UNESCO named Petchaburi a Creative City of Gastronomy in November last year, as part of its creative cities network. Now, the city continues to draw income from food tourism and locally produced ingredients. The Petchaburi provincial governor said ingredients local artisans use in their food are entirely produced in the province.
“That means all the production capital used to create food, including labour and skills, also generates income for Phetchaburi”.
He said the annual income of the local population is expected to increase by 50% in 2027. Several local chefs are gaining recognition, but the dish that originally put Petchaburi on UNESCO’s map is toddy palm curry, in Thai known as Gaeng Kua Hua Tan. A local woman who makes it uses a traditional recipe with fresh galangal, finger roots, lemongrass and red chillies mixed with coconut milk. The woman, Pa, is 74 years…
