Thursday, January 17, 2019
Some of the East Side of the Wall/Moat and Restaurants

After yoga today, I took my clothes to the laundromat because my yoga clothes were quite sweaty, so I took a whole load. On my way to the laundromat, I walked most of the eastern side of the wall & moat, and made my way to lunch.

Katam Corner

The southeast corner of the wall is called Katam Corner. A “katam” is a sort of basket for catching fish. For most of history, the water in the moat flowed in from a creek at the northwest corner, Hua Lin Corner. Then the water flowed to the southeast corner, Katam Corner, and left the moat into a local creek. Where the water left the moat, people would use their katam baskets and catch fish, giving the name to the corner of the wall. Katam Corner is now under some restoration as can be seen in the following picture:

Katam Corner and evidence of some restoration in progress.

Sri Phum Corner

Further up the east side walking north, here is a view of the moat approaching Sri Phum Corner, the northeast corner of the wall:

Chiang Mai moat along the east side facing north.

Further north, one can see Sri Phum Corner and evidence of restoration work being done there, as well:

Evidence of some restoration at Sri Phum Corner (northeast corner)

Restaurants and Food

Two questions I am often asked is “what do the restaurants look like?” and “what does the food look like?” That is why I have sometimes included pictures of my meals.

I was getting quite hungry, and it being a hot afternoon, was ready to stop walking and get lunch. I passed Miguel’s, a very good Mexican-style restaurant along the outer-moat road fairly close to Sri Phum Corner:

The Salad Concept

Knowing that I would be meeting Tom & Julie for dinner later, I did not want a large lunch, so I walked south a little and had lunch at The Salad Concept:

The Salad Concept is fairly new, and quite popular. Not on the sign is a mention of their soups, pumpkin, tomato, and one or two others. I had a salad with potatoes a tomato soup, and a mixed berry smoothie:

Very tasty, and not too filling.

Kanjana

Tom, Julie and I met later for dinner at Kanjana, a favorite Thai restaurant. I eat at Kanjana about twice per week. Tom had pumpkin curry (one of my go-to dishes here), lightly fried bean sprouts, and brown rice:

I had a smaller meal, pineapple fried rice with chicken:

A very good meal.

Arno’s

On the theme of restaurants and food, the next night Tom and Julie headed back to Doi Saket earlier, and I went to a new steak/burger place called Arno’s for dinner. Arno’s has their own organic farm for raising cattle and pigs for their steaks, burgers, and ribs, and has become quite popular in Bangkok with several restaurants there. This small restaurant is their first in Chiang Mai. I had a salad, then a burger and fries, and (of course) a Coke:

The meal was good. The salad was more memorable than the burger, and the fries above average. I think I like the same meal at The Duke’s a little better than Arno’s, but Arno’s is 150 meters from 3-Sis and The Duke’s is about 2.5 kilometers (40-50 minute walk).

Two good food days in Chiang Mai!

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