Thai Beef Meatballs at Kuay Teow Boo Yong (ก๋วยเตี๋ยวปู่โย่ง)

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There’s a restaurant or food to eat just about everywhere you go in Thailand that people say you haven’t arrived to that place until you’ve eaten there. In Lampang, the small and beautiful town in northern Thailand, that place is known as Kuay Teow Boo Yong (ก๋วยเตี๋ยวปู่โย่ง). They specialize in nothing more than beef meatballs (lookshin neua ลูกชิ้นเนื้อ) and noodles, but they are known throughout Thailand for serving some of the best quality beef ball in the country, and literally every Thai who visit Lampang must eat at Kuay Teow Boo Yong (ก๋วยเตี๋ยวปู่โย่ง). On top of that, it’s also a very popular restaurant with locals from Lampang, and when I was there I noticed everyone from police to monks to office employees slurping down bowls. I’m not even a huge meatball lover, but I decided I had to try them since I was in Lampang.

The restaurant is located not far from the center of Lampang, but it’s kind of hidden within a neighborhood, so it’s kind of hard to find if you don’t know exactly where it is (so be sure to check it out on the map). But from the central old part of Lampang, it should be just a 5 – 10 minute walk to get there. We arrived quite early after they opened, before the main lunch rush, and already they were busy with plenty of customers devouring big bowls of noodles. If you eat at Kuay Teow Boo Yong (ก๋วยเตี๋ยวปู่โย่ง), you don’t really have much choice but to eat the Thai beef meatballs (lookshin neua ลูกชิ้นเนื้อ), and then you can choose your type of noodle. I ordered kuay teow lookshin neua (ก๋วยเตี๋ยวลูกชิ้นเนื้อ) with sen lek, the medium sized rice noodles and I also ordered pisayt, for a slightly larger portion size.

It only took a couple minutes for the noodles to arrive, and it came piping hot to our table, and looked very simple, just the noodles on the bottom, with a handful of fresh hot beef meatballs on top. The noodles were garnished with just a handful of green onions and cilantro and little else. The best thing about eating noodles in Thailand is that you can garnish the soup to make it exactly how you want it to taste. I like to add in a bunch of dry chili flakes, and a couple scoops of chili vinegar and make sure my noodles are spicy and sour. The noodles were and the soup were pretty standard, just about the same as anything you’d find on the streets in Thailand, but the beef meatballs, which they claim are made with 100% beef, were actually pretty good – they had a nice firm texture, a little spongy, but not rubbery like some can be.

So how was Kuay Teow Boo Yong (ก๋วยเตี๋ยวปู่โย่ง)? Overall, I have to admit that the beef meatballs were pretty good. But were they the best thing to eat in Lampang, and if you don’t eat them is it like you haven’t gone to Lampang? I don’t think so. I probably prefer the delicious northern Thai food from Mae Hae, or the khao soi from Khao Soi Islam better. But that being said, the lookshin neua (ลูกชิ้นเนื้อ), Thai beef meatballs, were some of the best I’ve had in Thailand for a long time – not that I eat them very often. If you have some extra time when you’re in or traveling through Lampang, it’s a legendary restaurant to try.

Niyom Ocha (Kuay Teow Boo Yong) นิยมโอชา (ก๋วยเตี๋ยวปู่โย่ง ) – Official name
Address: Thanon Charoen Muang, Tambon Suandok, Amphoe Muang Lampang
Phone: 081 765 9055 or 054 218 251
Prices: 30 THB for normal bowl, 35 THB for bigger bowl

ที่อยู่ : 14/12 ถนนเจริญเมือง ตำบลสวนดอก อำเภอเมืองลำปาง จังหวัด ลำปาง.
โทร. 081 765 9055 or 054 218 251
เปิดบริการ เปิดทุกวัน เวลา 10.30 – 16.30 น.
ก๋วยเตี๋ยว ธรรมดา 30 พิเศษ 35

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By Mark Wiens and Ying Wiens: http://migrationology.com/blog & http://www.eatingthaifood.com/ & http://www.travelbyying.com/

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