Nam Prik Noom appears as a signature dish in 1 Thailand cities. See each city's local variant and where to eat it.
Nam prik noom · Chiang Mai
A soft, smoky green-chilli dip of roasted long green chillies pounded with charred shallot, garlic and lime, eaten with sticky rice, crackling and steamed vegetables.
Nam prik is the backbone of the northern meal, a chilli relish eaten with sticky rice and vegetables rather than as a sauce. Nam prik noom uses mild long green chillies roasted over flame until the skins blister, then pounded with charred garlic and shallot, fish sauce and lime into a soft, smoky, spoonable paste. It is almost always served alongside nam prik ong, a tomato-and-pork red version, with a platter of steamed and raw vegetables, crisp pork crackling (khaep moo) and a basket of sticky rice. Together they define the shared, hands-on rhythm of a Lanna table.
Where to eat in Chiang Mai:
- Huen Phen
- Huen Muan Jai
- Tong Tem Toh