O Tao Bang Niao

Local eatery · Talat Yai

A family-run street food shop on Phuket Road in Phuket Town, frying o-tao over charcoal since 1982; listed in the MICHELIN Guide.

Local eatery

About O Tao Bang Niao

An evening street food shop on Phuket Road, run by the same family since 1982 and known for one dish: o-tao, the Phuket stir-fry of seafood and battered taro. Fried over charcoal, it comes out soft, gooey and crisp at once with a smoky edge. The crispy seafood omelette is the other order. Cheap and listed in the MICHELIN Guide; open daily 16:00–23:00.

As the record has it

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Cuisine

O-tao, a stir-fry of seafood and battered taro found only in Phuket.

Dishes

O-tao, soft, gooey and crisp at once, smoky from the charcoal.

Crispy fried seafood omelette.

Prices

Cheap.

Opened

1982.