Best Thai Food of 2023 || 100% Home-Grown Menu of Amazing Northern Thai Food in Pua, Nan
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 24 ม.ค. 2025
- Pua District in Nan has to be one of the prettiest, most quiet, and most TASTY places to spend a weekend. Whether you are here hunting for some of Thailand's biggest climbs (cycling :) ), or for a quiet place to explore the best food of Northern Thailand, Pua is high on my personal list for all-around favorite places in this country we call our home.
Li and I are loving the chance to visit this out of the way gem of Northern Thailand, and its also the place that we pick for our Best Meal of the Year! The Auntie and Uncle who run the "Tai Khua" restaurant out of their own home are just the sweetest couple, Uncle tends the garden and wow can Auntie cook. The way they run the restaurant though is beautiful, cooking only a certain selection of items each day (maximizing freshness), using almost entirely vegetables growing UNDER the restaurant (wait til you see the construction!).
The atmosphere, the timing, the dishes, and the flavors, we give this a 10/10 across the board. Well deserving of being our most memorable and beautiful meal of a very good year of 2023.
LOCATION:
Find "Tai Khua Khrua Meaung" here, on Google Maps
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so beautiful scene
thank you for sharing us
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Thank youuuuu AND you too, thats awesome Sam! Thanks so much!!
Lovely video. Keep on enjoying your lives and thank you for sharing.
Congrats on your recent award in taiwan KOM!
Thanks! Mark, I appreciate that so much :) The memories are still so awesome and real (and I already cant wait to go again next year!)
Another stellar video! Thanks Joel.
Glad you enjoyed it Nirav, and I REALLY enjoy you coming to support me and encourage me by telling me about it. Awesome morning, greetings to you today!!
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What an absolutely beautiful soundtrack in the background while having dinner. I can almost imagine the smells, the warmth in the air. The peacefulness. God does good work.
Glad you enjoyed it Bullit, wow what a cool comment. Totally in the zone again, just through reading your words describing it!! Amen, praise God, it was (and still is today!) a good day. Glad to share parts of it together with you!!
Made larb gai today 🎉 Actually, I made pumpkin samosas, french onion soup, pepper jelly, and pumpkin seeds. Productive food making day, lol!😅😊
*walks up with an empty plate with 🥺 eyes communicating “More Larb please” 🤤* Mariagotart 🙏🙏
Nooooo way Maria wow that sounds amazing! Especially the pumpkin samosa, thats genius, and must be so good!!!!
@@JoelsTastyRide * motions to Joel to join the line up @ Mariagotart’s buffet *😉😋
Hi Li and Joel! Good to finally catch up with a video of you all and some superb food. I'm watching the video and noticing that you aren't swinging like crazy at mosquitos. To be able to sit in the night air and eat a gorgeous display of food must be heaven. I love the sounds of the night in the background. Nice pick Li! I'm still working on my visit to Thailand.
VONNNNNNNN (extend even further the sound) hahaha. Vonn, how happy am I to see your name is here first today? Ya know? Wow. Thats so cool!! I feel so lucky today as much as ever (seriously!) to feel the steady and continued support, it really has added SO much to my life, to my mental strength, to feel like I have a constant cheering coming from a special team, and you are definitely a core member of that team. Thank you for the message today Vonn. I do watch your IG posts still when I can, and I DO still pray for you (and for those other core team members), for mental strength AND also a heart full of love (these two together, very important!).
Hello Joel hope all is well you are an awesome person be safe and take care
Blessings, and have a great day
A beautiful place wow
Nice. Thanks for sharing.
Have a good morning
Lead the way Joel.
Hello, Walt, how are you?
@@reneherrera2205 how are you doing? I'm doing alright. 🙏❤️
@Walts-Travel love the hat. I am doing well thanks
Hey Joel.. way to go..you are about to hit 100,000..so proud of you..I've been hear from beginning from Cape Breton Island canada 🇨🇦 ❤❤❤
Yahoooooo, indeed it will be a milestone 🎉🎉🎉
Wow. MARY! What a cool message, what a blessing to read this today! You know I only ever hoped to reach 20k supporters, because thats the number I thought was enough to "do something good in the world" making this videos about positivity and love through food and culture... so wow, yeah 100k is just incredible. And THANK YOU for being here through all of it!!
