[Travel] Exploring Chiang Mai - Rainy Day Breakfast at Big Brother Song Noodle Shop, Shopping at Waroros Market, Visited Wat Phra Singh, Lunch at Carp Cafe

We were supposed to be going towards the mountain area that day but it was raining. Our driver advised us not to travel far in such weather and we agreed. 

Instead, we went to the Chiang Mai City Arts & Cultural Centre. It was quite a cool place. Ticket can be purchased at the reception at the ground floor and we were directed to the starting point. The sequence of the exhibition was easy to follow and we had fun and gained more understanding on the history of Chiang Mai. 

After that, we went to Waroros Market and headed for breakfast at Big Brother Song Noodle Shop. This shop is outside of the market, so we walked for a bit. The lady boss was very welcoming. Menu was simple and we placed our orders.

shop interior

menu

condiments

I opted for the recommended pork noodle soup with narrow kway tiao. Food was served out fairly quickly as the shop was not too busy. Loved the tasty clear broth. But the biggest surprise when I had a bite of the narrow kway tiao. So flavourful! Yums.

pork noodle soup

heart shaped

crispy wantons

Yen Ta Fo

I added abit of the chili (dark coloured) that was on the table and oh my, it was sooo spicy! So add a bit will do to change up the flavours.

have you tried this?

Big Brother Song noodle shop ก๋วยเตี๋ยวเฮียซ้ง

Address: เลขที่ Chang Moi Rd, Mueang Chiang Mai District, Chiang Mai 50300, Thailand

Business Hours:

Closed on Sun.

Mon - Sat: 8 am–3:30 pm

Next, we did some shopping at Waroros Market. 

heading towards the market

various shops

Then, we went upstairs the market for bathroom break as well as some snacks/coffee. There was an ice-cream shop, and saw that they have fried ice-cream, so gave that a try. Think it was around 65 baht if not wrong. Chose coconut ice-cream for that.

cutesy fried ice-cream

fried ice-cream

Then, there was a coffee kiosk right next to the ice-cream stall, so went to take a look. The chap at Kadluang Roaster was friendly and we conversed a bit in English. Asked for a mocha and he informed that there's two coffee blend for customers to choose based on intensity. He would describe the flavour profile for each, and I got myself the lighter one as he mentioned that the other one would be a tad more acidic.

two choices for coffee blend

mocha @฿55

Loved the way he carefully prepared the drinks. The mocha was nicely done and tasted good. 

Waroros Market (ตลาดวโรรส กาดหลวง)

Address: 15 Chang Moi Rd, Tambon Chang Moi, เมือง Chiang Mai 50300, Thailand

Business Hours:

Daily: 6 am–6 pm

Next, we stopped by Wat Phra Singh to walk walk. Here's the wiki link to learn more about Wat Phra Singh.

Wat Phra Singh Woramahawihan วัดพระสิงห์วรมหาวิหาร

Address: 2 Samlarn Rd, Tambon Si Phum, Mueang Chiang Mai District, Chiang Mai 50200, Thailand

Opening Hours:

Sun: 6 am–11 pm

Mon - Sat: 6 am–6 pm

Then, it was time for lunch and we went to an instagramable place; The Carp Cafe. 

To get to the table, one needs to walk up and down the man-made small bridges and the table is right next to the water body where the carps can be seen swimming around. The carp here are huge! Saw many diners busy taking their OOTD photos at this place.

If you're interested to feed the fishes, then you could purchase the fish food and fish bottle at the shop. 

fish pellets

Be careful though as the fishes seemed very eager to be fed and they came splashing! 

swarming for food

Now, it was time to feed the humans. Menu-wise seemed to be fusion Japanese. We had to be careful not to place the food too near to the pond as we were afraid things might drop into the water or water would come splashing on our food. 

coconut smoothie

Sun dried pork @฿289

Udon Tomyum Seafood @฿209

Okonomiyaki @฿159

Special Tempura (no meat) @฿239

Alaskan Salmon Aburi Roll @฿289

Sashimi Sukimi Don @฿349

The udon tomyum was not bad and the sun dried pork was quite good. The tempura was an assortment of vegetables such as enoki mushrooms, potato, sweet potato, and onion rings.

