Northern Flavours Chiang Mai Food Tour with 15+ Tastings

This 4-hour food tour rides a private red songthaew truck around Chiang Mai for more than 15 tastings of Northern Thai dishes.

The guide meets you at Wat Lok Moli temple’s north gate, under the gold four-headed statue by the big tree, before the group boards a classic rod daeng truck for four hours of eating around street stalls and indoor markets, skipping the pad thai and green curry served to first-time visitors in favor of northern specialties like sai oua (grilled lemongrass sausage), nam ngiaw noodle soup, larb salads and nam prik relishes. The tour wraps at Wararot Market on the Ping River.

Groups are capped at eight, which keeps the pace unhurried at each stop. Bottled water and local soft drinks are included in the price; alcohol and hotel transfers are not, so plan your own way to the meeting point. Because the tour eats where it’s actually local, it can’t accommodate every diet: it doesn’t work for vegetarians, pescatarians, no-pork diets, or shellfish, peanut and severe gluten allergies (soy sauce carries gluten traces), but it does cover lactose intolerance and no-beef requests.

Insider Tip: Read the dietary list before booking, not after. This isn’t a tour that can substitute dishes on the fly, since much of it depends on what a given street stall happens to be cooking that day.

This suits travelers who’ve already had their fill of central Thai standards and want to taste what’s specific to the old Lanna Kingdom; anyone with a restricted diet outside the list above should look for a different food tour instead.