Shopping and Deliveries
This company will be your life-saver. They deliver to you or they also have a shop you can collect from in Nong Hoi. They offer a range of unusual loaves including rye bread, sourdough or multi-grain bread which all taste great. They also offer a range of other products including hummus and peanut butter. Very cheap prices. All their products are vegan, as the company owners are vegans themselves. They also added an amazing range of vegan cheeses which have been a long sought after product. To see their full list of items and prices, visit their Facebook page.
Makers of all vegan, plant-based organic vegan cheeses. Has 3 flavours, cheddar, Swiss style and mozzarella. Can be collected from Sansai or delivered.
Makes vegan products such as vegan cheese, vegan bacon and vegan mayo and others. Contact via Facebook to arrange an order. Also sells at various markets and events around the city such as Nana Jungle and One Nimman including ready made dishes such as vegan tacos with vegan cheese.
Makes vegan meals for delivery. Mostly Thai food but also some western specials such as pizza with vegan cheese. Contact via Facebook to arrange delivery or pick up. All dishes are vegan apart from optional egg.
Offers vegan Burmese meals for delivery. Also some Thai food and raw food. Also sometimes holds events such as workshops on how to make tea leaf salad. Check Facebook page for latest updates.
Clean Food by Coconut Mama offers 100% vegan chocolate products. Includes various flavours of whole choc bars, truffles, butters and more. Locally made in Chiang Mai and can be ordered for delivery or bought from various outlets around town.
Muang Mai – Market
You can get all of your fruit and vegetables including all the weird and wonderful ones such as Jack Fruit, Durian or Stinky Bean amongst many other products. This market is situated near the American Consulate off the Northern corner of the moat. It is very big, spreading across several small streets.
Somphet – Market
A small, local market selling a good range of fruit and vegetables. They also have some vegan snacks such as fried bananas and other sweet things. This market is off of Moonmuang Soi 7.
Kad Luang (Worawat) – Market
Absolutely huge market that opens very early in the morning and sells everything. This market is on the river near the traffic police.
There are many branches of this supermarket in the city, four main branches and various other smaller branches usually found within shopping malls or plazas. Check out their website for exact addresses. Rimping sells everything including dairy and meat, but I have been have able to find specialist vegan products as well as the things that you miss from back home such as imported plant milks, Marmite, etc. They are especially useful for finding goods for home cooking such as large packs of nuts and seeds, wheat germ, job’s tears, various beans, chick peas, quinoa, gluten free flour and more. I have even found things like raw vegan cake here before. But be aware that it is over-priced. Visit their website to find your nearest store.
Vegetarian Thai Restaurants
Most of the Thai style vegetarian restaurants have products for sale such as textured soy protein, cooking sauces, dried snacks and much more. Always check the ingredients, especially on the fake meats as they sometimes contain egg and soya milk sometimes even has milk! The Vegetarian Society has a particularly good shop on site with a huge range of extremely cheap items.
Good Health
There are a number of health stores around the city and this is a particularly good one that is in a central location, at 48/4-5 Sridonchai Road, Hay ya Muang Chiang Mai, (close to Pantip Plaza.) The phone number is 053 206 888. They are open from 09:30 AM-6:00 PM every day except Sunday when they are open from 10:30 AM until 3:30 PM. They sell absolutely everything that you could need for your cooking including pastes, oils, seeds, nuts, cereals, coffees, teas, snacks and much more. They also sell a range cosmetic products such as herbal shampoos, soaps and even make-up. They have a huge range of herbal teas. They also sell incense, burning oils etc. Almost everything is vegetarian if not vegan (but always check.)
The Royal Project
The Royal Project is a pesticide-free farm produce development that was initiated by his majesty the King some forty years ago which gives livelihood to the Chiang Mai hill tribe people who were previously making their income from opium production, which the Royal Project replaced. There are several branches of Royal Project Shops, but you can also simply look out for their produce label, which is sold all over Chiang Mai. Their range of fruit and vegetables is particularly good and not too expensive for pesticde-free produce.
