🔄 Updated 21 Jun 2026
Kamphaeng Phet is a town people pass through on the way north, and plenty just grab a hand of egg bananas and keep driving. But spend half an hour at the Mo Kluai Khai market and you'll find souvenirs that keep well, travel easily in the car, and are genuinely local — not the kind of thing you can buy just anywhere. This article spells out exactly what's worth taking home, and which shop to buy it from.
Local souvenirs worth taking home
Almost everything Kamphaeng Phet is known for circles back to the egg banana — a small, thin-skinned banana with firm, sweet, fragrant flesh that comes into season around September to November. Locals turn it into all sorts of things. These are the best sellers and the ones that make the best souvenirs.
Egg Banana Krayasat
The town's signature treat. It's made from toasted young rice, peanuts and sesame, simmered with palm sugar and coconut milk — some makers fold egg banana into the mix too. The texture is loose and crisp, nutty and fragrant, not too sweet, and it keeps for a month. This is what Kamphaeng Phet locals are proudest of.
Banana Chips / Egg Banana Chips
Thinly sliced bananas fried crisp and tossed in sugar, in sweet, salty and paprika flavours. They go down so easily you'll finish the bag without noticing. A popular souvenir that's easy to carry and goes over well with every age.
Sun-Dried Bananas
Ripe egg bananas dried in the sun until the flesh turns chewy and naturally sweet, with no preservatives. Some makers dip them in honey. They go down well with a morning coffee — a souvenir for the health-minded crowd.
Taro & Sweet Potato Crisps
Taro and sweet potato sliced into rounds, fried crisp and tossed in sugar or salt. They stay crunchy for a long time and aren't greasy — a good pick if you want a crispy snack that isn't banana. Most shops at Mo Kluai Khai sell these alongside the banana chips.
Banana Paste / Butter-Baked Banana
Banana paste is smooth, sweet and fragrant, wrapped in banana leaf or bagged. Butter-baked banana is buttery and aromatic, crisp outside and soft inside. Both are old-school sweets you can still find at the souvenir shops in the market.
Candied / Fresh Egg Bananas
If you come during banana season (Sep–Nov), a good-looking hand of fresh egg bananas is the most honest souvenir there is. You can also go for candied egg bananas in fragrant syrup. The fresh fruit doesn't keep long, though, so buy it close to when you're heading home.
Solo Garlic / Honey / Pickles
Country goods that usually share shelf space with the banana souvenirs — pickled solo garlic, wild honey, and various pickles. Worth picking up as an extra souvenir for older relatives who aren't big on sweets.
How to pick the good stuff
For chips and krayasat, choose bags that are firmly puffed with air and have no rancid smell — and if you're keeping them a while, go for the vacuum-sealed ones. Sun-dried bananas and banana paste without preservatives should be eaten within 1–2 weeks and kept somewhere cool.
Want to taste deeper? Try a Kamphaeng Phet food tour or cooking class
Half a day with a local who knows the lanes — or cooking a dish yourself — teaches you more than just eating. Book ahead on Klook or GetYourGuide.
Shops the locals actually buy from
The town's souvenir hub is the Mo Kluai Khai market, right on Phahonyothin Road (the Asian Highway between Kamphaeng Phet and Nakhon Sawan, around km 343). It's a long row of shops where tour buses and travellers stop as a matter of course. Most shops let you taste before you buy and offer shipping to other provinces. These are the names people know.
Sahatham Shop
A souvenir shop at the Mo Kluai Khai market, focused on banana, taro, sweet potato and pumpkin treats in several flavours. They ship to other provinces and do pickup arrangements, with fresh stock daily.
Rattana Shop
One-stop shopping — banana chips, taro crisps, krayasat, sun-dried bananas, egg banana shoots, honey and solo garlic. A good place to sweep up all your souvenirs in one go.
Kaeosuk Shop
All kinds of souvenirs, from crispy pork rinds and chilli pastes to candied fruit, dried fruit and a wide range of processed goods. Good for anyone who wants souvenirs that aren't just banana.
Krayasat by Krathoey
A celebrated krayasat maker in town — a less-sweet recipe with a loose, crisp texture and a pale yellow colour, over in Ang Thong subdistrict, Mueang district. People order it from other provinces, and during the Thai Sat festival they can barely keep up.
Where and when to buy
- Mo Kluai Khai market — the cluster of souvenir shops on Phahonyothin Road, an easy stop on the way up or down north, with easy parking and tastings before you buy.
- Thai Sat Egg Banana Festival (around Sep–Oct) — the province's annual festival. This is when krayasat and fresh egg bananas are at their most plentiful and freshest, with local-sweet stalls gathered in one place.
- Town markets / temple grounds — country sweets like banana paste and grilled bananas turn up at the morning markets and roadside stalls in town, cheaper than the big shopfronts.
When the goods are at their best
If you want good-looking hands of fresh egg bananas and freshly made krayasat, come in September to November — banana season, which lines up perfectly with the Thai Sat Egg Banana Festival. Outside the season there are still processed goods all year round, but fresh bananas can be scarce.
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