What to Eat After Visiting Tham Lod: Country Kitchens & Shan Tables
Where to find fresh spicy papaya salad, grilled herb chicken, Shan noodle soups, and wild mountain tea around Tham Lod and Soppong.
Where should you eat after visiting Lod Cave?
Right outside the Tham Lod entrance gate, local wooden open-air kitchens serve fresh Som Tum (papaya salad), Gai Yang (grilled chicken), and stir-fried wild ferns. In Soppong town (15 mins away), don't miss morning Shan noodles at Talat Sao.
1. Cave Gate Country Kitchens
Just 200m from the visitor center, open-air wooden stalls serve fresh charcoal-grilled chicken with sticky rice and freshly pounded green papaya salad.
2. Soppong Shan Specialties
Head into Soppong town for Khanom Jeen Nam Ngiaw (spicy fermented rice noodles in pork-tomato broth) and crisp Shan yellow tofu salad.
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