Thai Food

You see chicken being barbecued along the road all over the city, perfect served with sticky rice

I cant get enough of sticky rice ( khao niow) it goes with all Thai food.

Sai Ua or Chiang Mai Sausage is made with minced pork, herbs, spices and Thai Red Chili Paste and is normally sold ready cooked, grilled over a charcoal at most markets around Chiang Mai, great with my sticky rice.

On a visit to to Sukhothai we had these amazing noodles.

Moo ga ta which means pork in a pan is really popular in Thailand, basically you are brought a charcoal stove with a hot plate on top. This has a trough around it full of water. This is for boiling your vegetables and seafood. While this is heating up you can go and choose from a selection of meat and vegetables. It is a buffet so you can keep coming back as many times as you like.

Nua ded diow is deep fried beef served with chilli sauce, we usually eat it as an appetizer.

Tom Kha Gai chicken galangal soup is a spicy soup served (proper Thai style) in a hot pot.

I love this dish and always order it when its on the menu, basically it consists of nam prik ong ( crushed tomatoes, minces pork and red curry paste) sour sausages, deep fried sausages, northern style sausage, steam vegetables, peanuts and pork crackling all of which you dip into the nam prik ong.

Not really Thai I know, but they sell these deliciously fresh rolls at most of the food courts in the shopping malls around Chiang Mai and they are really yummy, they are served with a spicy dips

Rumchok market near our house in Sansai, has a great market that sells all sorts of yummy Thai food, from curry based dishes to spicy salads to bbq fish.

I love rice noodle soup ( goew tiew nam dok nua) I think thats the correct translation to Thai. You can get this dish at many noodle shops around the city I like the little noodle shop just off Ratchadamnoen Road, behind Giresole Italian Restaurant.

Bpor bia gung ( deep fried minced shrimp, with pork and coriander) Its usually sold as an appetizer and tastes great!

Spicy Shrimp Salad with Mango

The Blue Diamond

The Blue Diamond on Soi 9 just of Moon Muang Road  (Chiang Mai )serves a great selection Thai/western/vegetarian food in a lovely little garden. I usually go here for breakfast or lunch but it is also open for dinner. If you have a sweet tooth it has a big selection of cakes and desserts and they have a health food shop that sells everything from muesli, herbs, teas, seed bread to fresh avocado pears.

Prices are reasonable and although its main emphasis is on healthy food they also have plenty of unhealthy options. The Thai food isn’t really authentic, more tourist style, but the western and vegetarian options are spot on!

Map/Directions to Blue Diamond