Thailand Street Food - INSANE WHOLE HERBAL CHICKEN + 11 Best Foods to Try in Chiang Mai!!

hey everyone hope you're having an amazing day it's mark wiens i'm in chiang mai which is one of the most delicious cities for food lovers in thailand wow amazing thailand today i'm taking you on an ultimate thai food tour to eat 11 of the best northern thai foods and i'll show you exactly where to eat them when you're in chiang mai right off the grill this is a good enough reason to come to chiang mai from spicy bowls of khalsa to herbal sausage that will blow the taste buds off your tongue get ready for the ultimate food lover's guide to chiang mai so all of the mouth-watering thai food coming up in this video right now let's get started eating [Music] chiang mai is the largest city in northern thailand a cultural capital of the lana kingdom that was founded in the year 1296. it's home to impressive monuments and temples friendly markets and of course an abundance of delicious local food before we get started with this video i just want to say a big thank you to tit the tourism authority of thailand for sponsoring this video you're going to want to sit back and relax and keep watching this entire video all the way to the end because there is some seriously mouth-watering chiang mai thai food all coming up in this video right now i'm starting you off with one of the most famous and loved thai foods in all of northern thailand khao soi freshly boiled egg noodles a thick coconut milk spice heavy curry sauce and fall apart cubes of beef or chicken there's no wonder why it's so delicious kasowi memoni is a fantastic place to get started on a delicious bowl of kawasai [Music] that beef okay i'm gonna take a bite of beef and some of those noodles and yeah you can see the noodles are more they're thicker they look more handmade than than the other versions of noodles that we've had [Music] [Applause] [Music] it's so good located in the cool mountains of doibuy right outside the city you'll find khao soi lung surren guaranteed worth the effort to get there oh man oh it's cold oh look at that meaty oil on top oh man that smells unbelievable oh wow i'm not and they are so incredibly friendly so nice served hot and fresh there's absolutely nothing i'd want to eat more right now in my life doing one giant over flowing spoon a little chili goes in maybe a little bit more just for just to top it off for good measure then mix that around just one oh immediately you can see the color of that broth changing that deep red mix it with the noodles that goes into your bowl some of these giant sliced onions okay all right now we are really ready to completely chow down on this bowl of kawasa fully commit now go all the way in and the noodles next yeah it's so thick and so hearty and rich wow [Laughter] [Music] it's unbelievably tasty one of the meatiest versions of kawasaki actually it's just meat to the max after you finish your bowl of khao soi spend some time on the top of doipoi within the hmong community it's a great place to walk around there are some nice shops beautiful gardens and cool weather at number two we have genghang lei a hugely loved pork curry with burmese origins melt-in-your-mouth pork belly ginger and masala make this sour and sweet curry so tasty a great restaurant to try genghang lei is hun jiyong housed within a wooden lana home what a relaxing atmosphere and environment the food smells incredible is genghang lei which is one of the the champions of northern thai cuisine also one of the components is ginger fresh ginger and then pickled garlic that's what really like contributes to the flavor oh wow yeah that is stunning the i think the part i really love about it is the tartness of it the immediately blast of sweet and sour ginger and almost a pickly taste to it next up kiki panit a classic yet modern thai restaurant with an outstanding version of ganghang lei definitely what stands out about kiti panit is that it's not only a restaurant but it's actually a museum housed in a an old teakwood mansion that dates back to 1888 and some of the unique history here is that it used to be uh chiang mai's first general store oh it's just like melting pork oh wow oh look at the fattiness of that oh man i'm gonna dip my my sticky rice into there oh wow that's just like a layer of layer of juicy porkiness wow that is a gang lay that is so porky but it's got an amazing like sweet and sourness to it when many chiang mai locals are away from home the food they dream about is nam nyao a porky tomato stew eaten over rice noodles that's easily the number one local comfort food tucked into a back of a market kanamjin san pakoi is one of the best places in chiang mai to try nam nyao five or so different menu options but one of the main one is the kanamji namiao which is a northern thai favorite stew of pork and uh especially tomatoey broth [Music] it smells incredible i gotta begin with uh this is one of the dishes of northern thailand one of the dishes you cannot miss in northern thailand and it's it's really a comfort dish for the people of northern thailand oh wow that is fantastic oh that's like rich it's porky kind of earthy tasting next up we are in the old town within the old square and we're going to a place that's called nam-nyao loompong [Music] so friendly pongo and here it is the pot yeah yeah the pot of name okay [Applause] [Music] so man this is the friendliest street food stall uncle is so friendly oh man i like how the noodles just kind of melt into the that curry what a homely meal this is oh man oh that's rich that's nice and tart and very porky as you can see from that layer of oil on top but the flavor yeah it's more on the tart side and tart and porky they're really good the noodles the rice noodles just kind of melt in your mouth oh man that's comforting [Music] after finishing your bowl of namniao you're in a great position to start exploring the historic center of chiang mai hello i am at wat che di luang which is a stupa a royal stupa that dates back to the 14th century and although part of the the top of the stupa has been destroyed by an earthquake it remains one of the most important sites within central within the old historical part of chiang mai and a must visit when you are here [Music] garlic shallots and