Last Updated on October 26, 2014 by Nancie
Chiang Mai Street Food Episode 2…
This post was shared with Foodie Tuesday on February 18, 2014, hosted by Marcia at Inside Journeys.
Here we are for the 159th episode of Travel Photo Thursday. Welcome! Chiang Mai’s cold snap seems to be history. However, the evening temps are cool, so no need for the A/C. My street food quest continues, and I have not been disappointed. Early morning and evening seem to be the best times to sample. Although, the afternoon vendors do appear as the students leave school. Have a look at some of what I have sampled this week.
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I have fallen absolutely in love with Moo Ping. When I arrive the pork sticks are sizzling away on a charcoal grill. However, their journey to deliciousness starts before they hit the heat. First, each piece of pork is marinated in a sweet soy based sauce. When they do hit the hot grill the smell is out of this world. My mouth starts to water as soon as I turn the corner. By the time I see the cart I want to start running. Each sweet, melt in your mouth piece sells for 5baht (. 15US/CDN) and sticky rice is also available. While waiting, just stand and breathe in the amazing aroma!
Moo Ping Ladies + 1 (I didn’t realize until after I title this shot that the person on the left is a man!) Don’t you love their hats?
Melt in your mouth goodness…
Another of my favorites is Naem Sour Sausage, sometimes called Jin Som (jin = meat/ som=sour). This is one of four sausages produced here in Chiang Mai. If I ever stop drooling over the jin som, I will try the others! Like the Moo Ping these are also cooked on a charcoal grill until the outside is a crispy brown. Experiencing the sour flavor of that first bite always takes my breath away! The sausage is served with slices of raw cabbage.
Moo Ping and Jin Som can be found all over Chiang Mai. Wherever street food is being sold, there will always be moo ping and jin som vendors cooking up this Thai deliciousness. One sausage will set you back 10Baht (.30US/CDN).
Have you tried Moo Ping or Jin Som?
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43 responses to “Chiang Mai Street Food Episode 2”
I love your descriptions. I can imagine the taste of the skewered pork, but cannot imagine the sour sausages. They look impressive though. I think the hats looks scary 🙂
Hi Jan! Both are delicious, but very different tastes! The hats made me do a double take!
Now I’m hungry! I can almost taste the pork sticks and the sour sausages look interesting. The street food is certainly one of the many things I’d be coming to Chiang Mai for!
Hi Jenny, and Happy New Year! I can’t imagine coming to CM and not embracing the street food culture!
Keith, the meat eater in our team, is drooling. Those skewered porks are making him crazy. Can’t believe how cheap they are!
Glad you’re having a comfy weather out there. I have to live vicariously through you. We are in sub-zero in NYC:(
Hi Marisol! Despite being a Buddhist country, the Thais love their meat. Stay warm!
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Okay when you described the smell as they hit the grill my mouth literally started watering. . .these are absolutely fabulous looking and I suspect tasting as well. Keep these reports coming – we are loving them!!!
Hi Jackie! I’m so glad you like my descriptions. I’m still eating! 🙂
Delicious photos!
The pork skewers in the second photo look so tasty! They remind me of the Japanese yakitori… And the sour sausage reminds me of a kind of sausage from back home…
OK, I just decided what I will eat this evening (^_^)
Hi! Yes, they are very similar to Japanese yakitori (but much cheaper)!
I love street food – wandering around the stalls, seeing it cooked. Watching people.
Wishing you a fubulous photographic year in 2014.
Hi Jill! Thanks for the New Year wishes, and right back at you.
The skewered meat looks yummy, reminds me of satay, which is the only street food I remember from Thailand (that and Nutella crepes), but then I haven’t been in an age. Curious about Chiang Mai and the north.
Hi Sophie! That’s funny, I have never noticed the Nutella crepes until this trip, and there is a mobile van around CM selling them. I am not a big Nutella fan, but may have to break down and try one; all in the name of research!
It looks pretty darned easy to stay with a budget with food prices that low. Those pork skewers look amazing. It doesn’t sound like it but do you ever get sick eating the street food?
Hi Leigh! Honestly, eating is so cheap here. Even when you want to get off the street, the restaurant food is very reasonable and delicious!
There’s just something about street food. Maybe because it’s done outside, maybe it’s the mix of the natural air but to me, it always tastes fantastic.
I know I’d be racing with you to get some of that Moo Ping and the price is just right! Though I didn’t see the .at first and thought you meant $15!
Happy New Year, Nancie!
Hi Marcia! I think I could buy the entire truck for $15.00! 🙂
I love how affordable the food is. Thank goodness I just had dinner or my mouth would be watering too!
Thanks for linking up, Nancie!
I’ve been wanting to visit Thailand for a long time now and one of the major draws is definitely the food. These sausages look delicious!
Hi Dana! Thailand will not disappoint you!
YUM it all looks so good!!
Hi Jackie! Trust me it is!
Those all look delicious! We’re meat eaters so this is something we’d probably eat. I can’t get over the prices. I’ve never heard of any of these. We’re heading to Bangkok in June so I’m hoping they have these too. Glad you’re having a great break.
Hi Mary! When in June? I could possibly be there. I’m sure you’ll find both in Bangkok. Although Chiang Mai Thais would probably tell you that the sour sausage is better in CM…haha!
I think I’d fall in love with moo ping,too. They look delicious. And yes, I do like the hats of the moo ping ladies (and man).
Hi Cathy! Impossible not too 🙂 Yes, the hats are hilarious!
Yum! it all looks yummy. Watch those Thai chilis! They’ll get you in trouble.
Hi Eileen! I love the Thai chilies. I always say, BRING THEM ON! 🙂
DEfinitely I’d go for the pork skewers to start with, but oh it all looks so tasty. What a wonderful selection of street food. I wish we had more than sausage sizzles in Western Australia!
HiJohanna! Not a lot of street food in Canada, but there is in Korea. For some reason I have never gotten into the street food in Korea. One thing the do in Korea is eat the food right at the stand (often), and that kind of turns me off; too many people standing over the food…haha
Love the street food. :)Thanks for sharing this great blog post. Looking forward to read more.. Keep posting.
Hi Des! Glad you enjoyed it!
My husband and I weren’t able to try too many street foods during our last visit in Thailand. Jin Som sounds very interesting…
Hi Cheryl! That’s a good reason to come back. 🙂
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Haven’t tried either one but they both look great!
You describe these tasty morsels so well I’m drooling. How I love Asian street food and how I miss it, having lived in Vietnam a while ago. So happy to have food your blog through #FoodieTuesday
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