Eating Thai Yai Noodle at Morning Market in Mae Hong Son

Tasty northern food is a must to try when traveling to Mae Hong Son province. We left the hotel at early morning, got on a bike to explore the famous morning market in Mae Hong Son. Biking in the morning and experience the vibrant and buzzing morning market selling tasty local food is a worth getting up for!!

Located in the center of the city, Mae Hong Son’s morning market is not hard to find. If you get lost, you can ask the local people on the street for direction. They are all friendly and generous.

At Mae Hong Son’s morning market, there are varieties of fresh and dry food to buy. Most of the people walking in the market are travelers, selecting goods or having breakfast at the stalls, such as eating the famous rice porridge at “Johk Sa-Woie”, drinking pork soup or zipping a cup of coffee. The colorful fruits and vegetables are sold in front of the market by hilltribe traders. Our destination today is in the last zone of the market, the local food zone, where we will sit and taste the famous Thai Yai food.

Walking from the motorcycles parking lots and then turn left, we are now facing a pack of local stalls. One of the stalls is a Thai Yai noodle shop. The recommended dish is the Thai Yai noodle with fried-soybean. It is made from stir-soybean, strained and let it cool before cutting it into triangle shape, fried and served with noodle. You can see our pictures below, look yummy isn’t it?          

The weather in Mae hong Son at this time is usually cool, but riding a bike without overcoat can be freezing. Therefore, don’t forget to bring your overcoat, or you can buy it here in Mae Hong Son, which is surprisingly cheaper than in Bangkok.

The highlight of this market is to see different groups of hill tribes people, especially the Thai Yai elderly dressed up in their full traditional costumes. Here you can feel the charm of local people lifestyle and culture.

 After strolling around in the morning market, you may choose to travel to other tourist attractions in Mae Hong Son, such as Num Paeng Din long-neck Karens’s village, Ban Rak Thai or Ban Ruom Thai. After breakfast, we will head to other places, let’s wait and see where we are going next!!

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