第一次去清邁,真的不知道有什麼好食的, 就瘋狂的上網及IG 上找些美美的餐廳。
剛好, 在找SPA按摩的時候看到這間店原來是跟一間SPA 連在一起的,
按摩店叫-Cheeva Spa, 也是一間很不錯體驗的spa。
這間連住的咖啡廳叫-Glin Café,
整個建築物由外面看就是一個白色乾淨的感覺, 進到門口就會看到一間韓系文青風格的小店, 感覺很舒服。
我們星期天1點多到就沒有太多人, 可能是位置較為遠吧, 但3點就開始很多人到這來打卡拍照。

店裡食物種類不多, 只有幾款蛋糕餅乾, 但很好吃。
拉花也是很不錯的, 在這裡坐上3個小時是絕對沒有問題的。
我地4個人, 每人都點了一杯咖啡跟一款甜品, 總共也很便宜, 大概也是7百多泰幣而已。

來這裡的話記得要到隔壁做spa, 3點多到這裡坐一下, 5點多去旁邊做spa , 就是輕鬆一整天了, 想起也很舒服。

整間店,連外面的座位也是很舒服, 拍照一絕。

如果這裡多人, 附近也有3-4間咖啡廳, 看外表也是不錯的。

呢間本身唔係我行程既計劃到,
係到左清邁同朋友講開行程, 佢地推介左呢間俾我地, 去完呢間仲可以去埋隔離既藝術村行。
呢間Café 係偏遠D, 所以一定要搭Grab 去。
去到真係嘩左一聲, 因為真係好大, 仲要有個好大既湖係中間。去到好多打卡位, 沿住湖都放左好多位,
咁我地揀左湖中心既位置, 都真係好Chill,
不過大家記得早D去, 我地10點半到就唔多人, 仲可以慢慢影相, hea 下。
一到11:30後, 就開始好多人, 影相就要慢慢等。

呢度食既都係普通Café 野, 但係都真係好好食。
最重要係平。
Americano Yuzu Honey B$120
Hot Latte B$80
Earl Grey Latte B$119
Chocolate Danish B$75
Almond Croissant B$210
Yogurt Parfait B$129
咁樣叫完就係$165港幣, 不得了
記得要上去影相。

11:45開始就會有駐場歌手唱歌, 好好聽。

Today was the day! I set my alarm, headed out to hunt it down in the small soi baked on with sweltering heat. I grabbed a table (unfortunately had to share, it was packed), wrote down my order and sucked down on my ice cold coke to try regain some temperature balance within.

Bowl arrived. You knew it was going to be good. Slightly thinner "curry", but packed with flavour. Incredibly tender beef that still kept its texture, great noodles, good crispy noodles, and a bloody hot chilli sauce to pour on if the broth was too tame.

Definitely worth tracking down since it's a little outside the main drag, but this bowl is up there, but just didn't have the depth to knock the best one off it's throne.

As the Aussies would say: Yeah, Nah!

I wound up in yet another Grab taxi hurtling my way to the night market to try this Khao Soi place that always creeps onto top 10 lists in Chiang Mai. My driver was confused as to why it was called Islam? I didn't have an answer for him other than the owners were probably muslim (they were). He added that the world is going to hell because of the Chinese building hotels and casinos everywhere and putting locals out of work, I gently nodded.. hungry. 

The spot was in a small soi, a giant place with a rather unnassuming facade, I wandered in, found a vantage point as far away from people as possible and ordered "Khao Soi Gai".

Within 2 minutes flat the food came. Worryingly fast. It wasn't hot, the chicken was tough, the noodles were cut into small pieces like kids spaghetti, the "crispy" noodles became mushy after 10 seconds, the curry soup was thin and uninspiring and doused with soy sauce so much that it overpowered everything else.

I left most of the bowl, paid, smiled and vowed to tick that one off the list and never return.

First things first. Wake up after a short and uneventful flight from Bangkok, head out into the blistering heat, walk 3 blocks and stand in line to eat what is reputed to be Chiang Mai's best Khao Soi. The line took about 10 minutes to dissipate, but the food took at least 30 minutes to come. Hungry revellers sitting anxiously twiddling thumbs around the table in expectation anxiety. 
Our group were all slightly worse for wear and therefore needed the healing broth even more. It finally arrived, 4 steaming bowls of Khao Soi with the cripsy noodles layered atop. I dove in. This was already the best bowl I had eaten in my life. The next 15 minutes passed in slurping heaven, perfect noodles, moist chicken, crunchy noodles, mustard greens, red onion and specks of life-giving coriander all came together in a majestic symphony of flavours.

4 bowls left behind, scraped to the bone for the soup. Absolutely stunning, nothing can beat this? Surely?

Samerjai had featured on a lot of "Best Khao Soi" lists, been recommended by my Thai friend Amit, and also been highly recommended by another couple of "food-forward" people. I was starting to like sitting in the back of Grab taxis. The drivers barely talk to you, the cars are generally clean and the AC has been blasting all day. You can just gaze out the tinted windows and suffocate on life's emptiness for a brief spell.

