Thai food of the north does not lack in varieties. These are dishes to
be consumed at different times of the day. The northern breakfast known in
the local dialect as khao gnai consisting mainly of steamed glutinous rice or
sticky rice (khaw neaw). Cooked in the early hours of the day, steamed
glutinous rice is packed in a wicker basket made from bamboo splints or
palmyra palm leaves. The farmer takes the packed basket to the working