair. On your first encounter
you may not know if you should eat it or pet it; but inside is a
sweet taste treat that is unfortunately too fragile for export.
Bananas are small and sweet and are available all year. Papaya
– has a sweet orange flesh is a favorite dessert. Like many
tropical fruits, it is also eaten green, served in the famous Som
Tam (papaya salad). Durian is perhaps the king of tropical
fruits. It has a bit of an odor problem, but definitely is a taste
treat you don’t want to miss. Available in the spring months
only. Rose Apples are a bell-shaped, green, waxy-looking
fruit available most of the year, the flesh is sweet and crunchy
-- a favorite with children. Guava is a round yellowish-green
fruit taste somewhat like an apple, it can be eaten with salt and
dried chilies as a snack. Mango the national fruit is delicious,
sweet and juicy when ripe, but can also eaten green -- dipped into
a blend of sugar, salt and chili. Eating fruit is not only delicious
but helps take out the fire of some of the more spicy dishes of
Thai food.
The
rose apple{chom-poo}
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Jujube{poot-sar} |
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| Mango{ma-mouang} |
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Banana{kuay} |
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| Durian{du-rian} |
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Loangan{lam-yai} |
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| Rambutan{ngo}
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Pineapple{sap-pa-rot} |
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| Orange{som} |
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Jack
fruit{ka-nhun} |
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| Coconut{ma-praw} |
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Gooseberry{ma-yom} |
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| Watermelon{tang-mo} |
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Custard
apple{noi-nha} |
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| Salacca{ra-kum} |
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Cashew{ma-moang-him-ma-pan} |
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| Carambola{ma-fuang} |
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Lansat{lan-sat} |
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| Guava{fa-rang} |
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Pomegranate{tab-tim} |
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| Tammarin{ma-kham} |
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Lamai{la-mai} |
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