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Travel Photo Thursday — April 19, 2012 — Chaing Mai’s Chinatown Street Food Alley

Travel Photo Thursday — April 19, 2012 — Chaing Mai’s Chinatown Street Food Alley

April 19, 2012 By Nancie 41 Comments

Welcome to another week of Travel Photo Thursday. This has been a week of computer challenges. I opened up my relatively new (less than a year old) Lenova laptop on the weekend and was greeted by the dreaded blue screen. In the end I had to reformat the computer, and have spent my free time this week downloading and installing programs, etc. etc. I also had to recover a lot of photos, and am now in the process of reorganizing them and getting them on to my portable hard drive. Actually, it was a huge surprise to me that I had not already done so. It seems that when I was traveling this past winter I downloaded many photos to my C drive with the intent of moving them to my back up hard drive, and forgot to do it!

This week I am pleased to announce a contest. Simply paste your Travel Photo Thursday link in Mr. Linky below, and like Budget Travelers Sandbox on Facebook. The contest is open until midnight this coming Sunday. On Monday I will pick a name at random and one lucky person will win a copy of “Thai Cooking: Step by Step”.

To join in the Travel Photo Thursday fun simply post a photo on your blog. Return here and place your link in the Mr. Linky at the bottom of this post.

Please note: Travel Photo Thursday is open to all individual travel bloggers. If you are the owner of a commercial travel site/blog, please contact me directly and we can discuss available advertising/sponsorship options.
My email address is nanciemckinnonatgmaildotcom.

Please post a link to a post featuring a travel photo, not simply a link to your blog.

As a courtesy please post a link to Budget Travelers Sandbox. 

If you do tweet a shot, please use the hashtag #TPThursday.

Since I am giving away a Thai cookbook this week, I figured it would be a good idea to feature some Thai food. There is a short alley way in Chiang Mai’s Chinatown that has some of the best street food I have ever tasted. My favorite vendor is a husband and wife team who have been making som tom salad at their alley stall for the past ten years. I love, love, love their salad; THE BEST!

Making the Som tom salad…

Som Tom Salad Maker; Street Food Alley, Chiang Mai

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The finished product

The Best Som Tom Salad in Chaing Mai

I love my som tom VERY spicy. The green sprigs on the side are morning glory. This along with the piece of cabbage help to control the heat in your mouth. Take a bite of either and things will cool down. Like I said before this is the absolute best som tom salad I have every eaten, bar none.

How much, you ask? 35 baht…($1.13US!!); any budget traveler’s dream!!

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Sausage Vendor

Chiang Mai Sausage Vendor

I have tried the sausage, and it is also very good. The thing is, once I finish the som tom salad I don’t have room for anything else.

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A view of Chiang Mai’s street food alley…

Chiang Mai, Chinatown's Street Food Alley

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Finding Street Food Alley (This is my nickname for the street) is not that difficult. Located downtown in Chiang Mai’s Chinatown, right beside the small Chinese temple. The vendors are open from late morning to late afternoon. Everyone is usually gone by 5pm. If you are in CM, don’t miss your chance to try some of the best street food in the city. Who can resist a delicious lunch for less than $2.00US (much less!); a dream lunch location for any budget traveler!

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Finally, a shot of this week’s prize….

Thai Cooking Step by Step ... A Contest

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Good luck to everyone who enters the contest!

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  1. Denise says

    April 19, 2012 at 7:53 am

    mmm…would be a good start to restocking my cookbook library after having moved to Australia!

    Reply
    • LadyE says

      April 19, 2012 at 9:35 am

      Definitely! I checked out a copy in the store, and it is really nice. I haven’t taken the plastic off the one I bought for the prize, or I’d probably fall in love with it and not want to give is it away 🙂

      Reply
  2. jade says

    April 19, 2012 at 8:32 am

    YUM! now i’m hungry!!

    Reply
  3. Bob R says

    April 19, 2012 at 8:41 am

    There are few things I love more in the world than Thai food. 🙂 That salad looks FANTASTIC.

    Reply
    • LadyE says

      April 21, 2012 at 9:09 am

      Trust me Bob, it was amazing!! I want to fly over right now just to have a huge helping!

      Reply
  4. Lisa says

    April 19, 2012 at 10:45 am

    Your photos are delicious!! I hear you on the computer problems – my 3 month old computer died in February and it took almost 5 weeks for HP to get it back to me – it’s very frustrating to deal with. I hope you got through it ok without losing anything!

    Reply
  5. Leigh says

    April 19, 2012 at 1:15 pm

    I love Thai food too but don’t manage to cook anything more interesting than Pad Thai or a satay dish. What a deal for that yummy salad.
    Buying an external hard drive is high on my to do list and I really should make it a priority this weekend. Your experience is a warning to me.

    Reply
    • LadyE says

      April 21, 2012 at 9:11 am

      Leigh, if only I had remembered to transfer the photos. Thankfully, my photo recovery program found them all. Now I have to get them reorganized.

      Reply
  6. Jessica says

    April 19, 2012 at 1:16 pm

    I do like spicy food, but I think that might be a bit too spicy for me.

    Reply
  7. Andi at The Particular Traveler says

    April 19, 2012 at 1:27 pm

    So sorry to hear about your computer woes!

    That som tom salad looks incredible. I can’t wait to try all the street food when I visit Chiang Mai.

