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Chiang Mai food weekend: khao soi, markets and Nimman coffee ★ 4.6

First-time visitor, two days2 days

A two-day loop through the dishes Chiang Mai is built on: a market breakfast, the city's best khao soi, Nimman's champion coffee bars and a Lanna dinner.

  1. Day 1: Saturday: Old City markets, khao soi and a Lanna dinner

    Morning
    Start at Warorot Market when it is busy, grazing sai ua sausage, pork crackling and fresh fruit, then coffee at Akha Ama's Phra Singh bar.
    Afternoon
    Cross to Khao Soi Khun Yai for the city's benchmark coconut-curry noodles, then walk the Old City temples to work it off.
    Evening
    Dinner at Huen Phen for a full northern spread of nam prik, gaeng hang lay and sticky rice in its antique-crammed dining room.

  2. Day 2: Sunday: bakery breakfast, Nimman coffee and the walking street

    Morning
    Breakfast on croissants at Nana Bakery, then a serious flat white at Ristr8to on the Nimman coffee strip.
    Afternoon
    Lunch on herb sausage and chili dips at Tong Tem Toh, then browse One Nimman before an afternoon cake at Cheevit Cheeva.
    Evening
    Graze the Sunday Walking Street food courts along Ratchadamnoen, finishing with a cocktail at hidden Forbidden Bar.

One day of Lanna classics ★ 4.3

Short stay, one day1 day

A single focused day of northern Thai eating, from a market breakfast through a Bib Gourmand khao soi lunch to a riverside Lanna dinner with live music.

  1. Day 1: Market to river: the north on one plate at a time

    Morning
    Breakfast of guay jub and fresh fruit around Warorot Market, then a highland coffee at Doi Chaang nearby.
    Afternoon
    Lunch at Bib Gourmand Huen Muan Jai for gaeng hang lay, sai ua and nam prik in its garden pavilions.
    Evening
    Dinner beside the Ping at Huan Soontaree, where the owner sings Lanna folk songs between courses of northern food.
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