Took a flight via Scoot from SG to CNX but unfortunately our flight got delayed and we arrived at Chiang Mai pretty late after 2 hours delay.
Took a van taxi from Chiangmai International Airport for 300 baht to downtown Ninman. Went to one of those counters at the airport, enquired the price from the staff and once agreed, she passed us a piece of paper with the details of our taxi van. Waited for about 10 minutes or so, and the driver came to get us. We were only 4 pax but we have about 5 medium and 3 cabin sized luggages to transport.
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| hotel lobby |
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| Chiangmai beer |
We realized the proximity of the airport and the hotel once we arrived at Nimman. The check-in was smooth and staff informed that our rooms were upgraded as it was booked using Accorplus Gold. Yay!
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| Deluxe Room |
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| minibar |
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| complimentary snacks |
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| shower |
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| housebrand coffee |
The room was spacious and clean. However, it is probably not suitable for platonic friends as the toilet area can be seen from the bedroom as there's a gap between those two areas. The door of the shower room is open out and I suppose one might be exposed when trying to reach the towel? Hmmm. Maybe I'm just too conservative, haha!
We have decided to have dinner at nearby place since our flight got delayed and we were rather hungry. Ivan turned on the Google Maps and led us to our dinner location. It was a case of so near yet so far, as we probably spent 5 minutes trying to align our direction with Google map and then walked for another 12 minutes to reach our dinner location.
The restaurant is not at the main road, so it is probably easier to find during daytime than at night.
There were only 1 table occupied when we arrived and we noticed that the table was also almost done for the night.
There are indoor or alfresco seats, and the staff indicated that we could sit right infront of the drinks fridge.
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| our view for the night |
Staff brought out English menu for us and the order chit was written in Thai. So, we would point to the English menu and informed the staff whom would try her best to match it with the order chit.
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| English menu |
One could also show the staff photos of the dishes that you would like to order and she will try to mark it into the order chit. We did a combo of all sorts and finally, the orders were placed successfully (we hope!)
I got the staff recommendation for beer, and it turned out to be a good choice. Rose beer from Tawandang brewery. Refreshing and slightly sweet.
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| cheers |
I think best not to take the drinks from the fridge ourselves but to inform the staff on what we want and she'll help to take, pour it out into glasses with ice. Keep the bottles/cans nearby as staff will need to count those for the final bill.
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| cheers to friendship! |
Food arrived soon there after and we got confused before realizing what it was and had a few laughs.
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| stir fried egg with vegetable |
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| spicy soup |
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| fried chicken tendon |
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| Northern Spicy Noodles |
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| grilled intestine, pork neck |
We thought we ordered curry but it turned out to be spicy soup. Then somehow our table ended up with french fries (unintentionally).
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| french fries |
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| sour sour pork with egg |
Then, we realized what it was. Some of the items in the order chit were not what we wanted as it was probably a miscommunication on our part with the staff. Staff was apologetic though it was a fault of ours for not translating the order chit to verify. They sent us a coconut dessert for us to try. So sweet of them!
The food portion here was more of izakaya style, except for the Northern noodles. The noodles were interesting as it tasted like mee siam! Hehe, that was one of the surprise discovery. Stir fried eggs with vegetables, sour sour pork with egg and the deep fried chicken tendon / cartilage were good. Spicy soup was tasty and appetizing but kind of hard to share.
Then I decided to try placing order for the foods that we wanted but didn't manage to order successfully in round 1. Ordered beef larb for Ivan, crab fat for Tracy and for myself, got the fried omelette and deep fried pork belly. It was a success as seen from the photos. Haha!
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| crab fat |
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| fried omelette |
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| beef larb |
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| deep fried pork belly |
Sam chan tod (deep fried pork belly) was good. Flavourful on its own.
It was a fun and interesting experience for our first night in Chiang Mai. Thank you to the 2 staff who attended to us that night.
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| resident cat |
Novotel Chiangmai Nimman Journeyhub
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