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Northern Thai Cuisines
Filed Under (Chiang Rai, Cuisines, Travelling) by Janet on 28-08-2008
Ever since our arrival in this Northern part of Thailand, we’ve not had its very famous Thai soup - Tom Yam Gung. So our dinner tonight shall be Thai Cuisines with Tom Yam Gung!
We’re now stepping into this rustic Thai restaurant in Chiang Rai City, which comes with very pretty water fountains & garden landscapes :
The restaurant is in a 2-storey Thai style wooden house & there’re indoor & outdoor dining areas, & we decide to go upstairs.
There’re balconies in the upstairs dining areas but cos the weather is kinda hot & we’re worried about mosquito bites, we decide to dine inside one of the private air-conditioned rooms instead.
Below photo shows our private dining room with the balcony by its side :
And there’s a performing stage in the midst of the gardens at the ground level of the restaurant, which can be seen from inside the windows of our private dining room :
A Northern Thai Musical performance is now on :
We’re now seated inside our private room :
The restaurant’s Menu :
Here come our bottles of Thai Coke & Mineral Water :
And now our Northern Thai dinner begins :
Stir-fry Kang Kong with Garlics :
Thai Salad of Mint Leaves, Long Beans, Cabbages etc - very fresh & crunchy :
Thai Minced Pork with Pork Livers cooked in Thai Spices & garnished with Dried Red Chilies & Mint Leaves - very very delicious :
And here below is our most looked forward to Thai Cuisine - Tom Yam Gung in Steamboat :
There’re lots of Seafood such as Prawns, Fish & Squids, & Straw Mushrooms & Tomatoes, Lemon Grass, Lime Levaes etc inside the steaming hot Tom Yam Gung - very yummy :
Thai Fried Fish with Crispy Ginger Slices & Basil Leaves, with Lettuces, Cucumbers & Tomatoes & sliced Cabbages & Carrots on the side :
The deep fried Fish (called “Pla Thod” in Thai) is so crispy & tasty & the fried crispy Ginger & Basil Leaves are so good & delicious - the most superb dish!
Below is our most special dish of the night - Spicy Seafood Steamed in Young Coconut, garnished with Fried Red Chilies & Greens slices :
There’re lots of very fresh Seafood such as Prawns, Squids & Fish cooked in very thick Curry Coconut Paste, & there’re even slices of the young smooth Coconut inside - really special & unique & they taste really really good!
Thai Sweet & Sour Fish with cubed Pineapples, Green Capsicums, Onions & Tomatoes - very tasty :
We’re now ordering Thai Desserts for our after-meals :
It’s raining very heavily outside now as we wait for our Desserts to be ready & below photos show views of the Thai Dancing performance at the below stage of the restaurant as seen from the windows of our dining room :
This restaurant prepares its dishes only when they’re ordered, & have all their dishes served very fresh & hot for us which makes us all very pleased & happy.
And for our Desserts, we’ve to wait for about 25 minutes before they’re served to us, but it’s all worthwhile - here below photo showing 3 of the restaurant’s waitresses & waiter bringing in our 5 Thai Desserts :
And to our surprise, our Thai Desserts are served really warm, & there’s a separate bowl filled with Ice Cubes for us to add into our hot Desserts.
Below photo shows my bowl of small Colorful Thai Chestnuts wrapped in Tapioca Starch in Coconut Milk Thai Dessert, besides the separate red bowl of Ice Cubes :
We’ve now finished our most delicious Northern Thai Dinner & Desserts & we’re leaving the restaurant now - below photo shows the restaurant’s balcony (beside our dining room) with rustic wooden tables & chairs overlooking the stage performance :
Thai Singing performance going on now as we’re leaving the restaurant :
Besides serving great Northen Thai Cuisines, this restuarant also has great customer service!
As it’s still raining pretty heavily by the time we’re leaving the restaurant, its carpark Thai attendant immediately brings us big umbrellas to shelter us all the way from the restaurant to our car, & runs around the car under the heavy rain to open our car doors to let us in! I’m really so impressed!!
Well, we’ve now come back to our Hotel Room inside Wiang Inn Hotel in Chiang Rai City - & again having more Thai Cuisines for Supper now!
Remember our Thai Grilled Chicken & Thai Sweet Corns which we bought earlier at the Chiang Rai Market before dinner. Hmm……we’re enjoying them right now………..not too bad - the Sweet Corns are really fresh & nice, & the Chicken tastes pretty ok though it’s not too fresh to our likings, but overall, it’s a night full of amazing Northern Thai Cuisines, & we all love them so much!

















































