Dining al fresco is popular and you can choose from lovely hotel venues or even eat for less than a couple of dollars. Many eating places, street vendors and noodle stalls are easily found around Pattaya's major tourist areas where you can dine on local favourites, chicken fried rice and noodles. If you like more selection, Pattaya has many excellent restaurants offering a world-wide bill of fare. Try some fancy, Cajun style spare ribs, or a beef enchilada. How about pasta or fresh seafood straight from the tank? It's a tough choice, but the sois along the waterfront road are full of good value restaurants and you’ll be spoilt for choice. The Royal Cliff has ten different restaurants, serving many varieties of top-class international and local cuisine. South Pattaya is packed with a wide selection of restaurants catering for all tastes. Walking Street in South Pattaya is well noted for its range of excellent seafood restaurants, while restaurants lining Jomtien Beach, also offer a wide variety of fresh seafood dishes in a more tranquil environment. Local cuisine
Meats and fish are usually grilled in Thailand, and served with a sweet-and-sour dip or chilli sauce. Another popular cooking style is known as ‘yam’, which is similar to western salad preparation. However the Thai dressing doesn’t contain any fat. Instead a combination of salty seasoning, lemon juice, chillies and garlic are used. Boiling is another traditional way of preparing food in Thailand. A famous spicy soup called Tom Yam Talay is prepared by this method, and combines chillies, spices and seafood to make a wonderfully flavoursome dish. The locals best loved dish is tom yum (a spicy broth delicately balancing sweet, sour, bitter and salty flavours and usually served with small prawns). Som tam comes from the Northeast region - where many of Pattaya’s migrant workers originate from and it’s a spicy unripened papaya salad. The Thais have numerous varieties of rice, including the much-prized jasmine rice. Steamed rice is used to accompany stir-fries, aromatic curries, stir-fries and other dishes, while sticky rice often accompanies barbecued chicken at street stalls. | 
