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The Thai Yai appetizer ,it have the special characteristics which is difference from the Lanna food. The local Thai Yai usually eat rice, where the local Lanna usually eat glutnious rice.The local Thai Yai don't usually prepare their food with meat.This is why we don't normally see minced sour pork , pork sausage or spicy minced meat like the northern food. The Thai Yai food normally prepare with vegetable.The main ingredients of Thai Yai food is "Tour Nouw" or steamed soya beans marinade for 2 - 3 days , after that , pounded it in to a round-flat sheet and sun-dried them.
It looks like a sasemi chip , an ingredient which adds a flavour for every main dish.

  • Kaow Som : A cook rice mingled with turmeric moulded or tomato into a small ball eaten with fried chlilis and green peas.
  • Kaow Lhueng : A cook rice mingled with turmeric moulded into a small ball and sprinkled it with fried onion,commonly eaten with pork balls.
  • Kaow Kan Jeen : A cook rice mingled with a blood of fowls and steamed it with fried onion, eaten with fried chlilis.
  • Khang Pong : made of raw sliced papaya,red onion and flower cluster of the banana tree mixed with shrimp paste , sliced lemonglass,chili powder , salted and dipped fried.
  • A La War : a la war is commonly seen in the market made of white flour , coconut milk and sugarane sugar , stirred it all together until it became sticky.
  • Souy Tamin : A Thai Yai dessert , made of sticky rice , coconut milk and sugarcane sugar.
  • Tua Pae Yee &Tua Pae Lau : It's look like the normal bean .Tua Pae Yee is a dipped fried soybean and Tau Pae Lau is a fried soybean with salt .
  • Kaow Soi Tad : A square piece of fried yellow noodles mingled with sugar,sugarcane sugar until it became sticky.

    For those who would like to try the Thai Yai appetizer should go to :
    - Morning market in A.Muang : Between Singha Nart road and Panit Chung Wat road.
    - Morning market in A.Pai : Rung Siyanon road
    - Morning market in A.Khun Youm :Highway No.105
    - Morning market in A.Mae Sariang : Sarid Phon road.

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