This Is Why We Always Love Chiang Mai (Thailand’s Most Beloved City)
this video is brought to you by Squarespace Chiang Mai is one of those cities that every time we come back we fall in love with it again and again look at how soft it is don't even need to chew she deserves a Michelin guide I will protect you and you will protect me and we will be happy together morning good morning there was a lineup for the uh Tao Bin machine this morning we were so skeptical about this remember we mentioned in a video like oh no one would use this there's a lineup now we have been drinking it every day and we probably have like 20 of this at home now not even like once a day I think at one point we had three of these a day cuz it's like 30 Baht for a coffee very nice do you find it super cold today yeah I was thinking whether or not we need long sleeves or not but it feels it feels nice did you check the temperature it's 24 Oh I thought it would be like 20 or something but it will get as low as 17 this is nice yeah Chiang Mai is awesome Chiang Mai is perfect during this season doesn't this feel like deja vu for you mhm three and a half years ago we sat over actually by that tree over there but the same condo same condo here and it was our opening scene for our first ever YouTube video on our channel hello it's flora and welcome to my channel today I'm going to go to the wholesale market where we usually get all our fruits and vegetables and herbs I want to show you all the crazy exotic fruits you can find in Thailand there's so many many fruits that I haven't tried myself so we'll see what they taste like and I remember you telling me that I have to say hi I'm flora and welcome to my channel and I was like do I have to say this it's so awkward you're like everyone does it and we jump cut so much I remember that oh my goodness and I kept staring at the camera and I wouldn't blink and it was so awkward but this is this is the place where it all started in Chiang Mai at this condo where we're like you know what we're going to go film a video where we try a bunch of fruits who is that that's Richard our new ride for Chiang Mai here We name we name him Richard because we googled the most reliable names and Richard it's the top five cuz right now we just want a reliable car yeah yeah after what happened in the past few days with Rocket it's quite nice to have some something that we can rely on yeah but we're not very attached to Richard but Richard you're doing a good job so far we got a good deal on this we pay 17,000 Baht a month that's roughly 560 Baht a day yeah very good deal and we chose a car instead of a bike because we are planning to go on some trips outside of Chiang Mai so this would be perfect because we lived in Chiang Mai for 3 years before we definitely have some favorite restaurants so the place we're going to for lunch is Note's favorite restaurant it is his go-to comfort food uh beef noodle soup and you've been going there since University yeah early 20s and we have featured this place before but not on our YouTube channel if you're familiar with the show in the International House Hunters we filmed one episode there I'm so excited for this For those of you coming here for the first time all they serve is beef noodles or you can have like a braised beef soup with rice which is what I'm going to get and yeah meatballs are delicious braised beef is delicious fresh sliced beef is delicious everything is good you going to go order for us that was so quick this one is yours this one is mine no noodles but rice on the side instead thank you and this is mine mine is special I have um rice noodle soup along with braised beef look at that look at that piece look at how soft it is don't even need to chew and meatballs the meatballs is out of this world and intestine that's my favorite you like it here though really good okay you want to help her with the crispy banana chips yeah I actually would eat that okay okay she says it's very very delicious we got snacks now yeah this I actually would eat sometimes they come and sell you other things I wouldn't eat no this looks good good but the special thing about this beef noodle is that the broth is so clear look at that and it's not heavy mhm usually when you go eat braised beef the broth is so thick and heavy and you don't feel good after but this one I always feel great the best the best meal in Chiang Mai never disappoint what do you look forward the most this one tendon yeah so instead of intestine I don't really like intestine much but I love tendon so this is the only difference I think for us but you don't have to have them you can order oh yeah whatever you want their fresh beef is also really good but we like to go with braised but you can get braised beef fresh beef slice and beef ball I think that's the probably the most common combination and they probably three or four kinds of noodles that you can choose from and they give you plenty of bean sprouts and morning glory so you also get a good portion of veggies in there it melts in your mouth the collagen good for my skin you know it's a good beef noodle shop when it says it's the only noodle shop in Chiang Mai that serves top quality beef and it's true it is a family business they actually have three or four branches in Chiang Mai I believe she's the sister and the brother has another shop and her relative is In Nimman but out all of the four her place is the best but they all have the same name doesn't it they're all called Rote Yiam and the location so if you want to come here it's called Rote Yiam Jaeng Si Phum which is right at the corner of the moat look at that we completely destroyed everything every time and it's not expensive I think it's 100 100 Baht each well it's more expensive than normal pork noodle but beef is more expensive in general I think in Thailand especially top quality beef in is worth it 100 Baht each is worth it real quick a huge part of why we can continue traveling and making content for you is because of great partners 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see so many people on the streets we did talk to some like local shop owners and vendors that we know from before and they said it is nowhere close to pre-covid times yet but they do feel that it's picking up and it feels good you know this is the perfect season to be in Chiang Mai I think there's