smoky charred green chilies are the ingredients that make up nam prick num a delicious dip or relish for vegetables sticky rice or crispy pork skin you'll find nam prick num at pretty much all northern thai restaurants but the best place to eat it is within local markets i'm walking through talaton payam this is one of the great local markets of chiang mai a place where you can get nam prick num where you can get saiwa where that's just full of snacks it's a great place to just walk around to see what's available oh and they also specialize in kabul fried pork skin [Music] actually the chilis are called num chilis which are green chilies which are roasted which are pounded into a paste which you can eat with rice you can eat with vegetables but probably the most common and favorite way to eat nam pregnom is with crispy pork skin so here we go crispy pork skin nam praknum one of the great combinations of northern thailand get a nice curly got the extra spicy version so actually you can see some red chilies in there too normally it's just pure green the regular one so it's not actually usually that spicy but this one is extra spicy oh we'll take it i love numpygnum i can eat it every day when i'm in chiang mai i mean it's just straight up roasted smoky green chilies it is extra spicy with some extra red chilies in there there's shallots in there oh it's just awesome but nam picnum is one of those things that you'll find at every single market that you go to i would recommend two markets don payon market as well as mejia market which is a little bit south oh man so good i'm pretty happy with a bag of pork skin and chili dip all that crunch i'm at mejia which is one of the greatest markets in chiang mai the extra spicy version grab a bitter melon which is the perfect scooper so juicy the smoky chilies the red chilies in there the shallots and garlic so much flavor this is something i can eat every day when i'm in northern thailand lab a minced meat mixture is a heavy weight of northern thai food a proud dish that's so beloved that there's an entire lab-eating culture that surrounds it beef or buffalo is most common preferably served raw but flash cooked is also acceptable [Music] yes this is the spot right here there's almost like a bar counter seating at the front and then you walk back into the their yard into the house here [Music] just from the way he moves the bowl he is such a master he's focused on the lob that's all raw minced buffalo so it's really dark dark like maroon beet red oh and cool that's like the texture of gm it literally looks like strawberry jam wow okay i'm just speechless i just want to lick my fingers it literally it literally is like jam [Music] that is a groundbreaking plate of blob is a bit more of a sit down family dining experience that's also fantastic [Music] i think most of the dishes have just arrived the two center pieces these are the two lobs that we got this is a cooked plate of lava made with pig pork you can see the toasted garlic in there the cilantro and the green onions and the fried garlic on top garlicky goodness oh my cooked is so good as well it's all the same spices as in the raw version just it's more of like a warm feel as opposed to the refreshing coolness of raw meat a personal favorite thai food for me something i wouldn't leave chiang mai without eating is gay noon chicken typically free range dressed in copious amounts of herbs and aromatics and steamed kong kao muang probably does the best version i've ever had and now normally if you go to a northern thai restaurant they would serve you just a single piece of chicken maybe a leg maybe a chicken breast here they serve you the entire chicken and then just literally a handful of chopped coriander on top this smells incredible this is one of my favorite northern thai dishes and since the drumstick is so handy and pickupable with a handle i'll just go oh it just came off the bone it wasn't it was it was attached and this is a local free-range chicken the size of it you can tell it's going to be insanely flavorful especially with all of those herbs okay go for the bite oh wow okay the best northern thai steamed chicken ever man all of those herbs the lemongrass is just just like bursting with flavor oh man this is a this is a prized dish right here it just fell off the bone it's that tender hun young is another place that won't let you down final dish we ordered is gae nung samun prai which is one of my favorites the bone look at all those herbs and spices all the herbs in there and the lemongrass and that chicken just falls apart oh that's a dish one of the defining characteristics of northern thai food in chiang mai is the smoky charcoal grill a variety of pig parts from intestines to ears are slow grilled and smoked until crispy on the edges and juicy in the center kum seng dao is a fantastic place to start their fully loaded grill is something to behold the ears the intestines chopping bits off and assembling them all onto a plate oh look at that so good we got some of their specialties especially the young rum which is all that mix of grilled meats dipping into the the sauce get a look at that that looks delicious as well oh dude all the meat is so tender and so smoky and typically my favorite piece from the young of northern thailand the mixed girl is the intestines here's a here's a little guy give this a good soaking intestines are the best they have like a you know what i taste in that sauce is a little bit of galangal oh man but the intestines they have that perfect balance of chewy crunchy crispy like everything all the textures in your mouth as you do keep on chewing the flavor is released i think right here this one is the snout look at that it's just pure i think this one is the pig nose the snout also has a great selection to slice up for your mixed grill plate and you can smell the sweet tamarind in that sauce that meat is so smoky too after a plate of lob stop at wat prasing chiang mai's most revered temple oh i am at wat prasing which is one of the most important temples in all of chiang mai [Music] while many northern thai foods are known to be quite meaty there are some fantastic vegetable stews such as gengkae made from a mixture of herbs and vegetables gangpak wan made from malinta suave sleeves