Lanna Food I
Northern Thai food also shows a unique character that reflects the culture and its geography. The flavour of Northern Thai food is very subtle, mild yet satisfying especially with steamy hot sticky rice.
Famous young chili relish is eaten widely up North with pork crackling and steamed rice. It is the base of different relishes in northern cuisine. Cured pork aka Neam is their delicacy; a properly made one is complex, sour and meaty. Soup of cured pork and Ceylon spinach is one of the classic northern style soups. Walking street well known egg omelet on the banana leave is fun to make at home. The best thing is you can be creative with the toppings. Young Jackfruit is one of the most undervalue ingredients in Thailand especially in the restaurant context. The combination of young jackfruit meat, deep-fried garlic and minced pork make this relish unique.
Nahm prhik num : young chilli relish
Tom pak pang : Soup of cured pork & cylon spinach
Kai Pam : Grilled omletter in banana leave
Tum ba nu : Jackfruit relish