Maxine, you are just amazing, and so steady, so supportive, and so full of the best energy!
What a beautiful place for such a special evening. Your joyful presentation and heartfelt generosity allows us to participate in this lovely event. To imagine the night fall and stars in the skies appear is magical. Thank you for sharing this blessing. 🙏
Worth it. Wow!!!!!!!
Be blessed 🙏 and have a smashing week
watching it now
Blessings
@@maxf3253My big sister maxF Hi I'm so sorry i ave been MIA for a while but love you always ❤️❤️ an please say hi to My sister as well ok Thank you
Thanks for inviting us on your food adventure. Wow! I love the presentation and with the natural herbs and vegetables. Love the sound of nature in the background. Those sound like crickets. Can't wait for more contents. One Love!
Hi Croc Joel! I will be going back to Mae Sai next month to enjoy this type of eating atmosphere with fantastic cooling weather again. Can’t wait😊
This is so beautiful thanks for sharing Sir 🙏🙏
Most welcome Semone, lovely to see a message, see you enjoying this today!
Joel what a beautiful hidden gem of a restaurant, peaceful, scenic, fresh air and Auntie and uncle are so friendly. Never knew that rice fields provided so much, enjoyed hearing the cruckets in the background love to you both, safe travels ❤
Dear Joel and Li - Today I am short of words and adjectives for this super fabulous Vlog . The restaurant is surrounded by a serene and wonderful place . I would immediately like to fly down with my family and friends to this beautiful restaurant 💯💯💯 Aunty’s cooking skills is par excellence. Uncle is also so humble and modest . They explained every dish and ingredients with passion ❤️❤️ The background music is also awesome 🎶🎶 That’s some delectable looking dishes on your table 😋😋 Literally farm-to-table dishes . Usually the Nam Prik is a tad liquidy- right ? This one is fried . There are so many variants to Nam Prik and other preparations of Thai food . Chilli 🌶️ cheers . The spicy pork fried dish is literally glistening and I did see Aunty crushing the garlic with the Ma-kwen in the mortar and pestle. Looks like that’s what has gone in the pork dish . The tomato , pork and veggie dish seems to be unique . The spicy Pork soup loaded with so many other ingredients seems to take the dish up by several notches in terms of taste , texture and flavour 👌👌👌 I am so happy for you and Li that you went to a place where you can Cycle , beautiful surrounding and mouth watering dishes . Thanks a bunch for dishing out this super classy Vlog . Every frame of the Vlog was full of life and you made my morning for sure . Take care , Stay safe , Healthy and God bless . Loads of love and respect 🤗🤗🤗❤️❤️❤️ Huge love and hugs to the Bru Crew Family ❤️❤️❤️
What an amazing place!
❤, have a beautiful week
Hey Joel. We've been watching you for years now, and have to say that you have really developed into a very skilled and effective travel and food enthusiast. Your dedication to understanding of Thai food and Thai language really set you apart from all others. The passion comes through completely. We're looking forward to watching where you go with all of this, but pretty sure you will be very successful and I hope you are able to continue to share your Thailand and life with us. We're coming to Thailand for a month in December. Third trip to Thailand now in 2 years, and moving there in 2024. Your videos continue to sustain us and excite us about the possibilities. Thank you.
WHAT a message (after already seeing your generous gift!!) wow. Thank you again!
Thanks for the details today, its really meaningful, I appreciate the length of time for you even to give me such a compliment (clearly you have watched several videos!!! Thank you for that as well). December is looking GREAT, actually as Im writing to you it is the first day so far where Im sitting here at 2pm answering comments with the windows open and no fan on! No AC has been for a few weeks, but not even a fan today
That's great, Joel. Enjoy the weather. I remember being there last January and it was like Summer in San Diego.@@JoelsTastyRide
fantastic joel I loved the village and restaurant north Thailand🇹🇭 wonderful food looks good hug your fan 🇵🇹🇪🇺🍜🍛🥬🌶🌶🌶
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G'day Joel ,Li and brewcru, Man what a cool place to chill out and eat some beautiful food . Awesome man, take care , Shine on 🙏❤🤙🍜🚴♂️🥢🍽
*raises a 🍺 to Caleb 😉*
@@billydong9640 🍻🍻 Double cheers back billy 🤙🙏
Raise a Billy to Caleb, Salty with a popcorny overtones.
