Day 4 of Northern Thai Trip (part 2): Khum Khantoke, Chiang Mai

Previously:
Day 4 of Northern Thai Trip: Cook With Love, second time here!!

Khantoke dinner is basically sampling the traditional northern thai food while watching the Lanna cultural show.  There are a few companies that do so, but we always go for Khum Khantoke.  Friendly service, nice food and great show.  However, we need to make a reservation in advance, then arrive early on the day to pick up and pay for the ticket.  The show and dinner will last about 2 hours in total.

Women playing traditional lanna's music instrument and crafting the fruits

Thai style cushion seating or the normal dining table

the food and drinks are refill

Let go the hot air balloon (means to let go all the bad luck and sins)

 

Khum Khantoke

139 Moo 4 Nongprakung, Muang, Chiangmai

Tel: +66 53 304121-3



Stay tuned for the next blog still in Northern Thailand:

Day 5 of Northern Thai Trip: Medio De Pai Hotel And Pai Walking Street 

Day 4 of Northern Thai Trip: Cook With Love, second time here!!

Previously:
Day 3 of Northern Thai Trip: Maesa Elephant Camp

This is our second round in this restaurant (Please feel free to read the first visit).  The restaurant changes a bit, with more tables and space, a bigger chef's table but with the same yummy taste of food.

Chef Khai

More seats

Edamame

Crispy soft shell crab salad

Huge lobster, this beautiful creature will be on our plate anytime soon

Grilled eggplant with miso and cheese

Lobster sashimi

Salmon sashimi

Chawanmushi, the silkies chawanmushi I've ever eaten

Lobster soup

Grilled creamy scallop

Salmon head

Foie gras nigiri, yumm



 

Stay tuned for the next blog still in Chiang Mai:

Day 4 of Northern Thai Trip (Part 2): Khum Khantok, Chiang Mai 

Day 3 of Northern Thai Trip: Maesa Elephant Camp

Previously:
Day 2 of Northern Thai Trip (Part 2): Amora Tapae Hotel Chiang Mai and Chiang Mai Night Bazaar

Maesa Elephant is the largest elephant's home in Northern Thailand, in here elephants have been looking after very well.  With one mahout(trainer) for each elephant.  There is also a nursery for the elephants with high fertility rate, which is a good sign that the elephants are mentally and socially healthy.  For me, the elephants here look the happiest among any elephant camps that I have ever been before.  You can see when the mahouts take elephants to take a bath, elephant painting, dancing and also elephant riding. 

Elephant feeding

Elephant gives you a hat

Elephant bathing and pooping

By the way, there are a few ladies standing a few meters away from them at the downstream picking up elephant's poops.  So, no worries the river is clean.

Elephant painting



Elephant riding

 

Stay tuned for the next blog still in Chiang Mai:

Day 4 of Northern Thai Trip: Cook With Love, second time here!!

Day 2 of Northern Thai Trip (part 2): Amora Tapae Hotel Chiang Mai and Chiang Mai Night Bazaar

Previously:
Day 2 of Northern Thai Trip: Charin Garden Resort and Wat Doi Suthep

I always love Chiang Mai, the cute cafés, beautiful view, nice weather and their lay back lifestyles.  However, you will not get this peaceful and quite atmosphere around new year holiday period.  It seems like all Thais and foreigners are poured down into this town, running away from Bangkok.  Heaps and heaps of people, especially in the night bazaar, we hardly can move nor browsing at the stalls.  I definitely prefer to be here on normal day.

 

Amora Tapae Hotel Chiang Mai

22 Chaiyaphum Road, Amphur Muang, Chiangmai, 50300

Tel: (66) 053 251 531

 

Stay tuned for the next blog still in Chiang Mai:

Day 3 of Northern Thai Trip: Maesa Elephant Camp