The Annual Chiang Mai Thailand Food Festival, December 2013

   

     The 26th Annual Chiang Mai Thailand Food Festival was kicked off again this week. The location was outside of the Robinson's Central Department store, in a gigantic parking lot. All types of high quality local and regional Thai food was available.

     It is one spot not to miss if you are traveling through Thailand this winter.

Here is a very tasty steamed fish in curry,
nestled in a banana leaf as a bowl.
This is also environmentally friendly!

These are fish Maw balls.
Eaten with a sweet dipping sauce.

A nice guy selling his Pad Thai.
He was proud to be at the festival. You could tell.

Some of my favorites. Beautiful Andaman Sea Crabs, delicious Thai Scallops,
fresh large mussels, and grilled squid.  I ate some of the mussels, and they were good.
Cooked in a spicy sauce, directly over the fire.

Here are the fixings for fancy Thai Som Tam Salad

Here are the rest of the ingredients to put into Som Tam.
This is one of the most well liked fresh spicy salads in Thailand.

Grilled Breaded Fish!

Pai Walking Street Evening Market, Pai Thailand

     This past week Ploy and I visited Pai, a 200 kilometer drive north west from Chiang Mai.

     The road is nicknamed, "The Road of a Thousand Hair Pin Curves." The corners are one after another, and the ride is spectacularly treacherous and majestic at the same time. I know that most travelers tend to get on a yellow truck and sit in the back as it winds its way up and up and around.

Enjoy our photos of the trip and the Pai foodie experience.

 I will continue to label the pictures soon.


I am very tired from the long trip and the drive.

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Sunday Night Market, Walking Street, Chaing Mai, Thailand. I have been living in Chiang Mai for ten years.

What a nice Sunday evening it was. As usual, the weekly Sunday Night Walking Street was busy with vendors, tourists and locals, all looking for something special to buy. There is something for everyone, and for every taste. Even if it is just a nice long walk after dinner,  or for some people watching. There are people from all around the world. It is an international event, with emphasis on local Thai handicrafts and hand made artisan's work.

Spicy Rice soup.

Some tasty crab cakes,
stuffed back in the shell!

Sunday Night Walking Market is a must for everyone who comes to Chiang Mai.


You will get the feel for town and the gracious hospitality of the Northern Thai people.

This is a silver handicraft, which represents the foot of
The Buddha. A story is told by the pictures inscribed into its sole.

Here is a Thai Chedi,  the spire of a temple.

Small Naga trinkets, in both Gold and natural wood.

Different types of bugs and insects are readily available
for your collection.

Fish  balls, and Thai Style hot dogs.

Pad Thai for sale is only 50 Cents!

These beautiful bowl are made of Mango wood.  I have two of them at home.

Here is a Tuk Tuk (3 wheeled Taxi) made from Beer Chang Cans.

Street Food at the Chiang Mai Winter Orchid Festival

It is time for the Chiang Mai Thailand winter Orchid Festival once again. This is one of my very favorite events in Chiang Mai Thailand's busy year. The festival is exemplified by its parade and elaborately decorated floats.

 A portion of "the Moat is closed to traffic, where food vendors and flower merchants set up their stalls and tables. The food is delicious, and the flowers and shrubs for sale are very inexpensive.

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There were so many tamarinds for sale.

Delicious Waffles. I had one with Chocolate and banana.

Sweets, Waffles and fruits

Sunflower seeds to eat as you walked, or lager nuts to chew.

There was Pad Thai of every variety. Do you see the different types of noodles?

Loi Kratong Festival of Lanterns in Chiang Mai, Thailand 2012



Here are three different batches
 of Pad Thai. One heavily mixed with
Egg, while the others are more
noodle filled.


     This post will show you the food that was available at the 2012 Loi Kratong festival in Chiang Mai, Thailand, on the banks of the Ping River.

    All of the food available was street food, and all of it wasbeing sold for a very low cost, considering how amazingly tasty it all was.

Check out these pictures!

Stuffed Crab Cakes are one of my favorites.
For 50 cents each, they were fabulous!



Here are some crab claw Tofu snacks,
and some Fish Tofu



This is a special rice snack, which is mixed with sugar
 and some seasonings, and then slow cooked over the
fire inside a bamboo shaft. It is very common in the hills,
and is a popular treat of local country folk.



Here is a batch of large squid.

 

This is a piece of Sushi that I ordered.
It is a baby Octopus.
He was delicious!



A night out at a FOOD Fesitval in Chiang Mai Thailand



These shrimp are served RAW.
They come with garlic, tomato, basil
and some very hot dipping sauce.

  I went to the November Food festival in Chiang Mai, Thailand. Of course they had food beyond description, that is why I took these photos,  so that I could show you what was available.

The ingredients are always fresh, and most of the vendors make a sincere attempt to prepare their food to look good, and taste great.

I ate so much I could hardly move after leaving the festival.
Check out the rest of the pictures to see what you missed, and to plan your next trip to Thailand to taste the variety of Thai cuisine.




Fresh squid and octopus are a well liked side in Chiang Mai. Look at those squid!




There are some shish kabobs with chicken, pork, pineapples, peppers and tomatoes.
They are wonderful.  The Ducks at the bottom of the picture are pretty special.
I reccomend getting one!

 


I love the meat on sticks that are available all over
Thailand. Tasty, easy to eat and rewarding.
Plus the cost only 25 cents each!




Here are some Tab Tim Fish that are being rotisseried over some charcoal.