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Chiang Mai Food Tour: Taste 15+ Northern Thai Dishes
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47 Ratings
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Embark on a mouthwatering food tour in Chiang Mai’s Lanna Kingdom. Discover the rich flavors of Northern Thai cuisine with over 15 delectable tastings and expert guidance.
Embark on a mouthwatering food tour in Chiang Mai’s Lanna Kingdom. Discover the rich flavors of Northern Thai cuisine with over 15 delectable tastings and expert guidance.
Duration:
4 hours
Cancellation:
24 hours
Highlights
- Chiang Mai - 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…
- Chiang Mai - 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!
What's Included
- Professional foodie guides
- Private songtheaw truck transportation
- 4-hour street and market food tour
- Bottled water and local soft drinks
- 15+ food tastings
- Tripadvisor Badge of Excellence
- Small group experience (max 8 guests)
- Professional foodie guides
- Private songtheaw truck transportation
- 4-hour street and market food tour
- Bottled water and local soft drinks
- 15+ food tastings
- Tripadvisor Badge of Excellence
- Small group experience (max 8 guests)
What's Not Included
- Alcoholic drinks excluded
- Pick up and drop off from your hotel excluded
- Alcoholic drinks excluded
- Pick up and drop off from your hotel excluded
Additional Information
The vast array of edibles and meals in Northern Thai food can be overwhelming, especially with the added difficulty of language differences. This is why many foreigners often resort to ordering pad Thai at tourist-friendly spots.\n\nHowever, there’s no need to worry. This culinary journey will feature over 15 distinct dishes, munchies, and beverages,…
The vast array of edibles and meals in Northern Thai food can be overwhelming, especially with the added difficulty of language differences. This is why many foreigners often resort to ordering pad Thai at tourist-friendly spots.\n\nHowever, there’s no need to worry. This culinary journey will feature over 15 distinct dishes, munchies, and beverages, providing a genuine insight into the local fare. An experienced and certified gastronomic tour guide will be with you every step of the way to enhance your culinary adventure.
- 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
Location
Wat Lok Moli
Manee Nopparat Road
Meet your guide at Wat Lok Moli temple located along the northern part of Chiang Mai's central moat close to most hotels. Walk into the ground's entrance and you will find your guide waiting with A Chef's Tour t-shirt.
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
5.0
(47 Ratings)
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Hapahaolegirl
Sep 29, 2024
Do it! - This was a very interesting and informative tour! We had already been to several restaurants and markets before taking this tour, but learning the history and the outside influences on Thai culture and food really enriched our understanding.
Moui was a great Chef’s Tour guide. She was well- versed and very gracious. We really enjoyed her teaching us about Northern Thai cooking.
The market she took us to was fantastic! A must-see cacophony of sights and sounds. My friend had been to Chiang Mai twice before and had never been to this local’s market.
We highly recommend taking this tour and Moui as a guide.
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Bears-and-bronus
Sep 12, 2024
Next level - I have done a couple of A Chef’s Tours and this one was especially good.
The food was amazing, the guide was great and they go ahead with the tour even if there’s only one person on it that particular day/lunchtime.
I had a wonderful tour with Moui.
Highly recommend!
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Tara_l
Aug 21, 2024
A treat for foodies - Amazing tour with Mooai. It felt like we were part of a travel food program. Mooai was so friendly and enthusiastic and we went in the private red truck to 6 different venues to try their speciality. There is no way we could have tried food like this without this tour. For us highlights were larb and tom saap and the roasted meats with dipping sauce. My son loved the roasted pork belly and chicken and daughter’s favourites were tea leaf salad and khao soi. Can’t recommend enough.
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Victoria_w
Aug 18, 2024
Wild - Simply the best - full of knowledge, insider knowledge- took us to such authentic and yummy places - chicken blood soup was the only off putting part but everything else was delicious
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Victoriadm7523dc
Aug 7, 2024
The Authentic Chiang Mai Food Tour! - Amazing food tour - really well planned and executed. Some really delicious and unusual dishes. We were so full by the end!
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Gdcytokine
Jul 20, 2024
Excellent food tour - Our guide Moui was very friendly helpful and knowledgeable. She introduced us to so many wonderful and interesting food. Our favourite the was the larb salad with minced raw buffalo meat !
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392annmariem
Jun 25, 2024
DO THIS ONE! It is amazing - A wonderful experience! I was disappointed we didn't get into the "other" popular Northern tour, but I was so glad in the end!
We tried an amazing array of traditional Northern Thai dishes. My favourite was the Kho soi ( such a rich broth and tender beef). We had up to 20 dishes! 2 I didn't like, but it was good to try!: Kham Nomjeen man Ngeow ( rice noodles with pork balls and ribs with chicken blood) or the water buffalo salad ( with offal). The vegan Shan (North Burmese) Tea leaf spicy salad was surprising and another favourite! We ended our tour having a picnic at the Tha-Nin Market which was lovely and clean and offered us many desserts and fruit to try.
Moui was an amazing host. Excellent English, and wanting to share so much with us! Our driver took us from place to place, so we were not constrained to a small area.
I highly recommend this tour!
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Sightseer33692910174
Jun 3, 2024
Wow! - Ok, so this blew my expectations out the window. What a tour!
Overall it was amazing and such good value, but there were a few things that really stood out for me.
First of all: The combination of interesting and tasty. While the tour helped to show and explain so much about the cultural and ethnic diversity of Northern Thailand, most of the dishes were simply ridiculously tasty! A nod to Anthony Bourdain to start us off, some local dishes that I would have struggled to come across or order without any guidance (buffalo laarb, I’m looking at you!), the amazing tea leaf salad in a Shan neighbourhood, and yes… I thought I had eaten amazing crispy pork belly before but this was by far the best I’ve ever tasted! So many more bites and sweet treats to mention but yes, taste buds were overjoyed.
Secondly: The diversity of food (and areas) was refreshing. From spicy to sweet, from complex to simple perfection, from easy approachable to challenging (yup, some fun curve balls haha)… I enjoyed that the guide showed such a broad palette of Thailand’s food heritage and took us to neighbourhoods and markets I probably never would have discovered during my stay in Chiang Mai. It left me with the feeling of having seen a bit of the real Chiang Mai.
Thirdly: Enjoyable! Even though we tasted so much food and visited many different places, it never felt rushed or repetitious. I find that tours can sometimes feel a bit unnatural at times, or a bit too scripted so to say, but this was smooth as silk..... We had time to enjoy every stop with food and conversations and our guide would expand on any question and provide so much in-depth knowledge. Simply four hours of pure enjoyment!
My strongest recommendation for anyone who want to get to know Northern Thailand a bit more. Or if you just love good food.
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Robyn
May 14, 2024
Best food tour ever - Maui our guide was friendly and approachable right from the start.
There was an extensive range of food with detailed explanations from Moui. She explained some of the local history and could answer all our questions.
We did this our first day in Chiang Mai and the tour gave us a good perspective of what to eat and where as well as the general layout of the city.
We did the morning tour and enjoyed every bite. There was more than enough food.
We certainly recommend this to others.
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474lynp
May 12, 2024
A Foodies delight - Our guide was very informative and the food absolutely delicious. I would recommend this tour to all foodies, the variety and amount is next level.
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