Thai · IV The Method
Northern Thai Lap (Chiang Mai Style: With Dry Spice Paste)
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Description
The northern Thai version of minced meat salad (lap in northern dialect, larb in central/Isaan) — distinguished from its southern cousin by the addition of a complex dry spice paste (krung lap) that includes dried spices (mace, star anise, cassia, long pepper, cloves, dried chilli) pounded together before the meat is cooked. Northern Thai lap is deeper, more complex, and distinctly different from the bright, herb-forward Isaan larb — its spice paste places it in the same aromatic family as massaman and reflects the culinary influence of northern trade routes through Myanmar and Yunnan province.
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