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Chiang Mai has its own robust, uncomplicated cuisine, which focuses on intensely flavored ingredients cooked in a minimum of oil and served with nam prik, a spicy dip of chilies and vegetables such as eggplant. Street food is pervasive. Just east of the Night Market, narrow Soi 1 between Charoenprathet and Changklan roads is renowned for vendors selling khao soy, a creamy curry soup with egg noodles. The lack of Bangkok-style traffic makes free-range grazing easier. A number of hotels have excellent kitchens, but you can also expect fine stand-alone restaurants specializing in Italian, French, German, and Middle Eastern food. Prime-time dining starts a little early, around 7 p.m., with smart-casual the recommended attire.
Tucked away on a quiet lane in the burbs about one and a half miles northeast of the old city, downhome Baanrai Yarmyen (the name means "country house at...more
Set in a sleek, glass-sided house that looks like it was lifted from an L.A. canyon, the former Indian consulate was reincarnated in 2004 as one of Chiang Mai's...more
In 2003, Danish-born businessman Hans Christensen rehabbed this prewar house a few hundred yards north of Thapae Gate into a swank dining room. The fusion and...more
Khao soy, a curry noodle soup served with meat and a range of condiments, is Chiang Mai's signature street food. For travelers who can't stomach the...more
The Mandarin Oriental has several of the city's most well-regarded food establishments, including Fujian (contemporary Chinese) and Farang Ses (French). But the...more
The view from the Four Seasons ' 70-seat Thai restaurant—think verdant rice paddies—is so stunning that you'll swear it's been Photoshopped. The...more
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