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I am so excited to to be back in Thailand yeah this is your first time in Thailand what
do you think so far so far so good so far so good so the first time that I was in Thailand
if you guys have been with me for that long was in the spring of 2021.
that was back when they still had pretty strong coveted restrictions and you had to do a two-week
two-week Hotel quarantine so for that trip I did mainly stay in the south of Thailand
and for this trip I figured that since my dad like slightly cooler temperatures and
really beautiful nature mountains it was worth coming to the north so we are currently in
Chiang Mai which you could say is actually the capital of the north because it is the
largest city in the area and it's the second largest city in all of Thailand Chiang Mai
is definitely the gateway to the mountains to beautiful nature and is definitely a cultural
capital speaking of which we are actually in the more historic part of the city known
as the old town it's where most tourists probably stay if they're coming to Chiang Mai for the
first time so while we will be showing you some other districts of the city I thought
it would be good to start our day here with with what Dad what what are we going to have
this morning banano mango pancakes the best the best banana mango pancakes we have ever
had in our lives they are out of this world so let's get to it for those of you who have
never heard of Chiang Mai this is a very popular place to visit in Thailand for basically all
demographics you will see a very wide range of tourists here everybody from retirees to
the digital Nomads to the Gen Z's backpacking Thailand this place has something for everyone
and in being the gateway to the north Chiang Mai is a great place to book a lot of different
day trips whether you want to visit an elephant Sanctuary go hiking go to the hot springs
take a Thai cooking class there's definitely a lot of different things to do in the area
and Chiang Mai is a great place to start from foreign [Music] this is the restaurant that
we were raving about guys it is called good souls and it is actually a 100 plant-based
restaurant so I'm totally vegan my dad has been more or less full vegetarian for this
trip so if you prefer to eat more plant-based this is a great place to come now if you have
been to Thailand you will know just how amazing the mango is here best mango I've ever had
very fresh nice soft tasty yeah never had anything like it so this is it this is everything
guys if you come pooching my I swear you have to come to this restaurant are you ready for
your pancakes dad I sure am I think this is the third time I thought yeah I think we've
been here like three or four times now we are not sick of them and then also they're
homemade whipped cream that they give you with every order is really really good
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[Music] now another popular District of Chiang Mai that I definitely think is worth checking
out or staying in depending on what you're looking for is nimin this is kind of the Hipster
nightlife really nice restaurants big shopping center kind of area it doesn't really have
all the local attractions and the history that the old town does and if you are looking
for something quite a bit more lively especially at night I think this is the district for
you to give you guys an approximate budget of what you can expect to pay for accommodation
in Chiang Mai if you are staying in the more popular tourist districts like the old town
or nimin I would say that the average dorm room at a hostel is going to be around the
10 US dollar Mark a mid-range hotel is going to be about 30 US Dollars and that's actually
a fairly nice place and if you're looking at the more luxury hotels in the city those
would probably start around the 70 to 80 dollar Mark for food it's overall budget friendly
especially if you are going to the more local sort of eating places or street food you can
definitely get a full meal for less than five US Dollars even with some of the mid-range
places you can get a meal from five to ten dollars and then if you're really going to
a fancy place it's going to be around 20 to 30 dollars foreign [Applause]
[Music] so have you figured out what your surprise is yet no if you had to take a guess
what kind of weird food do you think I'm gonna make you eat that you have never had before
I'll take a guess bugs no no
you will be trying Dorian for the first time today oh yeah the king of fruits so I saw
this place as we were walking around the district a few days ago and looking it up it has an
enormous menu with some very unique dishes all made with Dorian so excited guys this
is gonna be so fun so obviously they do have a lot of you know cool drinks shakes you can
try it that way or they have a lot of desserts like they got the bingsu the kind of shaved
ice and then possibly the weirdest one I don't know if we'll try this but the durian Pizza
of course all of this is substantially more expensive than you know a regular pizza here
in Thailand would be or anything else because durian itself is probably one of the most
