I realized we went to so many restaurants in week 3 that I couldn’t fit them into 1 post! We finally managed to go to a restaurant Krua Lawng Khao that was in the Michelin guide, it even has a bib gourmand .. The 1st time we went, it was closed for holiday. It was just round the corner from us (by car) and looked like someone’s humble hut (ok it was a 2 story building). It’s great that the Michelin guide led us to a place we wouldn’t normally have noticed or tried! I didn’t take a picture of my favourite dish. I’ve just been researching it and it’s called aung pu (field crab yellow paste), a rare seasonal northern Thai recipe. Their recommended dishes were a bit too spicy for me (as with most northern Thai cuisine…)
After 3 weeks of setting up on our own, father-in-law (FIL) arrived! He spends half his time in Chiangmai, so he was eager to show us his favourites. The 1st one he took us to was N Three, which serves European food in a nice setting. Tripadvisor describes it as serving“comfort food”. It is rather too fine to be classed as that normally; perhaps it means comforting to the expat to find good European food. Not just comfort food, but comfort restaurant too, as the owner recognized FIL and chatted to him.
Another advantage of FIL’s arrival is the knowledge of transportation-related cafes that the children loved. He took us to Coffee Bus café, which is basically a bus lodged next to a café….
He also took us to an airplane café, which had an upside down house next to it (which you can stay overnight in)
