Every day all year long a variety of sweet succulent delicious fruits are in season and ready for you to enjoy. Thais traditionally finish a meal with a serving of fruit and save the sweeter Thai desserts for snacking between meals. Many tropical fruits are grown right here on Phuket Island. Pineapple grown here is famous throughout Thailand for being particularly sweet and crunchy and is a major export product. Rambutan is a cute, small red oval fruit with hair.
Bananas are small and sweet and are available all year.
Papaya has a sweet orange flesh is a favorite dessert. Durian is perhaps the king of tropical fruits. Available in the spring months only. Guava is a round yellowish-green fruit taste somewhat like an apple, it can be eaten with salt and dried chilies as a snack. Eating fruit is not only delicious but helps take out the fire of some of the more spicy dishes of Thai food.