Fresh market Rawai Monday-Thursday

Rawai fresh market and foodstalls. Open on Mondays and Thursdays from 14 to 21. The best time to visit is between 17 to 20 when it gets busiest. Most likely you know famous "mango sticky rice". Mango, known as Mamuang in Thai, the delicious and succulent king of fruits, is one of the most popular fruits in Thailand. Used in both, sweet and savoury dishes, mangoes in Thailand have attracted tourists from all over the world. Tourists cannot wait to get on the streets of Phuket and indulge in a dish of mango with sticky rice or a mango chicken salad. Thai mango is unique in flavour from the rest of the world, and that’s what makes it such a crowd favourite. Cultivated more than 4000 years ago, mangoes were originated in Tamil Nadu, India. Slowly they spread over the rest of south and south-east Asia, Australia, East Africa and Central America. This subtropical fruit is widely grown in Thailand and represents a precious part of their culture. Thai people not only use mango as a fruit but also medical purposes by boiling it or creating various drinks to reduce fever, stomach ache or even to clean wounds. Mango Season in Thailand is from late March through July. Mango is available also rest of the year, but the prices are more expensive.