Another out-of-the-way spot, housed in a huge canteen style building with rows of food stalls. The Khao Soi stand was right at the front, which is why the punters come here. I was served mightly quickly, but the food was steaming hot so that's always a plus. First look, I kinda knew where this was headed. It would taste good, but it would be too rich/creamy for me. Spot on.

The noodles were a solid bunch, the chicken was nice and flavoursome, the crunchy noodles on top were unsatisfactorily "sweet", and the broth had far too much coconut cream (or condensed milk) in it to deliver a deep punch. The flavours were all washed out in this creamy-sweet overload which did not abate when mounds of chilli paste were added.

I can see why people like this Khao Soi, the flavours were good but the over-riding flavour was sugar and coconut-cream. 


Bangkok Crowd will love this due to their sweet tooth

As most people, at some point I get serious burger cravings, and generally find it difficult to find a good spot in Asia. Beast Burger was recommended by a couple of friends, and reviews online seemed solid. I headed out there, ordered the regular "Beast". The service was exceptional, friendly and super fast. The locale was spotless and they had a great rooftop to escape the crowded downstairs if you, like me, are a people-avoider when food is in question. 
The burger was top notch. Excellent meat, fantastic bun, great fries, literally everything you could ask for in a burger, brimming with juiciness and flavour. I would go back in a heartbeat if the cravings returned.

Another day, another adventure. This time the rain was a sheet of impenetrable glass, so I was forced to use a Grab taxi to seek out yet another Ramen place that lay untested and untried. I had read a lot of good feedback online, and it was highly rated despite its bizarre location (word of mouth rules). 
The Grab driver had no idea where it was and the address didn't show up so I had to get off a couple blocks away and walk. Approaching the tiny soi where the place was stood an old lady who just looked at me and shouted "RAMEN?" and pointed. I walked in, was told I had to wait since it was packed (good sign), shown my ordering sheet, perused the menu, went for a spicy Tonkotsu to ward off the chills, and sat back waiting until a spot at the counter opened.

Within 10 minutes I was seated between 2 strangers (the fear started), my heart trembling at the thought of raising the spoon to my mouth and having the contents shake off in utter nerves. The bowl came, the chef spoke to me shortly asking "How the heck did you find this place?". He was Thai but had just left a head-chef position in New York to open a Ramen spot in his hometown. "This place desperately needs good ramen, they have everything else except that, and I hope I've created that now". I spooned in my first mouthful of broth. Excellent. The menma was on the sweet side but crunchy and good, the egg was perfectly marinated and cooked, the noodles totally decent but not amazing. The only thing that let it down slightly was the Chashu. It was quite firm and toothsome, which I can definitely forgive when the rest of the bowl tasted as it did.

I actually managed to clear the whole thing, paid, tipped, complimented the chef and headed off in the rain to order another cab back home to wait it out until calm was restored.

They offered the free orange tea The menu have English Chinese and Thai Today I order the All about mango ฿1️⃣3️⃣9️⃣🥭 mango mango and mango! Mango pudding 😏 Mango sticky rice ❤️❤️😋 It’s not too much .its enough for the girls Mango ice cream Creamy and taste like so real highly recommended

呢間上網睇見Ristr8to都幾多介紹 所以今次搵左係巷子裡的呢間Ristr8to Lab 入到黎都幾乎全場滿座💜 入到黎搵位坐 之後佢地會比menu 佢地都拎左幾多獎 佢地既拉花好出名 佢地Menu都好有型 係用💀 💜Satan latte ฿9️⃣8️⃣ 沒錯 是小松鼠 我選的這杯拿鐵濃縮咖啡與奶泡的比例不錯 喝下去不會太濃，但價錢於同區而言稍貴 睇見隔離台點左個咖啡係用💀玻璃瓶 P.S. 來一次試試看就好，如果要找地方工作的話，這邊有點太吵了，因為太多人慕名而來。變相空間感少了

Highly recommended!! good quality coffee here Only ฿5️⃣0️⃣ 他們標榜著฿5️⃣0️⃣/Cup quality and fair 裡面的設計就是非常簡約 都以白色為主 進來後看一看menu 確實拿鐵熱的冰的都只賣฿5️⃣0️⃣ 實在是良心價錢 點了一杯Hot latte ฿5️⃣0️⃣ 咖啡偏花香偏甜 跟奶泡比例特別好 喜歡的可以在這裡待上一個下午 也有插座可以工作 他們家還有賣一些小蛋糕 小小的 價錢也不貴 吃起來身體及錢包負荷不會重❤️

เพื่อนแนะนำให้ลองไปทานเพราะเป็นร้านประจำของเพื่อน ส่วนตัวไม่ทานอาหารมัง แต่ได้ลองทานที่นี่แล้วอร่อยมากค่ะ แนะนำถุงเงิน สโมซ่าห่อหมกในมะพร้าว เบอร์เกอร์เห็ด พาสต้าเพรสโต้ค่ะ เครื่องดื่มมีน้ำผักผลไม้ไม่ผสมน้ำตาลเลยถูกใจมาก จะกลับไปทานอีกแน่นอนค่ะ

