The Northern Village Food Market
April 13th, 2008 Posted in Great food
You would not normally associate a bustling food market with a covered air conditioned shopping centre, but there is one in Chiang Mai. Located in the Airport Plaza shopping center on the ground floor underneath the Northern Village (one of the best places to find quality souvenirs) is a collection of food stalls where you can enjoy an extremely good value meal (you shouldn’t need to pay more than $1 a head for any one dish) or buy locally produced delicacies, that make great gifts or perfect snacks for picnics and take home meals.
The food stalls cater for early every variety Thai food, including Khao Soy (a Northern curry dish with crispy noodles), every variety of noodle and rice dish you can think of and even Dim Sum. There are also several stalls selling fresh fruit juices, smoothies and desserts such as fried banana.
Designed to replicate an idealized version of a Thai market, I am sure it was originally created for tourists. However, nearly all the customers appear to be local people. Most of the menus are in Thai, but there are English translations available at some of the stalls. If in doubt, just point!
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