One dish · one city · 10 bowls

🍜 The Khao Soi Trail

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Khao soi — springy egg noodles in a golden coconut-curry broth, crowned with a crunchy nest of fried noodles, cut with pickled mustard greens and lime — is Chiang Mai's gift to the world, and this city is its capital. The MICHELIN Guide has canonised its masters; the crowd has its own thousand-review favourites. Eat the trail bowl by bowl and settle the only ranking that matters: yours.

The MICHELIN-honoured bowls (6)

Guide-listed khao soi and noodle masters — most cost less than ฿150 a bowl.

The people's bowls (4)

Crowd and traveler favourites for khao soi and Northern noodles — every one rated 4★ or better.

Trail tip: khao soi is a lunch dish — many of the legends sell out by mid-afternoon. Go early, order the beef or the classic chicken, add the pickled greens, thank us later.