Larb Muang

Larb

The namesake dish — minced meat tossed with toasted rice powder, lime juice, fish sauce, shallots, and dried chilies; herbaceous, funky, and aggressively seasoned in the Northern Thai tradition

Khao Soi

Northern Thai coconut-curry noodle soup with braised meat and crispy fried noodles on top — the dish most associated with Chiang Mai cuisine and a reliable benchmark for any Lanna kitchen

Northern Thai sausage (Sai Oua)

Coarsely ground pork sausage fragrant with lemongrass, kaffir lime leaf, and galangal — a defining street-food staple of the Lanna tradition rarely executed well outside Thailand

Nam Prik Noom

Roasted green chili relish served with crudités and sticky rice — a humble, smoky Northern Thai staple that few Toronto Thai restaurants bother with