Northern Thai Food at Huen Phen ) in Chiang Mai

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Rating: 4.0; Vote: 1

There are many places to eat northern Thai food in Chiang Mai, but one of the most famous restaurants in the center of the city is called Huen Phen. Famous throughout central Chiang Mai, and located in a convenient location, Huen Phen ) serves northern Thai food. The restaurants looks just like a home from the outside, but step inside, and youll initially see a buffet of pre-made curries, and then tables and chairs spread out throughout the restaurant. Its the type of restaurant that looks like it started small, and then just kept expanding and getting larger and larger as more customers started coming. At Huen Phen ) I was able to try a few northern Thai food dishes that I had never tried before, so this was my first time. One of the dishes was something called khao ngiaw (, which I actually didnt know what it was at the beginning. It tastes almost like corned beef mixed with rice, and the triangle of rice was served with crispy garlic, fresh diced shallots, and a few dried chilies on the side. Im not totally sure the correct eating procedure, but I sort of just combined all the ingredients and toppings into a bite and ate. It was delicious. When I returned home and researched the dish, I figured out they use pork blood to cook with the rice. Another northern Thai food I tried at Huen Phen ) was aeb pla, kind of a steamed fish custard that was full of herbs. The fish was probably seasoned with a bit of red curry paste, and filled with a bunch of Thai sweet basil, before being wrapped up in a banana leaf and steamed to perfection. I really love it, the fish was flaky and moist, and the herbs provided a wonderful freshness. Another northern dish I was eager to try was tam kanun ) or young jackfruit salad. The jackfruit was plucked into small pieces, then mixed with onions, garlic, and a few herbs and spices. Unfortunately it was a bit on the oily side, but it was very tasty, and it did have some delicious flavor to it. In Isan or in Bangkok, if you go to a restaurant and order a Thai food known as larb, youll get a minced pork salad, served room temperature, and dressed with a mixture of lime juice and fish sauce. For northern Thai food, larb is much different. I ordered larb khua moo, a very oily dish of minced pork and some parts, all seasoned with a blend of spices, including some cinnamon, and then garnished with crispy shallots and crispy basil leaves. It was very tasty indeed, but it was extremely greasy, so it wasnt a dish I could eat everyday. Gaeng ho ) is a northern Thai dish that was traditionally sort of a stir fry of leftovers from the day before. Today, its more of a mix of vegetables and mung bean vermicelli, stir fried up with what tasted to me like tomato sauce. Overall, I enjoyed my northern Thai food meal at Huen Phen ) in Chiang Mai, its a great local restaurant. The food was a bit on the oily side, so you do need to be prepared for that, but the flavors are tasty and the food is uniquely northern Thai. Address: 112 Thanon Ratchamanka Phra Sing, Chiang Mai Open hours: 8: 30 am - 4 pm and 5 pm - 10 pm daily
Date: 2019-08-19

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Comments and reviews: 10

Locut0s
Interesting to see the Chinese influences again. The dish called Khao ngiaw looks very much like a Chinese one called a Zhongzi which is usually glutinous rice cooked in a banana leaf into the same type of pyramid shape, however they usually have some kind of meat and or bean stuffing.
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George Cloud
here's the Paradox. i usually watch your vids late at night, hours after dinner. i get hungry, jealous and crave everything in our fridge. now i am watching this vid during the day, just about lunch time. never doing that again. just not the same vibe. keep working hard Mark.
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Moshami Trivedi
hi Mark I'm a big fan of yours dude the leftover grease or oils is one of the best parts and captures the flavor and essence of the spices and herbs. if only you had some type of bread to soak it and eat it with. please do try next time. Happy travels and happy eating
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Ayu Andira Gunawan
Hey mark. I have eaten at huen pehn for my hospitality school project. It is definitely awesome And authentic. You've got to try the local drink too. I forgot the name but its from the local fruit packed in a bottle. Huen pehn sells it. Its great.
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Clyde Day
Always love your videos man. I am totally living vicariously through you. In the process of getting my first ever passport, and going to plan my trip to Japan. I have to say I would love to trek with you sometime to get to see, and taste all these dishes.
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CyPsyShyGuy
meh, thai food does not seem good. If someone want to eat spicy tasty food they can try indian, if one likes meat then too they can try middle-eastern or north-indian food, if pork/noodle based then chinese, japanese perhaps.
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Annie O.
This is so different than what I'm used to. I'm from the southern part of Thailand and all of these look so foreign to me. I kinda just want to see how northern food is myself. Never been up north before I left for the states. :)
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xcessive2008
I have to agree with Bobbie B, it doesn't appear that this place hit it out of the park. as maybe it had in the past. still though great vid as allways. and try not to work too hard between this and the new show thx: )
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soe moe Nyein
I showed some of ur video to my dad and he just told me that his dad, my grandpa was actually born in thailand. Even if I don't look like Thai, its good to know that I have a Thai ancestor. I love ur video mark
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Trent Carpenter
Great findMark Wiens, my wife was oooooohing and ahhhhhing over it all. she hasn't been home to Lampang for 2 1/2 years so we're looking forward to trying this restaurant out later in the year.
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