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(597)
Moui was our amazing guide. She shared tons of information along the way. Historical, culinary and fun facts! She always had something fascinating to tell us. We had so many amazing food tastings that we had to skip the last two stops and go right to dessert! Everyone was full to bursting! It was a good problem to have. We had a nice red taxi bus to take us between all the stops. It was raining but we didn’t really get wet. Overall we loved this tour and would even do it again if they had a second different option. We do food tours in every country. This was great!
Cannot recommend enough- a wonderful evening we will remember for a long time! Local food, local people, local history… we tried food I would walk past in the market and while some of it was a little more unusual it was all amazing and everyone had a ball. So nice to get out of the tourist spots and understand just how passionate people are here about food and how it is integral to identity. Thank you for an absolute highlight!
We had a wonderful time on the food tour! Learnt so much about the cuisines of Northern Thailand and their origins. Moui was friendly and increibly knowledgeable!! Definitely recommend!
Really a great tour, learned a lot and enjoyed local food that I would never have encountered otherwise. Our guide was super sweet, told with passion and spoke super good English. Definitely recommended!
Moui was an excellent guide! She was incredibly knowledgeable about the food, the local culture, and the history of the region, which made the experience even more enjoyable. She went above and beyond to make sure everyone was satisfied at every stop, always offering additional food if anyone wanted more. The food throughout the tour was outstanding. We visited six different locations and sampled more than 15–20 different dishes, giving us a fantastic taste of authentic Northern Thai cuisine. Come hungry—you definitely won’t leave this tour hungry! I highly recommend this experience, especially if you’re looking for a fun, delicious, and informative way to explore Chiang Mai.
What an awesome and fantastic experience. I cannot recommend this tour enough. We got to experience local eateries that I may never have experienced. It was an awesome taste bud sensation with lots of flavours and different types of food to experience. Our guide, Moui was brilliant and gave us some history note food and the region. Thank you for the adventure.
Great experience all around but in terms of quantity it felt a bit short for me vs the price charged, compared to some other food tour with the same company, especially when you know the price of street food in Thailand. Our guide was very kind and shared lots of interesting knowledge with us.
This was a great tour! The food was delicious and our tour guide, Aim, was amazing. Highly recommend if you are looking to expand your palate and eat at local spots.
A fantastic evening with lots of tastings and a culinary tour of Northern Thai food. As well as a deep dive into spices and flavour profiles, the tour gives you a food history of Thailand. So many delicious items to taste and such a knowledgeable tour guide, this is one of the best food tours I’ve ever done. Totally recommended!!
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.
