Shopping Nakhon Ratchasima
Nakhon Ratchasima has a wide variety of local goods that tourists can buy from city markets or production centres. Famous handicrafts are Dan Kwian earthenware, silk and Mat Mi silk from Pak Thong Chai. Products of housewives can be bought from the Khorat Goods Centre near the provincial hall.
Food products include sausages, fermented sausages, Chinese sausages, minced pork that is found everywhere in the city and in Pak Chong, and Khorat noodles that are sold everywhere. The largest fruit market is Klang Dong Market, before going up Khao Yai. This is where produce from Nakhon Ratchasima and nearby provinces is sold. The most famous fruit of Klang Dong is custard apple that is sold all year round.
Pra (Pla Ra)
The making of Pra or Pla ra begins with cleaning fresh fish, rubbing it with salt, and stuffing it into a jar topped with bamboo bracts or betel palm bracts. It has to be left for 2 months. During that time, the juice from the fish will come out and it can be filtered and kept as a seasoning. The fermented fish will be mixed with finely-ground roasted unmilled rice and kept for another 6-8 months before it is ready to be eaten. It is an ingredient in a variety of dishes and it is considered an old way of preserving food which continues to the present time.
Korat Fried Rice-Noodle (Mee Khorat)
The ingredients for this dish include rice noodles, pork or chicken, fish sauce, fermented soy bean, salt, palm sugar or brown sugar, ground peanuts, bean sprouts, an onion-like vegetable, lime, egg, vegetable oil, shallot and garlic. This is a nutritious dish which is unique to Korat and is eaten regularly, especially during lunch, and usually with papaya salad (Somtam).
Dan Kwian Pottery
Villagers use clay from the riverbanks to make pottery and have continued doing so for many generations. Today Dan Kwian is famous as a center that produces beautiful pottery with a variety of unique designs. However, the locals still retain the original techniques of making pottery and using a type of black clay that is unique to the area.
Top Destinations
