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 (ร้านเฮือนเพ็ญ). More details here: http://www.eatingthaifood.com/2014/07/northern-thai-food-huen-phen-restaurant-chiang-mai/
Famous throughout central Chiang Mai, and located in a convenient location, Huen Phen (ร้านเฮือนเพ็ญ) serves northern Thai food. The restaurants looks just like a home from the outside, but step inside, and you’ll initially see a buffet of pre-made curries, and then tables and chairs spread out throughout the restaurant. It’s 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 (ร้านเฮือนเพ็ญ) 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 (ข้าวเงี้ยว (ข้าวกั้นจิ้น), which I actually didn’t 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. I’m 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 (ร้านเฮือนเพ็ญ) was aeb pla (แอ๊บปลา), 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 (ตำขนุน) 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, you’ll 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 (ลาบคั่วหมู), 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 wasn’t a dish I could eat everyday. Gaeng ho (แกงคั่วโฮ๊ะ) is a northern Thai dish that was traditionally sort of a stir fry of leftovers from the day before. Today, it’s 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 (ร้านเฮือนเพ็ญ) in Chiang Mai, it’s 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
Phone: 053-814548
Prices: About 40 – 50 THB per dish
ร้านเฮือนเพ็ญ
ที่อยู่ 112 ถ.ราชมรรคา ตำบล พระสิงห์ อ.เมือง จังหวัด เชียงใหม่ 50000
โทร.053-814548
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I have never understood why you eat chilli along with the stock!
Lake
The triangle rice should be mixed with pig blood
Jack fruit salad tastes like tuna in can. I wanna try it and have it.
Thai cuisine has a wide variety in them i mean most of the stuff is new and look's amazing !!!!!!!
05.15
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!
One thing you got to understand. There is no good food/ comfort food without oil/ fat in any cuisine around the world.
Omg omg I been there
watching you eat is annoying but oddly adicting
I'm from northern Thailand and I love northern Thailand food. You must try Mam prig Tha dang!! You will love it.
I want coconut juice and nam mohk from there right now
great quality video as always!
but I do have to say one thing: you don't know what stick rice is?? really? its everywhere!!
That tee shirt is awesome!!
Mark, you're too nice. If it doesn't taste good, just say it. You wear your heart on your sleeve. We can tell when you're not loving a meal. LOL
You ate the chili stem!! Is this a new Thai thing?? Hehe. Love your youtube
Mark wiens food expression,
-rape face=average food
-nodding=hmm ok food
-digging in for more=delicious food
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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.
Cow miav 😀
I've watched all your videos, you are killin me I really love Thai food
Thank you
Great video. Thanks for sharing
ur the best mark! from indonesia
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.
I am not familiar with the Northern Thai Food but that looks good. Thank Mark !
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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.
Interesting mix of dishes. Happy eating Mark!
@Mark Wiens I'm in Chang Mai as well. I've bien to huen phen today and the fish curry was absolutely amazing!!
Love the close ups!!! The rice dish looked so gourment. …did u get a new camera?!?! Awsome video quality! 5.54 for all that! Go mark! Good deal bro
$5 .. Still a bargain..
Mark, do you ever meet with food enthusiasts or travelers that make their way to Bangkok? I'm sure people would jump at the chance to eat with you (myself included).
Mmmm jackfruit!
All that for under $6? Pretty incredible feast. I think I'd actually like the hevier dishes – bring on the grease!
And this will be our first international trip…. chose Bangkok because of your videos
Mark! When will you be doing Singapore?
I have never tried curry. I know, its probably one of the things I am missing in life. I do have some curry powder I purchased from a big store by the pound so that will be the next thing for the pot luck night. Thanks the food looks so good. I do not like the dishes that swim in grease. And when you bite a chili I run for something to staunch the burn. Love the videos. Gave up PBS food channel for yours. Thanks Mark.
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!!!!
Would you say that food is more expensive than in Bangkok? By the way love watch your videos, one of my favourite youtube channels
Im a new subscriber, but I love your videos! You always looks so happy and make the food seem delicious (even if it is a bit too greasy)! =]
You seem to really enjoy your food and eat fair amounts of it and yet, you are very
slim. How do you do it??
Great find@Mark 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.
I CAME HERE JUST WANNA LOOK YOUR FACE MARK xD
Mark if you did not like it, you would say umm.
Thank you mark, for another awsome food review!Keep them coming!With respect Mr.Kelly
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I'm live in Northern Chiangmai and I wanna say northern food is the best food of my life here in Chiangmai many people have long life coz eat food like this
Yummmmmmmyyyyyyy…