    Reply
  8. Easy Hiker says

    April 19, 2012 at 1:40 pm

    If that’s chili he’s got in the mortar, I think I would like to have that book for this som salad.

    Reply
  9. InsideJourneys says

    April 19, 2012 at 2:07 pm

    Love, love, love Thai food. My travel buddies and I are planning a trip to Thailand next year. I’m going mostly for the food!!!

    Reply
  10. Muza-chan says

    April 19, 2012 at 2:21 pm

    I’m not a big fan of spicy food, plus that from now on I’m a lot more careful with what I eat, but that Som tom looks tasty! (^_^)

    Reply
  11. Sophie says

    April 19, 2012 at 2:47 pm

    The salad looks super delicious. Peanuts, right? I never eat peanuts, except in Asian food. They just fit perfectly with the spices and everything else.

    Reply
  12. Jenna says

    April 19, 2012 at 3:05 pm

    Yum! Who doesn’t love Thai food? Sorry about your computer problems–it reminds me that I need to back up my photos more often.

    Reply
  13. Cathy Sweeney says

    April 19, 2012 at 3:47 pm

    Love the vibrant colors and scenes. I absolutely want to have lunch in Street Food Alley.

    Reply
  14. azahar says

    April 19, 2012 at 5:42 pm

    Once again left wishing there was a Thai restaurant in Sevilla…

    Reply
  15. Maria Alexandra says

    April 19, 2012 at 7:37 pm

    Asian food keeps growing on me…and your photos make me want to go to Thailand even more!! =)

    Sorry about the computer troubles — I’m having some myself, will have to return this piece of crap to Amazon, has been giving me probs since I bought it (Aspire One). Bah!

    Reply
  16. Mary says

    April 19, 2012 at 8:33 am

    The food looks so delicious and I love how it’s so cheap. I’ve always heard great things about Thailand’s street food and is one of the reasons I would love to visit and eat. Haven’t had dinner yet but I’m suddenly in the mood for some Thai food =)

    Reply
  17. Jackie Smith says

    April 19, 2012 at 10:37 pm

    What a yummy way to start the day! Great photos that make me want to return to Thailand. Aren’t computers a wonderful thing at times?

    Reply
  18. Vera Marie Badertscher says

    April 20, 2012 at 12:44 am

    I do love Thai food,and love your pictures, and DO need a Thai cookbook. But I must admit I’m a coward about eating street food. I have the opposite of an iron stomach (whatever that is.) What a fright with your computer! Hope you got ALL the pictures back! (Funny I’m doing Cambodia Food on the same day you’re doing Thai food, huh?)

    Reply
  19. Sabrina says

    April 20, 2012 at 1:01 am

    Hmmm, now that’s a salad I can get excited about 🙂 I so want to visit Thailand!

    Reply
  20. Debbie Beardsley says

    April 20, 2012 at 2:08 am

    I am ready for some Som tom salad! Make mine spicy too.

    Reply
  21. Dick Jordan says

    April 20, 2012 at 11:53 am

    You’ve got me drooling!

    A few years back when I was going to have dinner in a local restaurant specializing in Asian cuisine, I did a Google search on wine pairing and discovered that the wine that Thailanders like to drink most is Cabernet Sauvignon, whose tannis simply increase the “heat factor” of the food!

    In Amsterdam, we ate twice in a great little Indonesia restaurant near our hotel, but found that even the “mild” spice in the dishes was flaming hot to our wimpy Westernized palates. Our local tour guide said forget drinking water, beer, or even a white wine (like Gewurztraminer)will a bit of residual sugar, imbibe something with lots of sugar if you want to put out the “Five Alarm Fire” going on in your mouth.

    Reply
  22. Becca says

    April 20, 2012 at 12:08 pm

    I love Thai food and that salad looks amazing…love peanuts in everything – but I don’t know if I can handle the spice!!!

    Reply
  23. Laurel says

    April 20, 2012 at 6:07 pm

    Somtam is my favorite Thai dish and I also like it spicy, but it never turns out as good when I make it at home.

    Reply
  24. Becca says

    April 20, 2012 at 10:58 pm

    Had to pop back over to thank you for linking up this week! Have a wonderful weekend!

    Reply
  25. eileen ludwig says

    April 20, 2012 at 12:00 pm

    Late again but something different again This keeps growing

    Reply
  26. Steve says

    April 21, 2012 at 4:11 am

    I’ve never tried (or even seen) som tom salad, but a salad that you need to cool your mouth down from? That sounds like a dream to me. I’ll be keeping my eyes open for this in the future.

    Reply
  27. Andrew Graeme Gould says

    April 29, 2012 at 10:13 pm

    I just love these kind of places for their atmosphere, as well as the food. Very nicely shown in this series, too. And by the way, in my case when I travel, as my desktop external hard drive and backup drive are too much to take with, my originals (via Lightroom) on the trip go on the laptop C drive, and are backed up on a small external drive all the time. Once I get home, I transfer them to the main drive and backup.

    Reply
  28. Jenny says

    May 31, 2012 at 1:51 am

    Yum!
    I really recommend taking cooking classes, and as I recall CM had a lot of classes available. Why not do whatever you can to be able to continue enjoying those yummy flavors after you’ve gone home?

    Also, I think street food can sometimes be safer than food from a sit-down restaurant. At least you can observe the “kitchen” and decide if it’s a place you want to eat.

    Reply

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