Alternatively you can hop on a ferry that goes around the island making brief culinary stops where you can sample and buy local specialties from prawn crackers to Thai desserts. You can spend hours filling your tummy at the large market that is located next to a popular Buddhist shrine. Locals swarm Ko Kret during the weekends and stock up on their food supplies. An artificially created island on the fringe of the city and home to a large community of Mon people from Burma, Ko Kret is also a foodie’s paradise. You’re more likely to run into tourists than locals at most markets in Bangkok, but Kro Kret is a shining exception. Spices and condiments at the Or Tor Kor market. Their version uses prawn fat for the sauce. There’s also Lueng Pha Pad Thai next door in case you want another spin on Pad Thai. Thip Samai’s Pad Thai comes close to that description. Locals will tell you that the perfect Pad Thai is part salty, part sweet and part sour. The restaurant’s bestseller, the Superb Pad Thai, which comes wrapped in a light omelette, is worth queuing up for. Is this the best Pad Thai in the world? Probably. The culinary team works non-stop with woks over high flames and churns out Pad Thai after Pad Thai in record time. The long lines – be prepared to wait for an hour on weekends - at Thip Samai are proof. This Thai version of fast food is also arguably the country’s most popular dish. Pad Thai was designated as Thailand’s national dish way back in the 1940s.
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