ร้านเล็กๆ น่ารักๆ ซึ่งไม่คิดว่าจะมีอยู่ที่ อ.พร้าว จ.เชียงใหม่ 🌿 เนื่องจากพร้าว เป็นอำเภอที่ค่อนข้างห่างไกลจากตัวจังหวัดเชียงใหม่อยู่พอสมควร ถ้าใครหากเกิดได้มาเที่ยว อ.พร้าว ก็ลองแวะมาเที่ยวร้านนี้ดูนะคะ เราก็ขับมาตาม GPS ก็จะดูว่าไกล และไม่คิดว่าจะมีร้านอยู่แถวๆนั้นเลย บรรยากาศการขับรถกลางทุ่งนา เข้าหมู่บ้านเข้าไปลึกๆ แต่จริงๆ มันพาอ้อม แต่ไปถึงหน้าวัด ป้ายมันชี้กลับด้าน วนไป วนมา นิดหน่อยกว่าจะเจอร้าน (เนื่องจากเราเป็นคนต่างถิ่น แต่ดูในเพจแล้วน่าไป เลยเลือกที่จะไปดู)
ร้านก็อารมณ์น่ารักๆหน่อย กระจุ๋มกระจิ๋มบรรยากาศนั่งสบายๆ มีหลากหลายมุมให้นั่งเล่น บรรยากาศดี เงียบสงบ สะอาดสะอ้าน ราคาก็ไม่แพงเลย เค้กก็อร่อย ถ้าสั่งเป็นบอร์นก็ราคา 250 บาทขึ้นไป มีหลายขนาด หลายแบบ  รสชาติของชาก็อร่อย ใช้ได้ อย่างเช่นเดิม ราคาก็ไม่แพง ทางร้านยังมีทั้งอาหาร ขนม และเมนูอื่นๆอีกเยอะแยะเลย

โดยรวมแล้วบรรยกาศก็ร่มรื่น เย็นสบาย ๆ เหมือนเข้าไปสัมผัสกับธรรมชาติอย่างใกล้ชิด คือ มันดีอะ




เรื่องที่ไม่ปลื้มคือเรื่องห้องน้ำ ถ้าปรับปรุงอีกนิดนี้จะดีสุดๆไปเลย (อาจจะเป็นเพราะร้านพึ่งทำใหม่ รอสักพักคงเข้าที่เข้าทาง) โดยรวมแล้วก็ประทับใจในร้านพอสมควร เจ้าของร้านน่ารัก ^^

อาหาร ดี อร่อย ได้สุขภาพดี้ดี ราคาเหมาะสม บริการดี เจ้าของร้านน่ารัก เหมาะกับการมาทานกับครอบครัว เพราะอบอุ่นแบบครอบครัว

It’s my second time to Chiang Mai this year (2019), because the city is that good for a short and relaxing holiday! 🤩 We’ve returned to our favourite local restaurant in Maya, a shopping mall which we spent a lot of time (although waiting time for the food is of the usual thai-pace, which can be slightly longer, so make sure you are not super rushed for the next destination when you go) ❤️❤️❤️ We’ve been having local thai food almost every meal, and even so, our group of friends vote this restaurant as our favourite in Maya. The taste is really excellent, most importantly, it is really cheap in price!! We order a table full of appetisers, fresh young coconut, stir fries and appetisers, it ONLY cost around HK60-80.... it’s at least 1/4 of the price of what it would cost you in Hong Kong. THE best tom yum with lots and lots of shrimps to share! The tanginess is made to perfection, herbs and spices very aromatic and rich in flavour! Our favourite! This “Northern Thailand Appetiser” serves the specialties of northern Thai cuisine, such as the crispy pork skin (which was so well made - crispy and not oily) and meat sausages in the jalapeño sauce, which is made of mashed up cooked chillies, we re-ordered this time round too! Aww.. I’m holding back my saliva even just thinking about these original no fuss deep fried chicken wings. They are thoroughly marinated, so the taste is really good..although I cannot exactly tell whether it was just marinated in shrimp paste. It is super juicy, and somehow this dish just came to our top list as our re-order item 🤩 Stir fried flat noodle in soy sauce - a staple in thai cuisine, flavourful and has the “wok hei” (鑊氣) , as we asians describe when a dish has a smokey/ steamy-ness when a dish is well stir fried! Once again, this morning glory stir fry, a staple in Thai cuisine, was very aromatic as it was stir fried in salty shrimp paste, which is a strong savoury paste that offers a very strong flavour to elevate any ingredients. Excellent slightly crunchy texture of the sprouts and mushrooms, stir fried with some soy sauce, flavour was very mild, light yet tasty. I’m looking forward to coming back in my next holiday!