Carp Café

Address: 118 Nong Kwai, Hang Dong District, Chiang Mai 50230, Thailand

Website: https://carpcafe.com/

Business Hours:

Daily: Tuesday, 9:30 am–9 pm

Jeonpo Meat Shop 전포식육 - KBBQ Lunch @ 21 McCallum Street (The Clift)

It was a Saturday lunch meat up, and Tracy suggested "Jeonpo Meat Shop". Located at The Clift, just opposite of Amoy Street Food Center. Reservation was made two days prior.

just round the corner

lunch menu

looks familiar

let's eat meat

Arrived earlier than reserved time, and was greeted promptly by staff upon entering the restaurant. However, we had some minor miscommunication and staff thought I was a walk-in customer although had informed them that we have a reservation. No worries, as that was sorted out within minutes.

I felt that the floor was a tad slippery on the day of visit (probably due to my shoe soles) and had to walk in slow-mo or step on those mat squares. Now that I am entering old age, need to be careful.

interior

love the signage and posters

As usual, all the necessary utensils such as drinking cups, cutleries, water bottle are all located on your own table.

having sixth sense that the group will be ordering this

There is a QR code at the corner to the table to scan for menu. However, we discovered that some of the items in the hardcopy menu seemed to be missing from the app. Hence, we ended up placing the orders with the staff. Ordered Pork and Beef Set (@$140++) which comprises of pork jowl, pork belly and king-cut beef shortribs. Added additional portion (150gms) of pork jowl (@$31++). We'll also be having seafood pancake and japchae.

After which, tray of side dishes were served to the table. For a group of 5 pax, we got 2 trays.

side dishes and BBQ accompaniment

mixture of small cubes onions, garlic, radish and squid

pickled variety

blanched beansprouts

juicy kimchi

My favourites were the kimchi and the soy-pickled radish. The pickled green chili was spicy but shioks!

shredded cabbage with black sesame dressing

Staff will help to grill the meats, so one can just sit back and enjoy the end results.

screen setup to prevent oil splatter

ready for well grilled jowls

BBQ pork jowl

let's eat~

Meat was firm with a good bite. Enjoy it with lettuce and there's coarse sea salt, ssamjang or garlic sauce. 

lettuce

salad

Keke, we were having a debate on whether the garlic sauce had some kind of fruit in it (we were guessing like pear, mango or pineapple) only to have the staff coming back to inform, nope no fruit in there. Hahaha!

garlic sauce

I had "Jeonpo Highball" to go along with the meal. It turned out to be a ginger-ale based highball.

Jeonpo Highball @$10++

cute glass with somaek ratio

Pork belly was quickly grilled up and it was gone as soon as it was served.

pork belly

Personally, I felt that the japchae and seafood pancake portion were smaller than expected. Nevertheless, the japchae was loaded with meat and we enjoyed the well-fried flavours.

japchae @$22++

Seafood pancake had plenty of chives/spring onions and some small shrimps with bits of squid. The batter was soft in the insides.

seafood pancake @$21++

Finale of the grilled meats was the King-cut Beef Shortribs.

King-cut Beef Shortribs

patience

ready

served chunky

It is hard to go wrong with beef shortribs. Loved that it was served chunky and that one bite was a good one. Flavourful on its own.

Thank you Ivan, Elle, Tracy and Hence for the meat up~

Jeonpo Meat Shop 전포식육

Address: 21 McCallum St, #01-03, 04, 05, 06, Singapore 069047

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jeonpo_meatshop_sg/

Business Hours:

Daily: 11 AM–3 PM, 5 PM–12 AM