Best 4 Stir-fried Thai Food recommend for Traveler - Cooking Class Chiang Mai Small House

4 Stir-fried Thai Food recommend for Traveler that you should try when visit Thailand by a local chef Chiangmai. “Pad” means to stir-fry so it’s consider to be Thai fast food because it’s quick easy and delicious !

Pad Kra Pao
Pad Thai
Pad Kee Mao
Pad See Ew

1. Pad Kra Pao – a holy basil stir-fried with meat

“Pad” means to stir-fry and “Kra Pao” means holy basil which is one of three basil varieties in Thai cooking. Pad Kra Pao is the most popular stir-fried Thai food dishes in Thailand. We eat it more often than a famous Pad Thai. It’s simply stir-fried meat ,normally pork or chicken or firm tofu for vegetarian vegan, with holy basil garlic chili and seasoning with fish sauce or soy sauce served with rice and fried egg

pad kra pao stir fry thai food holy basil with meat

2. Pad Thai – a rice noodle stir-fried with tofu bean sprouts chive and tamarind sauce

Pad Thai is the most famous stir-fried dish in Thai food because it’s so easy to make and taste good. You can easily find Pad Thai in many restaurants and also street food vendors at night markets. It’s only 10 mins to make it using rice noodles stir-fry with firm tofu bean sprouts chive pickled white radish and tamarind fruit sauce.

pad thai stir fry thai food rice noodle with tofu bean sprouts chive

3. Pad Kee Mao – a stir-fried mixed vegetables green pepper corn fingerroot with seafood

pad kee mao basil peppercorn fingerroot seafood

4. Pad See Ew – a rice noodles stir-fried kale meat egg with soy sauce

pad see ew stir fry rice noodle kale soysauce

mango sticky rice — Mango sticky rice dessert

Hello ! my name is Arm Alex Nitipong – a cooking instructor –

I am well trained from culinary school and a hotel in Chiangmai.
As I grew up in Chiangmai, I’m really happy to show you a local market and how to choose Thai fruits such as mango, papaya, rambuton, mangosteen, lychee, longan etc. when it in season. Also introduce a herb garden for Thai kitchen such as lemongrass, Kaffir lime, sweet basil, holy basil etc.. At my house with a small cooking class only 4 people, you will prepare all ingredients by yourself and have your own cooking station.I will help you in every steps and explain cooking dishes background.

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Cooking class Chiang Mai by a local Chef Small House 料理教室チェンマイ

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Alan Kerr

05:14 03 Apr 25

had a northern Thai cooking class today. I learned so much in the three hours. I was in the kitchen. We made individual courses and then sat down to eat straight away. I was stuffed, but couldn't resist finishing every dish. Arm, The instructor, is very talented and certainly knows his way around the kitchen. He was very patient and showed me lots of different techniques. Probably one of the best cooking classes I've ever done

Maddy Clarke

13:05 22 Mar 25

Arm did such a good job! Felt very authentic and local and gave us such a good experience. Would definitely recommend!

Anna Bettinazzi

07:59 14 Mar 25

Such a great, local and intime experience! Arm was nice and his house lovely. He explained also a lot about Chiang Mai and Thailand. We loved it! Thank you so much

Shaun Robson

07:28 10 Feb 25

We were keen to do a cookery course whilst in Chiang Mai. After looking at reviews we chose Arm's Small House. This was a great choice. Arm picked us up from our hotel and we picked up another couple before visiting the city's food market. Once our shopping of fresh ingredients was done we headed back to Arm's place where we were gently guided through 5 dishes, each preparing and cooking our own food. A wonderful experience. Thank you Arm.

Wiola Czerwinski

03:53 20 Dec 24

We had an amazing time! Arm took us to the market and explained all intricacies of thai ingredients, then we went to his house to cook. Very intimate experience as it’s max for 4 people, we learnt a lot and loved our time! Arm even gave us a cook book afterwards and shared many recommendations of places to see around

J B

03:12 11 Dec 24

Arm was so great! We had a blast learning about the local produce at the market and how things were processed for cooking/consumption. He was very knowledgeable and willing to answer any/all questions we had about food and anything in general.The cooking was simple yet comprehensive and all our dishes turned out well, hopefully we'll be able to bring some of the great tastes of Thailand home with us! Arm's cookbook as a bonus!I was also very impressed he spoke very good English and seemed to know Japanese well.It was also quite nice he picked us up and dropped us off at our hotel.