Northern cuisine

• Nam Prik Ong is a type of chili paste which is made of minced pork and tomatoes. It is usally eaten with soft-boiled vegetables, pork crackling or deep-fried crunchy rice cakes.
• Nam Prik Noom meaning in English Chili Paste Young Man, is another kind of paste that is extremely popular in the north and eaten also by Thais of all regions. It is often eaten with pork crackling.
• Sai Ua is a local Chiang Mai sausage that is very aromatic and spicy and is usually eaten with sticky rice. Kaeng meaning curries are not made of coconut milk in the north.
• Kaeng Hang-Le is northern-style pork curry
• Kaeng Om is a spicy curry consisting of intestines
• Kaeng Khae is a spicy curry consisting of vegetables.
• Khanom Chin Nam Ngiao is a traditional noodle dish with chicken of the North.
• Khao Soi is another popular noodle dish which can be made from chicken, pork or beef. What makes it unique is that it contains coconut milk and it is garnished with garlic.