lots of businesses that have closed but there are lots more kind of new trendy places that have opened so it's also exciting for us to come back like almost like once a year to see what's new in Chiang Mai so a lot of people coming to Chiang Mai they are excited to check out the temples in the city so of course you're going to Doi Suthep in the mountains uh going to Wat Phra Singh in town Chedi Luang as well which is really grand but our favorite temple is actually a smaller temple but it is very very beautiful and it's just right in front of us it is called Wat Lok Moli the whole temple smells like incense and it smells so so good and what is this smokiness coming out from there a mystical garden that's new yeah we have never seen this before it kind of adds that magical touch to it isn't it yeah mystical temple what number did you get 18 18 this one fell off first you dropped three and I got number three and what is your it says you are facing lots of trouble we were success is yet to reach enemies are keeping their eyes on you it seem that none of the moments of your life is happy should you refrain from seeking a mate for quite a while otherwise you'll find a terrible spouse good thing I found a good one already this is not very good but it's kind of correct yeah we have been facing a lot of problems the last few weeks and I think we were feeling down yeah I mean you usually don't feel down I'm the one who might feel down but you were having a tough time after we said bye to Rocket let's see yours your meritorius deeds from the previous life will enhance you a happy and joyful life you'll be equipped with luxurious residence honor attendance and treasures forever Like a Lion King protected by bodyguards around him you'll live a peaceful life together mine is like the best one out there good thing good think you're my spouse good think I found you I will protect you and you will protect me and we will be happy together it's a good balance yeah we need each other this year every year this is so beautiful this is the most beautiful part of the temple can you imagine at night when all these lanterns are lit up oh yeah there's lights all across this so this um Chedi here is actually built from the 15th century and what is cool about it is that the kings of the previous Lanna Kingdom they were like managing maintaining this Temple and that's why some of the Kings their ashes are inside this Chedi yeah so I think it was like a royal temple at one point I mean the rest of this area though I think it's built in the 14th century um this was a little bit later it's so beautiful and I think there's something you can do over there what does it say over here so people pour this holy water into this bamboo container container and you pull the rope so that this goes up on top all the way to the Buddha yeah the Buddha right there and it will automatically pour the holy water onto around the Buddha oh this is for good luck yeah this is the holy water and I think it's it's mixed with some jasmine scent wow it smells so good it's holding water oh oh it's coming out the side okay and you pull this one here let's see if that works oh yeah see it's moving now did you notice what was interesting up there yeah because the water only hits that part of the Chedi only that part has greenery has something growing out from it that's so interesting what does that teach you that if you keep watering something and committing to doing something it will eventually bloom and flourish so don't give up very good is that what you were thinking or you weren't thinking at all no no exactly like that wow everything looks so good what did you get I got a dirty butterscotch dirty is my little treat now so was like really really cold milk with a shot of espresso this one smells a bit sweeter because it has like a butterscotchy uh taste to it I think and your Yuzu Americano my favorite and I even got us a little afternoon treat this is a blueberry crumble looks yummy cheers afternoon refreshment that's so yummy I think there's a little bit of cream in it too because you can feel like a very full what makes it dirty I think it's because it looks dirty yeah cuz it looks like there's dirt in there yeah but it looks dirty because uh you pour the espresso shot on top of the milk and then you don't stir it so when you drink it it creates the pattern of it and it just kind of looks like a dirty drink but is so delicious one of the best things to do here in Chiang Mai is to explore the coffee scene we are now at one of the popular ones called Koff and Things it's more like a Japanese style decor yeah like clean looking wooden house and there's tons of Japanese style cafes in Chiang Mai but there are just so many to choose from but we keep seeing new ones pop up I think within a year that the last time we came to Chiang Mai there's around if not thousands of coffee shops open up I saw this map online this is all the coffee shops in Chiang Mai right now but that's not a real map it's just like someone's joke say that that's what Chiang Mai feels like like full of coffee shops at every turn it's pretty accurate we are now at a popular new attraction here in Chiang Mai for a lot of local Thais this is the new night market called Khlong Mae Kha and Khlong means canal because this night market goes all the way down both sides of the canal it's about 1 km long right now it's 1 km but they have planned to extend it longer this used to be a sewage canal it is still a sewage canal but it's a lot cleaner but if you cross the bridge to the other side that what it used to look like so this is so much nicer and it's good for the local people here they turn this into a new attraction of the city oh this is my favorite grilled sticky rice with egg you want one yeah one here's your rice lollipop so this is a sticky rice covered with usually egg and salt yeah it's called khao-jee it's so yummy this place here you can rent these flower baskets and pretend to like carry them across the bridge to take photos you want to carry one thank you for spending a day with us in Chiang Mai in the next couple videos we'll be staying at some beautiful and unique places outside of Chiang Mai so click that subscribe button to follow our adventures have a Wonderflo Day and we will see see you in the next one bye bye
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