expensive fruits in the world you want taste test all right my dad's really getting into
the spirit here um let's give your matcha Dorian tea a taste test what do you think
tastes good really oh okay the first step does yeah so you can see obviously they got
durian matcha well no it's it you bought some you got some durian and then they have cold
foam here all right matchadorian cheers oh yeah I can taste it see here's the weird thing
I don't get it like I don't get it this is the most expensive fruit in the world and
I personally don't think it's that delicious you guys there is gold leaf gold leaf on ardorian
you haven't seen this yet look at this there's edible Gold Leaf on our very expensive well
I guess not that that expensive uh Dorian sticky rice so we made up a little piece for
my dad the Moment of Truth time trying Dorian for the very first time let's go okay
no but okay kind of put it up to your nose do you smell it no I kind of smells thing
so Dorian is known as the stinky fruit and I know firsthand because the time that I did
try it in Bangkok I didn't eat the whole piece that I bought and then we brought it back
to our house big mistake it stunk up the fridge so bad even most hotels in Southeast Asia
have literal signs that say no Dorian allowed because because of the stench and now it is
time for the pizza but one thing I didn't realize before is they also give you like
a little sauce here as well I guess you're supposed to pour it on the pizza I don't know
oh that looks so weird this is so weird
thank you
it's very sweet it's like a very sweet Pizza
I agree with your review it's just okay
a bit of a letdown to be honest considering how much we spent like this is going to be
like you know 45 dollars probably something like that but it's an experience you know
it's an experience and I think yeah if you've never tried Dorian before like maybe you'll
like it some people are crazy about this stuff like there's people who will pay hundreds
of dollars for the top durian and wanted on everything obviously because if they didn't
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we are back in the old town the sun will be setting here in the next half hour and I think
it is time for us to grab some dinner that is one of the most famous dishes that you
could have here in Northern Thailand which is cow soy for those of you who don't know
I actually worked part-time for like five or six years in a really famous Thai restaurant
uh in Toronto called suko Thai and so I have eaten so much cow soy so much Thai food in
general so it's gonna be interesting how the cow soy we have today Stacks up with what
I had at work because we had you know authentic Thai chefs and it was like rated as the best
in the city
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their cow soy is amazing and it looks like they have a few different options where you
could get pork chicken beef or fish I actually really like beef cow soy so I think I'm gonna
go with that what do you feel like getting dad I do not know anything you don't know
anything I'm tired I've worked this guy hard today yeah he works me hard every day not
easy being a YouTuber is it not easy having a daughter for a YouTuber that's the way to
put it fried rice came fast this is my dad's probably favorite thing to get and this is
fresh pineapple fried rice with some eggs so go for it
that's good nice nice all right the cow soy actually looks pretty good and what's interesting
I've seen this at a few places is that they give you this side of I don't even know like
fermented vegetables or pickled pickled that's what I'm looking for pickled vegetables some
lime some onion Castle is a northern Thai Dish and it has this really rich creamy yellow
curry so I'm going to try that
food they asked for no surprise I think they lost that part that is spicy I actually really
like the noodles in cow soy they're um egg noodles so they are a bit richer I find than
just rice noodles
very nice
and then let's try the beef
all in all very good um I think just the spice took me by surprise I definitely asked for
no spice but it's quite spicy so I don't know how I will handle that but both is good like
this is obviously delicious here and what we used to serve back in Toronto was delicious
so probably wherever you go in Chiang Mai you will be able to find good bowl of couch
well what a day yeah what a day Chiang Mai you guys we were actually planning to go to
the night market tonight but I think both me and my dad are actually quite tired yeah
we're tired not today not today but would recommend it to you guys that there is a place
in the city where it's like a nightly night market and then on the weekends there's one
in the old town that starts around 5pm so I hope you guys enjoyed this video I hope
you found it helpful in terms of some things to see do here in Chiang Mai let me know in
the comments if any of you have been here or if you have tried durian Dad thanks so
much for being my co-host you did great keeping up with the young people trying to as always
I'm sending you guys so much love I hope you're having a fantastic day and keep being your
own kind of beautiful bye guys bye guys [Music] foreign
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