Tuesday, February 28, 2017

Lunch in Chiang Mai

Woo Gallery, part art and part a great restaurant. I had a rice salad with about 17 different vegetables and spices that you mix in. Coconut seeds, chillies, green papaya, cucumber, ginger flower, kaffir lime leaves, young lemongrass, dried shrimp powder,  dry toasted coconut. And lots more - tossed together as you wish with a special dressing sauce and rice (the blue and red stuff in the bowl). So fresh and flavorful!  John had chicken with Chiang Mai coconut curry noodles (Kao Soi Gai).

Chiang Mai is known for this curry noodle dish, and for a sausage called Sai ua. It's pork sausage with lemongrass, kaffir lime leaves and other spices.  We shall seek it out tomorrow at a food stall in the Chinese market area, as I am not sure we can consume more food today and it's barely 2:30 in the afternoon.

Budget travelers, rejoice. All this was at an "expensive" trendy place and this huge beautifully presented meal including 1 beer and 1 glass of wine cost $26.

Wait for the post on our hotel. Lovely and great value.














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