The Curries
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| White curry. Like your typical Thai curry but with absolutely no chilli - what's the point?! It was a bowl of coconut milk. |
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| Right: Green curry. This is usually quite mild, but for some reason this particular green curry was fiery hot. Dead good though. |
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| Yellow curry. Next step up on the heat scale. Flavours were still the same and since we got each one from a different place the chilli situation wasn't really comparable. Quite hot though. |
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| Red curry. Supposedly the hottest, but in all honesty I started to lose track. They were all lovely and fragrant but it was hard to really notice a big difference between them (apart from the white, which was rubbish). |
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| Here's another red curry that Dave had, with squid instead of the usual chicken. Apparently it worked well and I am a big fan of the tiny pea aubergines that were used in this one. |
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| Massaman curry - my favourite. Deep flavours and a rich sauce, which was great with the potatoes and chicken/beef. |
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| Penang curry, which was mild and sweet, with a thin sauce and was served with a dead cute bear shaped pile of rice. |
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| Three curries that I can't remember the names of, from a restaurant we stumbled across in Chiangmai that claimed to serve "The Best Curries in Town" - not bad, but apparently not so memorable. Dave thought they were excellently delish! |
The Rest
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| Thai green papaya salad, which wasn't bad but nothing like I expected - it was tangy but not at all spicy. |
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| Pad Thai: the traditional, Thai street food dish of noodles, chicken/prawns and veg. Simple, and delicious. |
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| A fancy platter of meats and veg, with a spicy, fishy dip. This was from a highly rated restaurant, but sadly the food was overpriced and disappointing. |
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| FRIED INSECTS! We didn't try them - we've eaten enough weird stuff this year, don't you think? |
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| Lovely spicy salad with tofu and star fruit. Tangy and sweet with a kick - yum! |
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| Khao Soy - a lovely curryish noodle and chicken soup. |
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| Sweet and sour chicken with loads of veggies. Really tasty. |
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| Street food in Pai. Pizza & lasagna that looked and tasted fab. |
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| The only time I've ever known Dave to order a meat-free meal! Marinated tofu steak with a mushroom sauce. He loved it! |
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| An unexpected free feast on the night-train to Chiangmai: Curry, rice, pork dumpling, cake and green tea jelly! |
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| More food than we could manage. Chiangmai sausage salad, Thai fish cakes and sweet & sour chicken. Delicious! |
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| Spicy Chiangmai sausage on stick. |
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| Yellow watermelon shake (not as nice as red). |
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| If I'd eaten this on the first day, I wouldn't have had anything else the whole time! Sweet, coconutty rice with mango. WOW! |
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| A banana, rolled in cake and covered in chocolate and nuts. Eat your heart out George Michael Bluth! |