@@reneherrera2205 mmmmm popcorn 🍿😋🍺
@@reneherrera2205 mmmmmm beer and popcorn
Hi Joel and Li another great meal and video!!You always have so much fun enjoying meals together 💕💕🍜
Thats nice Joel shudda got the bbq frogs too
David man!!! Great to hear from you as always, wishing you well today. Oh hey, happy November!!
Yes Happy Novenber@@JoelsTastyRide
oh man! Haha sorry, about the frogs. Not bbq, in the soup... so by my own previous times eating frog, I know that you need to trust the chef first!! obviously NOW I would go with the frog
Why is Joel green? The frogs got him@@JoelsTastyRide
That was a table full of tasty looking food, I know you and Li enjoyed your meal, have a great day !!!
Another world out there in the middle of nowhere i love the way flowers are hung in streams and the serving plates and dishes are so pretty and of course the food looks amazing ❤️🏴xx
❤❤ Yummm
So good! Scott, always man, so good to see you and, yeah SO good to share this place!
Nice what a beautiful place to eat yummy food ❤ Enjoy your week have fun and happy eating with Li . Take care .😘
Gooooood morning Becka, good morning and a happy MONDAY to you :) :) Thanks as always for the loving words. They are meaningful, and a great thing to share on this channel (or any
@@JoelsTastyRide 😘🥰❤️
Wow Joel Li what a beautiful place just love it I’m so excited for you both, I love finding magical places. I’ve put it on my places to visit.
I’m calling you two my (foodie researches) 😂👍as always we love the video thank you so much 🙏🙏🙏👍👍😁😁
Sabaidee Joel! Those are certainly some banger dishes. Especially knowing that a high percentage of the ingredients used are within arm's reach. Definitely can tell this restaurant is secluded you can hear the crickets once nightfall hit. Lol.
Big up!!! Sonexay bro, hey good morning :). Haha the crickets, yeah, man it was JUST the best. The best! Will definitely be looking forward to visiting here again (I came to recon a stage, an upcoming race, on Dec 3rd, so we will get to go back to Pua again soon!! haha)
Awesome Joel & Li, Saved for our Thailand trip summer 2024. Thanks.
good morning Li & Joel & the entire Bru Crew ... late tonight due to daylight-savings time-change. How is your "visiting" map of Thailand coming? I don't recall seeing it in a while ... how many locations are still on your bucket list? Have a Blessed week & be safe - Peace be with You!
Top of the morning to you dear brother in Christ. Have a blessed week ❤
@@maxf3253Dearest Max ... I pray you are well. From tonight's Gospel reading: Matthew 23:12, "Whoever exalts himself will be humbled; but whoever humbles himself will be exalted."
Superrr Joel, you make my day.....greets from Eindhoven, Netherlands
Wow, Pietje, that is just an incredible message man. Perfect timing (good morning!!), and a great greeting. Coffee cheers (right now for me :) ) back to you from Thailand to the Netherlands.
Yes dude! How beautiful!!!! And the food looks so good! Thank you for sharing your experience with us! God bless Joel and Li!
Have a great week
Lovely
Thanks!
No wayyyyyy wow!!! What a message and what a blessing today. MrPatknoff, thank you so, so much!!!
Of course, man. Cheers!@@JoelsTastyRide
NICE! Best meal of the year! My wife watched this with me, she helped me figure a few things out; yes, those beans ARE known in Chiang Mia as "Pak Kee Hoot" (so, some kind of Thai "poop" name.) I've seen them growing wild near-by and call them "Wasabi Peas" since it's the same family of flavors. Never had gang made with them! Never been to a place with THAT many things, fresh from out back! INCLUDING the Khaow Niaw (sticky rice!) That freshness really makes a difference. Yeah, that "Fish Mint" is kind of hard to describe, I'd guess "soapy" comes to mind, almost medicinal. My wife HATES it and I love it! We have a batch growing out back with other Pak Laab. Such a great place there! Such nice atmosphere! No worries about hearing you chewing, the giant crickets drown all that out. Did they have the crickets on the menu too? All the locals here are out hunting those now, my wife even had me make cricket traps for her! 3 BHT a head from "auntie" down the road for them! Loved that you added a little casual conversation between you and Li, makes things even more welcoming.
