Northern Flavours Chiang Mai Food Tour with 15+ Tastings
Description
Calling all foodies. Want to discover what real Northern Thai cuisine is all about? Forget the tourist markets and hop onboard our daily small-group adventure limited to just 8 exclusive guests. Over 4 hours you'll ride around Chiang Mai in a classic rod daeng truck in search of the best hidden eats in the city from small hole-in-the-wall joints to bustling indoor food markets. While sampling over 15 different tastes of Northern Thai food, your guide will help you understand the region's flavors and the history which has impacted on its dishes. Get stuck into the best sai oua sausage in town, slurp on delicious 'nam ngiaw' noodles and gobble up refreshing tea and tamarind leaf salads not found anywhere else in Chiang Mai.
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Itinerary
Our feasting tour of 15+ tastings invites guests on a culinary experience around the Chiang Mai led by our team of professional foodie guides. Our award-winning tour has hosted over 2,000 foodie travellers in groups no bigger than 8 exclusive guests. Before we get started, our tour reflects the local cuisine and the limitations of street food vendors means we unfortunately cannot cater for every dietary restriction. Here's an honest appraisal for the tour so no-one is disappointed ✘ Unsuitable for vegetarians, pescatarians and no-pork diets ✘ Unsuitable for shellfish, peanut and severe allergies. ✘ Unsuitable for severe gluten intolerances, there are traces of gluten in soy sauce. ✔ Suitable for lactose intolerances. ✔ Suitable for no beef diets. If you are feeling adventurous for a foodie journey, read on!
Don’t follow the herd. Forget green curry and pad Thai, that's central Thai fare. Hop on board our private songthaew truck for four hours of feasting. Hit up the street eats and fresh markets across the city gorging on 15+ Northern Thai tastings. Many are unaware that this used to be the Lanna Kingdom well before it was part of Thailand and its food influences come from neighbouring Myanmar, China and beyond. We don't want to spoil the surprise, but some drool-worthy highlights include the zingy nam ngiaw noodles, the meaty larb salads, the sizzling lemongrass sai oua sausages and piquant nam prik relishes among many more lip-smackingly good tastings at places you'd struggle to find alone.
The tour concludes at the local Wararot Market along the Ping River. Enjoy local hospitality and meet new friends along the way. End the tour armed with the knowledge you'll need to continue eating street food across Thailand.
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Important Information
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Service animals allowed
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- This tour isn't suitable for vegetarians, pescatarians or no pork diets due to street vendors' limited menus. Other dietary restrictions may require some dishes to be missed
- Operates in all weather conditions, please dress appropriately and bring an umbrella in rainy season
- Children must be accompanied by an adult. Infant meals not included
- The tour isn't suitable for shellfish, peanut or severe allergies due to the nature of street food. Other allergies may require some dishes to be missed
Reviews(586)
This is a brilliant tour, and the small group size makes it very personal. Moui was our guide and she was full of information and interesting facts. You hop around in the Rot Daeng to 5 or 6 stops and at each one try something different. You need to skip lunch and come hungry! You try loads of food you wouldn’t ever think of if you weren’t introduced to it by an expert - it might surprise you but no Khao Soi on this tour - it’s all more adventurous and interesting than that (and i love Khao Soi, but this takes it up a level)! Highly recommend it. Only regret is leaving the next day and not having chance to revisit some of the places we went.
We were a little disappointed with the tasting tour offered; indeed, there were few flavorful dishes and specific fruits. All that for a price that is quite high for Thailand We do not recommend this food tour.
We visited six different places: a big restaurant, a couple of mom n' pop style ones, two stalls, and a market. You get to sample various dishes of pork, chicken, water buffalo, vegan dishes, local fruit, and market snacks. We personally had only four people total in our group so it was smooth, small, and intimate.
We had a great time, far more food than we could eat but we were able to take the extras back with us. Our tour guide was kind and knowledgeable.
Great experience! Tried a ton of unique types of food.. ate so much we were incredibly full.. come hungry!
Aim was an amazing guide and took us to many places where we tried many different dishes. Aim has an extensive knowledge of local history and food. We learned so much. Highly recommended
I went on this trip, having been to Chiang Mai once before but not exploring the food too much, other than the touristy Khao Soi etc. This food tour, explores many lesser known dishes and snacks which local Thais eat and also invites you to try food from Myanmar, northeastern and central Thai cuisine and more. My tour guide Muy was incredibly passionate and very knowledgeable about all of the dishes and the history behind them. I would absolutely recommend this to anyone wanting to get a deeper understanding of Thai food culture!
Moui was an awesome guide, and introduced us to some very unique and delicious food. We would recommend this tour to everyone, especially if you already tried Thai food in Bangkok because the northern food is so different. We loved it!
Muai was lovely, super knowledgeable about Northern Thai cuisine and the different influences from Burma and China and how the food in the north is different to the south. I wasn't overly thrilled to find out that some dishes had blood or bile in them until after I'd eaten them, that made me feel a bit duped, but the dishes were relatively tasty. Didn't love being presented with a plate of crickets!!! Hahahaha, but overall a very good tour
Aim was a really knowledgeable guide who didnt just know about the food but also wider history. She is clearly also passionate about the subject which comes through naturally. The food tour was incredible and more than what we hope for.
