This is what we did for Day 2:
- Cooking Class
- Head to Old City
- Massage
- Sunday Walking Street
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Our Day 2 started with a cooking class!
You might be teasing or laughing at us for joining a class,
But we both really do enjoy cooking and Thai food,
And lucky for us, the food we made turned out really good! =)
We signed up for Siam Rice Thai Cooking School.
We contacted them via email before our trip and paid only after the class.
The sessions were:
- Half Day Class - 700 baht - Five dishes. 8.30am - 1.30pm
- Full Day Class - 900 baht - Seven dishes 8.30am - 2.30pm
Being the smart people we are,
We opted for the second choice (as bolded above).
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WORST DECISION EVER
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Not because it wasn't good or anything, we just didn't think things through,
And that we'd have to eat all seven dishes in under 4 hours.
So, in total there are 7 sections:
1. Soup
2. Noodles
3. Appetizer
4. Stir Fried Vegetables
5. Make Curry Paste
6. Curry (from Curry paste)
7. Thai Dessert
The difference between half day class & full day class is #3 & #4.
So you won't be missing much if you take the half day class, don't worry.
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The day starts off with the teacher bringing us to the market,
She introduces the ingredients we're gonna use in the class.
Some of which is uncommon in Malaysia.
We head to the house where the classes are gonna take place.
Ingredients with hot & creamy soup
Tom yum ingredients
For le pad thai
She helped me with my curry paste
In other words, I SUCK.
Lek's green curry paste!
My red curry paste!
In the works...
Green curry! nom nom!
These were our creations!
Hot & Sour Soup
Hot & Creamy Soup
Fried Noodle Thai Style (Pad Thai)
Drunken Noodles
Green Mango Salad
Papaya Salad
Chicken with Cashew Nut
Fried Ginger with Chicken
Red Curry with Pumpkin
Green Curry
Mango Sticky Rice
Sticky Rice with Young Coconut
See all that stuff we gotta eat? Geeeeez
Anyway, the teacher is nice to pack up some food for you if you can't finish them.
(But she should have said we had that option earlier)_________________________________________________________________
After we were done, we asked them to drop us off in the Old City.
Day 2 was a Sunday, so Chiang Mai has a wonderful Night Market every Sunday here.
It starts from ThaPae Gate all the way down Rachamankha Road.
The stalls go into the small alleys as well.
So, we took the whole afternoon exploring the Old City.
I used Sawasdee Chiang Mai - Easy Walking Map the whole time we were there.
It's a life saver!!!
It looks like this, and I got mine from my hotel.
The boxed up in blue is the "Old City"
Everything out from that is the "New City"
There's a moat around the old city, so you can see old ruins,
Especially the corners and the gate itself (North, East, South, West).
I found out later that night on google that they have been rebuilt according to pictures from the past.
I feel so cheated =p
Here's where you can get the map
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There's soooo many wats (temples) in the Old City,
That you would take at least 1-2 full days to explore it all (if you plan it well),
But the one's you CANNOT miss are:
Wat Chedi Luang & Wat Phra Singh
On this day, we visited Wat Phra Singh.
And like all amazing landmarks, there's a lot of tourist (me included, heh)
Tha Pha Gate (Eastern Gate)
Grabbed a cup of Hot White Mocha
in Wawee Coffee
This is a beautiful relic; in Wat Umong
Wat Phra Sing
This is near the Western Gate
We were lucky enough to catch the chanting
After a quick visit, the stalls were starting to be set up all around.
But it was still drizzling and we had been walking the whole afternoon,
So... we went for a massage!
We found a great parlour called "Lila Thai Massage".
They have 6 branches and we visited the one at Phra Singh.
We signed up for the Lila Package that was 2 hours long at 550baht.
Highly Recommend this place!!!
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After the massage, it's shopping time!
Khao Soi
Seafood Pad Thai - 60 baht
Grilled Squid - 150baht
Banana Nutella - 35baht
They made the waffle earlier on, and just reheat it when you order them,
So the waffle is very soggy.
After buying this one, I noticed that many other stalls do the same :(
That's the end of Day 2!
Let's welcome Day 3 with a roar in the next post ;)
