Thursday, November 5, 2009

Northern Thailand spicy but yummy khao-soi

While I was in Chiangmai in the north of Thailand last week, I enjoyed looking around for what is unique in there. My Thai friends brought me to the night market and here's the food they let me try - Khao soi. "Khao" means rice and "soi" is a northern term for the spicy curry with coconut milk that is mixed with the yellow noodles (shown on the left photo). You may have a choice between "nuea" (beef) or "kai" (chicken). As a beef-lover, I chose khao-soi-nuea.

The northern-style curry beef or chicken with coconut milk and lots of chili

The curry is rather spicy but you can mix it with a lot of raw sprouted mung (mongo) beans and sliced cabbage then squeeze manao (lemon) into it to balance the taste.

Now pick extra spices in case you're not contented with the tons of chili in the curry. 


There you are, so aroi (yummy)! Eat it with chopsticks. In case you can't bear the fiery taste, cool yourself with chilled fresh passion fruit juice famous in the north.

10 comments:

kathy said...

Wow sarap naman nito Miss A! Salamat sa constant visit...

nice A said...

Thanks, too, for always dropping by, kathy.

ging said...

yummy again...

I add you already in my blogroll, just check it out

ging said...

i follow u too, hope you do the same :)

scribbler said...

Wow, khun thai ka na talaga when it comes to thai food. I can only imagine from where I am seated right now. and those passion fruit juice I love them and how I miss them YUMM!!

no name said...

is my pleasure to come on ur amazing site......great day for you.........keep in touch

nice A said...

ging, thanks for making it here. sure, i'll follow you, too.

nice A said...

scribbler, yes, khun thai na ako.tolerate ko na ang sobrang maanghang eh! unlike noon nong first time ko dito.remember nong dinala moko sa MK nong kararating ko dito? tumakbo ako sa toilet sa sobrang anghang, hehehe! at tinakot mo akong di pwede kumain don if di mag-chopsticks, lol! pero natoto ako dahil don...

Dhemz said...

wow..thanks for sharing the beauty of BKK to us te...para tuloy akong naka punta na nang BKK....heheehe....:)

thanks for the free tour!

Quilt Works said...

I have to confess that Thai food is my favorite. Made me hungry just reading this post.

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