SP Chicken (SP ไก่ย่าง) – Delicious Restaurant in Chiang Mai

SP Chicken (SP ไก่ย่าง) - Delicious Restaurant in Chiang Mai
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SP Chicken (SP ไก่ย่าง) is a nice restaurant that serves Isan food in Chiang Mai, Thailand. Here’s the full review: http://www.eatingthaifood.com/2014/06/sp-chicken-chiang-mai/

On our last trip to Chiang Mai, Thailand, along with trying to eat and discover as much khao soi as possible, we headed one day for lunch to a restaurant known as SP Chicken (SP ไก่ย่าง) – they specialize in Thai style grilled chicken, actually more rotisserie style, and the full range of different Thai Isan dishes like som tam and sticky rice. The restaurant is small and family run, and located right in the old section of Chiang Mai, within the gates.

The first thing you notice when you enter SP Chicken (SP ไก่ย่าง) restaurant in Chiang Mai is the beauty of their grilling chicken rotisserie. It’s a one of a kind, stand up grill, where to coals are situated on the side, and the chicken are skewered and roast while spinning. There’s a man, who full times watching the chicken, and occasionally brushes off any ash that may have blown on the birds – the quality control is fantastic. I could smell the chicken, and as soon as we walked in, I was ready to devour a chicken and some Thai green papaya salad to go with it.

If you go to this restaurant in Chiang Mai, you should immediately order a full chicken gai yang (ไก่ย่าง), they are pretty small. So small in fact, that at the beginning, I actually smiled because the entire chicken could fit on a normal small sized plate. But I shouldn’t have judged the chicken that fast, because after taking my first bite, I realized just how packed with flavor the chicken was. I literally ate the entire drumstick in one bite, and it was just incredibly juicy and oily and packed with tastiness. In addition to the expertly cooked chicken, what I really loved about SP Chicken (SP ไก่ย่าง) was their home-made nam jim jaew (น้ำจิ้มแจ่ว), the sauce used for dipping the chicken in.

Along with gai yang, we also ordered a plate of yam dab wan moo (ยำตับหวานหมู), a salad made from liver, dressed in toasted sticky rice, and a blend of fish sauce and lime juice. It was excellent, the liver was nice and tender and I loved the fresh herbs like mint and cilantro. An Isan meal is never complete without an order of green papaya salad. We got som tam boo (ส้มตำปู), green papaya salad with crab. It was excellent, mainly because I loved the good amount of lime juice that they used in it.

If you are ever in Chiang Mai and looking for a delicious plate of grilled chicken, go check out SP Chicken (SP ไก่ย่าง).
Address: 9/1 Sam Larn Soi 1, Phra Singh, Muang Chiang Mai, Thailand
Open hours: 11 am — 9 pm daily
Phone: 080 500 5035
Prices: About 100 — 200 THB per person
ที่อยู่ 9/1 สามล้าน ซอย1, ตำบล ศรีภูมิ , อำเภอเมือง เชียงใหม่
เปิดบริการทุกวัน 11:00 — 21:00 น.
โทร. 080 500 5035
How to get there:
From the west side of Chiang Mai’s old city (Bunrueang Rit Rd.), walk down Samlan Soi 1 about 100 meters or so, and you’ll see SP Chicken on your right hand side.

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Full restaurant review: http://www.eatingthaifood.com/2014/06/sp-chicken-chiang-mai/
See more of my best restaurants in Chiang Mai suggestions: http://www.eatingthaifood.com/best-restaurants-in-chiang-mai/
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41 Comments

  1. That chicken is SUPER SAP, but 140 bht seems very high.
    My Thai family and friends live in Mahasarakham and Roi-ET, which have far fewer tourists, so maybe that is why.
    Regardless, I love the highlands of Thailand and will check this place out.

  2. I was in Chiang Mai 9 days ago just craving meat. A delicious whole roasted chicken really hit the spot. Get there early as there is a serious slow line by 13:00 and they can run out of chickens.

  3. The guy (the myth, the legend) who eats durians like they're the testicles of a very precious yet rare scrotal octo(scrotum)pus of the milky seas of some weird explorer jungle… eating chickens! Boy, I can't wait.

  4. Just discovered your channel love watching you eat mostly because I am so amazed how huge your bite is.  I also like that you are traveling the world how do you decide where to stay and where to eat.

  5. My sisters and I just got back from Thailand. SP Chicken is a great place to get Thai comfort food. Stayed at BED around the corner, so SP was the go to for quick, cheap eats!

  6. น่าทานทุกเมนูเลยครับ คนไทยก็ชอบกินอาหาร แซ่บๆแบบนี้คับ

  7. มาเชียงใหม่อย่าลืมชิม ขนมจีนน้ำเงี้ยวกับไส้อั่ว น้ำพริกอ่อง ชุดขันโตก นะคับ อาหารพื้นเมือง

  8. Every Friday, street side BBQer's sold Fish grilled on very similar units at our Issan town of Ban Dung. The grilled fish came with spices, sauces and some local greens. We had it nearly every Friday.

  9. Aaw man, I have to stop watching these!  I love Thailand but am currently in London, where theres a few good Thai restaurants but it's never the same; this is like food porn, the look of pure pleasure on Mark's face says everything.
    I'm watching the giant river prawn one next… I'm torturing myself.

  10. i love this guys big brown eyes and awesome facial expressions….    hes so full of love for the food….i want to go eat street food with him so he can show me whats good…and then tell me how he stays so svelte….

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