Chiang Rai food guide
Chiang Rai food is known for a town khao soi lunch and night-bazaar sausage. It fits a clock-tower night after the White Temple, not a Chiang Mai coconut curry at 21:00.
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Eat Chiang Rai in town. Khao Soi Phor Jai on Banphaprakan is the named lunch bowl at 50 to 80 THB. Night bazaar grills sell sai ua after 18:00. Nam ngiao is the sharper tomato noodle if coconut already filled yesterday.
The White Temple is a southbound hop, not a food plan. For the city stay map use Chiang Rai. For the wider north use Northern Lanna.
Specialties
Khao Soi ข้าวซอย
Khao soi is northern coconut curry noodles. Khao Soi Phor Jai is the named Chiang Rai lunch bowl, not a 21:00 tourist pot. Khao Soi Phor Jai is the named start. 50 to 80 THB.
Khao Soi Phor Jai, 358/10 Banphaprakan Rd, Rop Wiang, Mueang Chiang Rai 57000
08:00 to 15:00; confirm the rest day the morning you go · 50 to 80 THB
Sai Ua ไส้อั่ว
Sai ua is northern herb sausage. It fits a Chiang Rai night-bazaar grill after the White Temple day, with sticky rice. Chiang Rai Night Bazaar grills is the named start. 20 to 40 THB a stick.
Chiang Rai Night Bazaar grills, Phaholyothin Rd night bazaar, Mueang Chiang Rai 57000
18:00 to 22:30 · 20 to 40 THB a stick
Nam Prik Ong น้ำพริกอ่อง
Nam prik ong is a northern pork-and-tomato dip with raw vegetables. It fits a Chiang Rai sit-down Lanna table, not a night-bazaar stick. Town Lanna rooms near the night bazaar is the named start. 80 to 140 THB.
Town Lanna rooms near the night bazaar, Night bazaar and clock-tower grid, Mueang Chiang Rai 57000
11:00 to 21:00 · 80 to 140 THB
Kanom Jeen Nam Ngiao ขนมจีนน้ำเงี้ยว
Kanom jeen nam ngiao is rice noodles in a northern tomato-pork broth. It fits a Chiang Rai lunch, sharper than khao soi. Town nam ngiao lunch rooms is the named start. 40 to 70 THB.
Town nam ngiao lunch rooms, Clock-tower and Banphaprakan grid, Mueang Chiang Rai 57000
08:00 to 15:00 · 40 to 70 THB
Larb Kua ลาบคั่ว
Larb kua is northern minced-meat salad, drier and less minty than Isan larb. It fits a Chiang Rai table with sticky rice. Town Lanna rooms near the night bazaar is the named start. 80 to 140 THB.
Town Lanna rooms near the night bazaar, Night bazaar grid, Mueang Chiang Rai 57000
11:00 to 21:00 · 80 to 140 THB
Moo Ping หมูปิ้ง
Moo ping is grilled pork on a stick. It fits a Chiang Rai night-bazaar snack after 18:00. Chiang Rai Night Bazaar grills is the named start. 15 to 25 THB a stick.
Chiang Rai Night Bazaar grills, Phaholyothin Rd night bazaar, Mueang Chiang Rai 57000
18:00 to 22:30 · 15 to 25 THB a stick
Khao Niew ข้าวเหนียว
Khao niew is sticky rice in a bamboo basket. It is the utensil for sai ua, larb, and nam prik in Chiang Rai. Any night-bazaar grill is the named start. 10 to 22 THB a basket.
Any night-bazaar grill, Chiang Rai Night Bazaar, Mueang Chiang Rai 57000
With the grill · 10 to 22 THB a basket
Khanom Krok ขนมครก
Khanom krok is coconut pancake cups from a night-bazaar griddle. It fits a Chiang Rai dessert after the grill. Chiang Rai Night Bazaar dessert stalls is the named start. 20 to 40 THB a set.
Chiang Rai Night Bazaar dessert stalls, Phaholyothin Rd night bazaar, Mueang Chiang Rai 57000
18:00 to 22:30 · 20 to 40 THB a set
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- Khao soi here or in Chiang Mai?
- Both. Eat the town bowl you are standing in. Do not skip lunch for a temple snack.
- Night bazaar or sit-down Lanna?
- Bazaar for sausage. Sit-down for nam prik ong and larb kua.