Green Chili Dip in Chiang Mai น้ำพริกหนุ่ม
Nam prik noom is a northern dip of roasted green chili, shallot, and garlic, eaten with boiled vegetables and pork crackling. Huen Phen sells a set with vegetables for 80 THB.
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Thaiน้ำพริกหนุ่ม · nam phrik num
Price80 THB a set
RoomHuen Phen, Ratchamankha
Clock08:30 to 16:30, 17:00 to 22:00
What it tastes like
- Smoke, green chili, and a little salt. The vegetables cool it down.
How to order it
- Thai name: nam phrik num (น้ำพริกหนุ่ม).
- Say: Khor nam phrik num, phak luak, khrap/kha.
- The vegetable set is 80 THB. Pork crackling is a separate plate if you want crunch.
Typical price
- 2026 cash: 80 THB a set.
Where to try it
- Huen Phen, 112 Ratchamankha Rd, Phra Sing, Chiang Mai 50200. 08:30 to 16:30 and 17:00 to 22:00 daily. 80 THB a set. Skip this, go here: skip a sweet chili sauce. This is the roasted dip. Tong Tem Toh on Nimman Soi 13 is the other named room, open 11:00 to 23:00.
Spice level and diet
- Heat: Medium. It builds.
- Diet: Chili and garlic. Ask which vegetables are boiled in water only.
Next plates
- Back to the Chiang Mai food hub for the neighbourhood rows.
- Use the Chiang Mai khao soi and markets page if you want the walk, not a second dish.
- Tomato Chili Dip is the nearby order if this plate is done.
- Nimman Tomato Chili Dip is the nearby order if this plate is done.
- Northern Sausage is the nearby order if this plate is done.
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- Is the dip a meal?
- With the vegetable set and sticky rice, yes. The set is 80 THB before rice.
- Where else is this dip the point?
- Tong Tem Toh on Nimman Lane 13, open 11:00 to 23:00.