Besides excellent
Thai and Chinese food, visitors can enjoy Italian,
French, German and Muslim food in specialty restaurants.
US-style steakhouses, sandwich bars, fast-food outlets, English-style
pubs and vegetarian restaurants offer a broad range of cuisines.
International fare is widely available in teahouses and coffeeshops.
Local culinary
specialties include highly spiced Naem sausages and mildly
curried Khao Soi noodles.
Many visitors
enjoy a traditional Khan Toke dinner which is accompanied
by a display of northern dances. Khan Toke actually is a wooden
tray for carrying dishes. In a Khan Toke dinner the guests sit
in groups of five or six on the floor.
Major Khan
Toke dishes include glutinous rice, Burmese and northern
Thai-style curries, spiced mincemeat dishes, Chiang
Mai sausage, highly seasoned sauces and dips, and crisp pork rind.
Diners eat
with their hands while groups provide entertainment, performing
popular Northern dances such as the graceful fingernail
dance, the candle dance and the sword dance.
