Best Deal In Town

You can find great deals on delicious Thai food all around Chiang Mai, but it's hard to beat the cheap lunch at the food court in the Kad Suan Kaew shopping mall. Known to the local expats as "The Brown Rice Ladies" these two side-by-side buffet style counters each offer a selection of seven or eight dishes to choose from, some vegan, some vegetarian and some for the carnivores. The selection varies from day to day, but is always offered with a heaping portion of steamed brown rice. The price for rice and two selections from the buffet is ฿30 ($1.18 CAD) and for three selection the cost is ฿40 ($1.58 CAD). Today I was extra hungry and asked for four selections and was still charged only ฿40!

The total cost of lunch for the two of us today was $2.76 CAD.

I think we're going to be in for some serious sticker shock when we get home.Read more