We had a fruitful day visiting the places of interest, and what a pleasant surprise by Salina who was in Chiang Mai that day. She made reservations for dinner at Baan Rai Yarm Yen when we said we would like to try more northern Thai dishes.
The rain was relentless and it didn't let up even during dinner.
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| resident cat guarding the shop |
The restaurant was bustling that evening and we were early. It was interesting to see staff deployed to the car drop-off/pick-up area when it is raining as staff would provide the service of shielding customers with umbrella while they boarded the vehicle there.
Our group of 6 pax was led into the inner section of the restaurant so that it is somewhat further from the live music, to allow us to converse better and still able to enjoy the vibe.
The restaurant has a western country-music style vibe and the live singing was pretty good. They have one or two singers, a guitarist/bassist and a keyboardist from what I observed.
Ed and Salina helped to order and soon our table was full of delicious looking foods.
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| sausages |
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| Northern appetisers |
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| grilled honeycomb/larvae |
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| stir-fry wild vegetables |
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| deep fried mushrooms |
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| deep fried fermented chicken |
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| I'm eyeing those pork cracklings |
We ate a lot and everything was delicious. I loved the sausages here better than any that we had thus far in this trip. The meat texture was softer and the sticky rice was good too. Ate half a pack.
The appetiser came with the green chili dip and it was more mellow tasting in this place. There was a fermented bean/fish paste that came with one of the dish and I liked that too.
There were two dishes that one normally would not order; fried bamboo worms and grilled honeycomb that turned out to be grilled larvae. Fried bamboo worms actually tasted like any twisties or mamee snack due to its seasoning and its hollow body actually made it easy to like, and goes well with iced cold beer. The grilled honeycomb tasted of mild honey sweetness and egg-like texture. Like eating steamed omelette that's sweetened with honey.
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| draft beer, cheers~ |
We had steamed fish here as well and it was also one of the better ones that we had thus far.
To end the meal, we tried their housemade coconut ice-cream dessert which was highly recommended by the staff.
The dessert came looking pretty, with purple sticky rice at the bottom and decorated with cut mangoes. Ice-cream was creamier and milkier than any coconut ice-cream tried thus far, and I do understand the rationale of such. Eaten together with the sticky rice and mangoes, the creamy parts does a good job in providing the overall creaminess expected in such dessert. Am also amazed that the warm sticky rice doesn't harden when paired with cold ice-cream.
Thank you Salina and Ed for the dinner treat!
Baan Rai Yarm Yen ร้าน บ้านไร่ยามเย็น
Address: Ban Rai Mu 3 Alley, Fa Ham, Mueang Chiang Mai District, Chiang Mai 50000, Thailand
Business Hours:
Daily: 11 am–12 am
And since the night is still young, we made our way to the next dinner/supper spot. Ed and Salina initially thought we were joking...
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| menu |
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| signage |
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| order at the counter, make payment and pick-up the food when it is ready |
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| window seats |
The burger place is pretty close to the a few hotels and hostel but a tad far from ours.
Since it was only 40 minutes after we've had our dinner, I'd opt out from supper but would try a bite.
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| Hot Honey Chicken Burger with fries @฿255 |
I thought the burgers would come with the default crinkle fries but it didn't. Maybe they ran out of it?
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| inner profile view |
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| Jalapeno Chimichurri Burger (beef) @฿275 |
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| Beef Bacon Cheeseburger with sweet potato fries @฿235 + ฿50 (upgrade to sweet potato fries) |
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| closer view of the bacon cheeseburger |
The guys seemed to enjoy the burger very much. I liked the sweet potato fries here.
Beast Burger and Pizza (Chiang Mai)
Address: Nimmanhemin Soi 17 Suthep, Mueang Chiang Mai District, Chiang Mai 50200, Thailand
Website: https://www.facebook.com/beast.burger
Business Hours:
Daily: Monday, 11 am–10 pm
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