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( 541 Th Phahonyothin; mains 150-300B; )
This cosy, foreigner-friendly restaurant
is a good choice if you're tired of rice. There's a variety of well-done Dutch and oth-
er Western-style dishes, as well as a good attached bakery.
SOMKHUAN KHAO SOI $
Northern Thai
( Th Singhaclai; mains 25B; 8am-3pm Mon-Fri)
Friendly Mr Somkhuan serves a
tasty bowl of
kô w soy
(a northern Thai curry noodle dish) from a basic street stall
under two giant trees.
If You Like...
Cafe Culture
For such a relatively small town, Chiang Rai has an abundance of high-quality, Western-
style cafes. This is largely due to the fact that many of Thailand's best coffee beans are
grown in the more remote corners of the province. Some of the more interesting choices
include the following:
1 BAANCHIVITMAI BAKERY
(
www.baanchivitmai.com
;
Th Prasopsook; 7am-9pm Mon-Sat; )
In ad-
dition to a very well-prepared cup of local coffee, you can snack on amazingly
authentic Swedish-style sweets at this popular bakery. Profits go to BaanChiv-
itMai, an organisation that runs homes and education projects for vulnerable,
orphaned or AIDS-affected children.
2 DOI CHAANG
( 542/2 Th Ratanaket; 7am-11pm; )
Doi Chaang is the leading brand
among Chiang Rai coffees, and its beans are now sold as far abroad as Canada
and Europe.
