Authentic Northern Thai Food in CHIANG MAI

Video Transcript

Bear with me now this place is called “Tong Tem Toh” (ต๋องเต็มโต๊ะ) is that right?

don’t don’t listen to how I pronounce these things just click the map icon and bring yourself here while I’m talking I’ll show you a little bit of the inside but this place is an institution of Northern Thai food it’s very famous in fact we’re currently waiting in line and it’s only about 5:30 p.m we came early to beat the rush but we couldn’t beat the rush it’s Friday night so a ton of people up here from Bangkok as you can see this place is Ram jammed full of mostly Thai customers which is always a very good sign so let’s go in we’ll see what’s on the menu I’ll show you what we order tonight and uh we’ll tell you how it tastes and at the end of the video if I remember I’ll come out and tell you how much it cost.

all right we’ve been seated in the upper level up here this place is massive it’s got two floors and we have our little Northern Thai feast and we’re going to start with a young Tamarind Leaf salad and then we have the classic here some pork Cracklin this is a northern Thai staple you see it everywhere in Chiang Mai and this grilled pork goes so good with this chili sauce here and then is sticky rice that all goes together so good and then we have this Northern Thai green chili sauce here and this you can dip the crackling in just dip this crackling right in there and uh get a nice taste of that let’s just see here

a northern Thai Beast we’re gonna enjoy it! okay 275 Baht so that was about eight dollars it’s still packed inside and look at this look at the lineup outside so uh this is a place that you’re going to want to come to you’re going to want to get here early oh let’s not get hit but there it is behind me it’s cheap it’s delicious and my mouth’s still burning from the green chili paste but uh that is that that’s Northern Thailand flavors punching you in the face come and check it out!!

Additional Information

Bangkok, Thailand has some of the most epic shopping anywhere on earth. Many of these massive mall complexes would put their counterparts in Europe or North America to shame. The Holy Grail of Bangkok shopping is IconSiam. This is a newly built architectural masterpiece located right on the east side of the Chao Praya river across from central Bangkok. It has anything and everything that you could think of. Whether you’re looking to purchase something from a luxury brand like Gucci, Chanel, Fendi, Rolex, etc. or simply want a basic Tee from Uniqlo, this place has it all. You can even buy a Ferrari right in the mall if you’re looking to spend some serious coin. There’s also an epic food court on the ground level of IconSiam which features all sorts of tasty Thai treats that you can get at street food prices. One thing that’s actually quite common across many Bangkok shopping centres is to have at least one or two food courts that act more like Thai markets than they do a typical eating area. The food in these areas are both tasty and cheap. The reason that these exist is because the developers or owners of these massive shopping complexes want to drive as much foot traffic as possible inside of their real estate. So, they give significant rent breaks to the vendors that would normally have to compete for space in an outdoor market. What ends up happening is that residents find a specific vendor or restaurant that they like, and make it a weekly routine to go and enjoy some food from that specific location, inside of whatever mall it exists in. The food courts inside of these malls actually become attractions on their own, resulting in more foot traffic inside of the mall.