I would like frog stew to go and later go and still go. I get the same looks when I say squirrel stew.😑😂😜
Hahhahaa oh man Rene perfect timing :). and... maybe the same "timing" with the frog. Man, hey its just great to see you, Rene Im up at 5:15am this morning, I was praying and I read some amazing stuf in Galatians, Im praying for all of us man. Great to see you today, GO (as you say :) but not for frog!) GO and shine the light, shine your light, be in the place you are and just be yourself.
Aloha Joel and Li
Another great video on both food and the reality of traveling
Correct you are on the benefits of things not going according to plan and the ability to seek out the unexpected results
So much to be said about going outside the normal
Safe travels Aloha E
Erol man, what a cool message. So solid, so true, so positive, love it man. Thank you for all the messages (email!!!), super cool man and looking forward to hanging out with you this week probably!
We've visited a lot of the local Pua restaurants including that one for lunch about a year ago. I do remember the Hunglay Curry was excellent.
This seems like the one I would go to if I could only go to one place.
Matt!!! Hey hey man! Actually, this restaurant is not too far from the noodle video I uploaded this week… I think the two places are walking distance from each other. I’m with you man - yeah, this is still one of my favorite meals of the entire year, this older couple man they could cook! but they also gave such a beautiful reception. And their house and restaurant set up is just incredible - a truly special place, I think I’m with you in thinking this is the only restaurant you would need to visit in Pua!!! Just keep going back each day 😂 until you’ve had the entire menu 👌🏼👌🏼👌🏼
โจพูดภาษาไทยเก่งมากครับ
Thank youuuuu and thanks so much for your support
I've eaten loads of issan laab but never northern Thai laab. Would love to taste the difference. It definitely looks less red from the chilli up north. Also doesn't look like any blood in it.
Kris! Hey hey, right on good to talk about Laap. Well, tons of differences actually, you might say that aside from the way the meat is cut (which is what Laap means in the first place), actually almost none of the ingredients are the same. Its almost entirely different, which is GREAT then to have both!!
Beautiful restaurant, beautiful view, local food Where is the shop located?
He has it pinned on Google Maps, in the description, below the video.
thank you
Mark Wiens has taught you well, Grasshopper.
The sounds of you chewing vegetables , I know how fresh is it . สดกว่านี้ ต้องกินจากต้นแล้ว ไม่ต้องเด็ดจากต้น 😂😂
This restaurant so amazing everything so perfect. Hidden Gem !! 🎉🎉
เริ่มเข้าใจแล้วว่าทำไม ทริปนี้ถึงเป็น ทริปที่ดี ที่สุดทริปนึงในชีวิต ของ โจ กับ ลี ... I'm happy with you too. ❤
Hahahah P Jack!!! Man let me tell you, I edited out some of the chewing sounds, and I almost cut even more of the sounds... I appreciate your message very much :) hahaha. Thanks man, really!
And then finally, wow man, you really send some SUPERB messages of heartfelt encouragement. You are a superstar in terms of support Jack man, for this channel but also for my cycling
@@JoelsTastyRide Don't be surprised Joel . I'm just doing my best to being your fan club . ha ha ha
Skips to the front of the pack with throngs following.. then gets stepped and stomped on 😣 seeing the foamy #1 finger floating then swept up by?🥺🤦♂️
Hiya luv, have a beautiful week ahead ❤
Love you Billy !!
@@maxf3253 Max F * stands arms outreached waiting for a Huggle* ☺️. Blessing for a Fantastic week🙏🙏
@@WildwestAus and He ☝️ loves us all unconditionally 🙏🙏
You guys :) :) hahaha allllllways such a gift to see these starting on a Monday morning, how could my week be anything less than happy!!!?
Man.. what a restaurant. And those crickets are singing so hard.
Haha KhonThai