Chiang SaenRestaurants

Restaurants in Chiang Saen

  1. Jinda's Kitchen

    This cosy roadside restaurant has been serving up local dishes for more than 50 years. Try the famous northern noodle dishes kôw soy or kà·nŏm jeen nám ngèe·o, or choose a curry or homemade sausage from the English-language menu. Jinda's Kitchen is roughly halfway between Chiang Saen and Sop Ruak.

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  2. Song Fang Khong

    In Sop Ruak, Song Fang Khong and Rim Khong are two sŏo·an ah·hăhn (food garden-style) riverside restaurants, off the river road from Chiang Saen. Both offer extensive menus of Thai, Chinese and Isan food. Bring your Thai-language skills.

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  3. A

    Kiaw Siang Hai

    Serving the workers of Chinese boats that dock at Chiang Saen, this authentic Chinese restaurant prepares a huge menu of dishes in addition to the namesake noodle and wonton dishes. Try the spicy Szechuan-style fried tofu, or one of the Chinese herbal soups. The restaurant can be located by the giant ceramic jars out front.

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  4. B

    Ah Ying

    This tiny family-run restaurant specialises in delicious hand-pulled noodles. Topped with a spicy minced pork mixture, they’re a great breakfast. There’s no English sign; simply look for the Chinese cooks busy stretching and flinging lengths of dough.

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  5. C

    Evening Food Vendors

    During the dry months these vendors sell sticky rice, green papaya salad, grilled chicken, dried squid and other fun foods for people to eat while sitting on mats along the riverbank in front of Chiang Saen Guest House – a very pleasant way to spend an evening. Local specialities include fish or chicken barbecued inside thick joints of bamboo, eaten with sticky rice and sôm·đam (green papaya salad).

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