or gangnamai a stew with bamboo shoots krua pet gongam is one of the best places in chiang mai for a variety of these delicious dishes i love bamboo shoots i love the texture i love that flavor and even though there's not a lot of dried fish in there dried fish is really powerfully flavorful and like just you can taste the smokiness and the dried fish throughout that entire bamboo shoot stew the chunky shallots and lemongrass in there and the fragrance of those climbing water shoots is another top-notch choice we got it with chicken there might be some bamboo shoots in here and then a bunch of different leaves vegetables foraged herbs sometimes dill and i think that there's some um some kawkawa or some just some rice in here to thicken it a little bit oh oh man now a lot of northern thai food is meaty very heavy meaty but gang has one of the few vegetable based dishes gam kanoon or pounded jackfruit is something you have to try when you're in chiang mai young jackfruits are cooked and pounded with garlic galangal and chilies until starchy and packed full of flavor crew along cow serves a fantastic version of pounded jackfruit northern thai style one of my favorite dishes in northern thailand i love it i can eat it every day it's a baby a young jackfruit that's boiled that's then pounded up with galangal and garlic and chilies sprinkled with coriander there's fried garlic on top there's fried chilies on top perfect for scooping up with sticky rice get everything get that fried chili in your bite oh i'm so excited i need a huge bite for my first bite oh i love jackfruit pounded jackfruit i love jackfruit in every form and shape and style but the way they do it in northern thailand you really vibrantly taste the galangal and the garlic well those dry fried chilies are amazing and when it's a young jackfruit they use all of the i mean the pieces of the fruit and then also the seeds are all pounded up in there it's so actually meaty additionally i just love to eat damkanun within the stalls at mejia market oh man so much garlic in here i love the fried chilies i cannot wait to try it immediately right here in the market oh with the fried chili on top oh it's chunky it's streaky you smell like garlic and the smokiness of it [Music] oh wow that's extraordinary ab is a northern thai packet of protein and herbs neatly packaged into a banana leaf and typically roasted over fire the result is incredibly delicious now again ab is a dish that you'll typically find at local markets but for a sit down experience kiti panit serves an entire fish here at titipani they serve an ab blah which is an entire fish which i believe in the back they had wrapped in vanilla and cooked it in the spices the paste wrapped in banana leaf grilled but then they they serve it uh the fish the entire fish oh wow incredibly juicy and you see all the oh if you look inside it's just loaded with herbs and spices magruder lime leaves chilies turmeric lemongrass it's so aromatic the lime leaves in there the lemongrass all of that held together with the smokiness and then you can chase with herbs some soft tooth coriander some coriander at meghia market you can also try a few local variations such as pig brains which is a it's a little packet it can be meat it can be herbs it can be vegetables which are packed into banana leaf wrapper and then roasted grilled over fire over charcoal the the supreme version the most gourmet greatest richest version is called which is pig brains mixed with spices and herbs that needs to be eaten with sticky rice the creaminess finally we've reached number 11 and this list would be incomplete without saiwa one of the world's great sausages a ratio of pork blended with lemongrass galangal and chilies grilled until smoky and eaten with sticky rice it's an entire culinary experience wrapped in a tube megia market serves one of the best in chiang mai heavy on lemongrass and aromatics [Music] the grill is just loaded with curls of sausage oh look at those cutting skills here he just flew through that curl of sausage slicing it up that was impressive that he has some sausage cutting skills the aroma of the lemongrass and the herbs just bursts out of that sausage ah we got a whole bag of it now and it's just steaming hot it's right off the grill that is an aromatherapy cheers so heavy on the lemongrass and to me it actually doesn't taste as fatty as some other versions because it's not it juices but not like that fatty fatty juiciness that you sometimes get it's more heavy on the herbs which i i love they're just dangerously tasty but without a doubt my favorite saiwa in chiang mai is where the spices are strong you can feel the chili and yet it's balanced to perfection and we got here in the morning they're grilling up a fresh batch the beautiful coils of sausage are fresh they're going to be hot we're about to taste it right off the grill oh man one of the greatest northern thai food experiences you can eat oh man fresh saiwa right off the grill there is possibly no greater aroma on earth [Music] okay oh wow [Applause] that single bite right there that is worth making a trip to chiang mai just to eat that oh wow the way that intestine skin just snaps the way it just crumbles with chili galangal the garlic the lemongrass in there it is a perfect ratio of meat to herbs this is a perfect site oh unbelievable chase that with some of that fresh sticky rice maybe just grab another piece of sidewall while we're at it oh huge [Music] oh that's really hot just like an overwhelming delicious flavor so incredibly tasty it's almost unbelievable and so that brings us to the end of this ultimate northern thai food tour of chiang mai i'll have all the places that we ate at and all the dishes that we tried listed in the description box below and i hope that you have an amazing time eating your way through chiang mai thanks again for watching please remember to give this video a thumbs up if you enjoyed it leave a comment below i'd love to hear from you and if you're not already subscribed make sure you subscribe now for lots more food and travel and thai street food videos coming up thanks again for watching goodbye from chiang mai

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Length: 27min 18sec (1638 seconds)

Published: Sat Jun 25 2022