the gentleman over there, uncle, he's the larb master. they win larb competitions. >> really?'re supporting the whole damn family. the woman that just took the order, her family, her husband who's the guy who's the cashier, the uncle, when it gets really busy, the rest of the family comes and helps. >> you famously said you hate the word authentic. what does that word mean? >> depends on the context. if you're in the united states and you say traditional authentic thai restaurant, to me that has come to mean a standard thai restaurant in america. that menu. when you come here, authentic is if you're the daughter of the woman who made this, then to you this is the most authentic version of that dish. if you're from nan province, you still make larb but it doesn't taste like this. a little bit different. >> this larb is amazing. >> friday night and chiang mai comes alive. >> thailand, we will come. we love you! >> andy has promised a compressed eating and drinking grand tour of the city. a bounce by tuk-tuk from one place to the other until we simply can't take it no more. next

then they actually make chopped larb. the minced meat salad. looks raw. that goes in.nnai, or innards. >> [ speaking foreign language ]. >> here it is. >> you're not kidding. that's like a horror movie. like "csi" soup. i'm eating out of an open wound. actually, that's completely delicious. utterly delicious. >> that makes you look like a vampire. it's quite spicy. you can taste the chilis. it doesn't really taste like blood. it just kind of tastes sweet and rich. let's see if we can change your mind about brains. >> delicious. i'm not lying. this is delicious. anyone would completely love this. >> you eat too much of it, you'll go blind. that's what they think. >> i'm still here. >> it has to do with parasites and all kinds of stuff. >> huh? >> can i tell you some stories? >> whoa, back up there. parasites? >> two or three years ago, a whole family in nan province, all seven of them died. >> that's really -- you probably should have told me that during the appetizer course, okay? honestly, best meal i've ever had in thailand. ever. >> i'm super happy to hear that. >>

and that's northern larb. >> right. >> very important dish. >> oh, that looks really pretty. >> this one street you have the best sichuan food, the best cantonese food, you drive down the street and you get the best thai food. it's a funky awesome asian -- >> how did that happen? >> gambling. >> but i mean, were there high rollers who would come into town and they need -- >> a dude with a $10 million credit line at wynn is going to go eat a $10 chinese meal because this is the closest thing he has to home food. i'm going to go eat asian food. i'm going to come back and drop 5 million more bucks and then go home. female announcer: don't miss sleep train's 4th of july sale. save $300 on beautyrest and posturepedic. plus, pay no interest for 36 months on tempur-pedic and icomfort. sleep train's 4th of july sale is on now. ♪ your ticket to a better night's sleep ♪ >>> this is what avant garde cooking is. people think that we want to do things in a way because we want to be cool. no. we do it because really, we believe we are increasing the value of the product we are working with. we are

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