Gluay Ping, or Grilled Thai Bananas in Siracha, Thailand

Gluay Ping (กล้วยปิ้ง), or Grilled Thai Bananas

street food snack in Siracha, Thailand

Gluay ping, or grilled bananas, are a sweet, tasty, and cheap street food snack found throughout Thailand. It's a healthy snack (providing you don't enjoy too much of the sweet palm sugar dipping syrup that is often served alongside the bananas). 

We enjoyed these gluay ping at Central Si Racha shopping mall after returning to the mainland from a short trip to Koh Sichang Island.

Gluay Ping, or Grilled Thai Bananas

There are many different types of bananas in Thailand, but this dish uses a certain type of very small and very sweet bananas called "gluay nam wah". To make gluay ping, the bananas (which need to be firm and ripe and not yet mushy in order to properly grill) are cut into small segments, placed on a bamboo skewer, and grilled over hot charcoal or on a griddle. After grilling, the vendor takes a sort of flat iron press to smash the bananas into round, flat medallions.

a grilled banana street food snack cart in Si Racha, Thailand (gluay ping)

The bananas are served with a sweet dipping sauce, usually caramel or a sweet palm sugar syrup. The sauce is optional but adds an extra layer of rich sweetness to the snack.

grilled bananas in palm sugar dipping sauce, Thailand

Price

This is a super cheap snack. A skewer of four grilled bananas costs just 20 baht. We ordered three skewers to share.

Location

You can find gluay ping across the country, usually at markets or as a street food snack. We bought these in the ground floor market area of Central Si Racha shopping mall in Si Racha, Thailand after a recent trip to Koh Sichang.

8 Sukhumvit Road, Si Racha District, Chon Buri 20110