Chiang Mai Archives - Thai Street Food, Restaurants, and Recipes

Find yourself happy for hours amidst a nearly endless buffet of healthy, tasty Thai vegan food at Ming Kwan Vegetarian Restaurant

Thai Vegan Festival and Delicious ‘Jae’ Food (อาหารเจ) at “Ming Kwan Vegetarian”

Ming Kwan Vegetarian Restaurant is a place so full of authentic Thai Vegan food recipes, I can almost guarantee you’ll be wanting to come back the next day – no matter if you follow a Vegan diet or not! In…

There are two signs, but its the same Thai-Burmese restaurant

Burmese Food at Nong Bee’s – Authentic Recipes from Myanmar (Chiang Mai, Thailand)

Of all the delicious local Thai food to be found in the wonderful city of Chiang Mai, you’ll also find incredible variety in the options of ‘foreign’ cuisine here as well. I don’t mean pizzas or pasta (although there is…

Surprisingly Fresh Seafood in Chiang Mai

Surprising Sea Food in Chiang Mai, at Lerd Rote Tai Rom Ma Feuang

Lerd Rote Tai Rom Ma-Feuang Restaurant (เลิศรสใต้ร่มมะเฟือง), or just “Lerd Rote” for short, serves some of the best food in Chiang Mai, Thailand, and some of the best Thai-Chinese food I’ve ever had anywhere! Although the town of Chiang Mai…

Saiyut and Doctor Sai Kitchen, “Food is Art of Life,” in Chiang Mai

Saiyut and Doctor Sai Kitchen serves one of the more beautifully presented meals I think I’ve ever seen. Their motto is “Food is Art of Life,” but I won’t recommend it just for the art aspect though, this food is…

Best Khao Soi in Chiang Mai: 5 Restaurants to Try

This article describes 5 of the all-time great places to have khao soi in Chiang Mai, Thailand, and the story of a day where I set out to do the impossible – eat at all 5 of them, back to…

Sai Oua – Best Northern Thai Sausage at Mae Hia Market in Chiang Mai

Sai Oua (ไส้อั่ว), Northern Thai herb sausage, has to be one of the best sausages in the entire world. Its one of the best local foods from the Northern Region of Thailand, and I would say its even worth a…

Amazing amounts of grilled pork at Kum Sang Dao

Kum Sang Dao (คุ้มแสงดาวหมูย่าง) – Delicious Northern Thai BBQ in Chiang Mai

Kum Sang Dao Moo Yang Restaurant (คุ้มแสงดาวหมูย่าง) is a perfect place to go to experience a feast of great local Northern Thai food. The laid back atmosphere here makes it ideal for a day with your family and friends, or…

Amazing Northern Thai Laap (Meat Salad) at Laap Ton Yang in Chiang Mai

Laap Ton Yang Restaurant (ร้านลาบต้นยาง) is a Northern Thai restaurant in Chiang Mai that specializes in chopped meat salad, known as laap (ลาบ). There’s no need to brag about the masterful Northern-Thai style chopped meat salad recipes they’re perfecting inside. They’re happy just…

Mae Manee serves amazing Khao Soi in Chiang Mai

Khao Soi Mae Manee – Most Delicious Curry Noodles in Chiang Mai (ข้าวซอยเเม่มฌี)

Khao soi (ข้าวซอย), or curry noodles, is easily the most well known dishes of all Northern Thai food. Dear to the hearts of locals as well as a popular dish among expats and travelers (because it’s so delicious), many would…

Best Plate of Raw Buffalo Tartare (Laap) in Chiang Mai, Thailand

If you do some deep searching in Thai for the best Laap in Chiang Mai, few locals disagree that this little home restaurant tops the list. In fact, as we were sitting there, a group of Thai police eating next…

Sai Ua La Wan (ร้านไส้อั่วลาวัลย์) – Sausage in Chiang Mai

Sai ua (ไส้อั่ว also spelled in English as sai ooah) is one of the foods that Chiang Mai is most famous for. It’s a famous northern Thai sausage that’s infused with a beautiful blend of spices and herbs, which makes it some…

Thai Chili Frog (ผัดเผ็ดกบ) That Made Me Cry, Loong Thai (ลุงไทยข้าวแกง (เพชรบุรี), Chiang Mai

Loong Thai Khao Gaeng (ลุงไทยข้าวแกง (เพชรบุรี) is a fine restaurant in Chiang Mai and serves northern Thai style rice and curry. Their dishes are insanely spiced with chilies, and my meal made me cry tears of joy, but it was…

Huen Phen (ร้านเฮือนเพ็ญ) for Northern Thai Food in Chiang Mai

Chiang Mai is a great city to eat through. You’ll find all sorts of genres of Thai food available, from international restaurants, to Isan food, to ahan dtam song (stir fry food), and something I love to seek out, northern…

Khao Soi Islam (ร้านข้าวซอยอิสลาม) in Chiang Mai – Don’t Miss Their Biryani

When I was in Chiang Mai my main mission was to eat (that goes for any destination I visit). One of the many famous places to eat a dish known as khao soi (ข้าวซอย) in Chiang Mai, is a restaurant, located…

SP Chicken (SP ไก่ย่าง) – Small Birds, But Flavors You’ll Love

Greeting you as you enter is the unique SP Chicken (SP ไก่ย่าง) grill, a modified stand up charcoal rotisserie that has been engineered to roast a chicken to perfection. As the birds go round and round, they get heat from the…

Kiat Ocha (ร้าน เกียรติโอชา) – Khao Man Gai and Satay in Chiang Mai

If you follow EatingThaiFood.com, you might have noticed that I don’t eat khao man gai (rice with chicken) all that often. It’s not that I don’t like it, it can be good, it’s just that it’s not the most flavorful…