Phrae - Phayao Attractions
The new outstanding gingerbread pizza company house had opened in Phrae & as my son Jason had never spent a night in Phrae I thought why not hook up in Phrae for the night.
Jason rode his Aerox 155 down R 11 from Chiang Mai, & the old GTR fellah basically rode down R1 / R103 to Phrae.
The Amornrak 2 hotel was our rendezvous spot & Jason got thee 30 minutes before me.
The Amornrak is the current top value GTR accommodation in Phrae.
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The Gingerbread Pizza company house was our destination for the night,
Owned by a Phrae businessman wanting to promote Phrae city & its old gingerbread style colonial houses.
They've done a fantastic job & will make money with the building as a tourist attraction.
The building used to look like this.
The building has been beautifully reconstructed & is a gem inside.
Sadly the food does not live up to the high standard of the beautiful building.
Fortunately too, Jason erred ordering a pizza & we only got a small one, so were able to escape early & headed to an old GTR favourite, the T-Bone Steak House.
The T-Bone steak house was not busy.
So we enjoyed a quiet meal, chatting as father & son.
Phrae is undergoing a mini boom with the recognition of their gingerbread houses.
The Gingerbread Cafe / Art Gallery & Hotel is a popular place with a damn nice breakfast. Dont miss it when you're in Phrae.
They have some interesting enjoyable brekky dishes too.
The gingerbread houses in Phrae stem from colonial times when Phrae was the centre of the teak logging industry in North Thailand.
The houses were built for the foreign bosses of the teak companies and the Phrae noblemen.
See also
siamrat.blog
The number one gingerbread house in Phrae at the moment is the old office of the old Bombay Burmah Trading Company.
The original house built on the banks of the Yom river 120 years ago was demolished by the Phrae Foresty Department in a "misunderstanding" in June 2020.
The original house
The demolished version in June 2020.
Needless to say there was outrage & a replica of the house is being built.
It should be finished very soon, a month or two.
See also
www.gt-rider.com
Phrae people are often considered rebellious, In the early days, Phrae has often caught in the middle of territorial disputes between powerful Sukhothai, Phayao and Chiang Mai or the Siam and European rulers, and then even between the Allies and Japanese during World War II.
Some of the buildings in Phrae reflect this history.
An incredible story of gems & the Shan rebellion
www.gt-rider.com
More to come.
The new outstanding gingerbread pizza company house had opened in Phrae & as my son Jason had never spent a night in Phrae I thought why not hook up in Phrae for the night.
Jason rode his Aerox 155 down R 11 from Chiang Mai, & the old GTR fellah basically rode down R1 / R103 to Phrae.
The Amornrak 2 hotel was our rendezvous spot & Jason got thee 30 minutes before me.
The Amornrak is the current top value GTR accommodation in Phrae.
Phrae Accommodation
Phrae Maeyom Palace Hotel 181/6 Yantarakitrakosol, A. Muang, Phrae 54000 Standart room 900thb/night (may 2009) Photos: Lasse's Paradise www.saunalahti.fi/lassek1/
www.gt-rider.com
The Gingerbread Pizza company house was our destination for the night,
Owned by a Phrae businessman wanting to promote Phrae city & its old gingerbread style colonial houses.
They've done a fantastic job & will make money with the building as a tourist attraction.
The building used to look like this.
The building has been beautifully reconstructed & is a gem inside.
Sadly the food does not live up to the high standard of the beautiful building.
Fortunately too, Jason erred ordering a pizza & we only got a small one, so were able to escape early & headed to an old GTR favourite, the T-Bone Steak House.
The T-Bone steak house was not busy.
So we enjoyed a quiet meal, chatting as father & son.
Phrae is undergoing a mini boom with the recognition of their gingerbread houses.
The Gingerbread Cafe / Art Gallery & Hotel is a popular place with a damn nice breakfast. Dont miss it when you're in Phrae.
They have some interesting enjoyable brekky dishes too.
The gingerbread houses in Phrae stem from colonial times when Phrae was the centre of the teak logging industry in North Thailand.
The houses were built for the foreign bosses of the teak companies and the Phrae noblemen.
See also
Thailand’s Gingerbread Houses
In the mid-nineteenth century growing European influence in Siam resulted in a new style of architecture for wealthy families called “gingerbread”. One hundred years later many of these…
siamrat.blog
The number one gingerbread house in Phrae at the moment is the old office of the old Bombay Burmah Trading Company.
The original house built on the banks of the Yom river 120 years ago was demolished by the Phrae Foresty Department in a "misunderstanding" in June 2020.
The original house
The demolished version in June 2020.
Needless to say there was outrage & a replica of the house is being built.
It should be finished very soon, a month or two.
See also
Phrae Attractions & History
Phrae Attractions Moved from https://www.gt-rider.com/se-asia-motorcycling/threads/the-free-thai-seri-thai-museum-phrae.8910/ Khum Chao Luang Muang Phrae, the ex-residence of the Phrae governor. and was built in 1893 by Chao Luang Piriyathepawong. The building is a mixture of Thai and...
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Phrae people are often considered rebellious, In the early days, Phrae has often caught in the middle of territorial disputes between powerful Sukhothai, Phayao and Chiang Mai or the Siam and European rulers, and then even between the Allies and Japanese during World War II.
Some of the buildings in Phrae reflect this history.
An incredible story of gems & the Shan rebellion
The Shan Rebellion - Sapphire Mines & Patpong Scams
Looking back at an old trip report for Phrae & a visit to the old Phrae governor’s house / museum, the history of the Shan rebellion came up. The Free Thai / Seri Thai Museum - Phrae In the earlier days there were many Shan people in North Thailand, imported from Burma, & working for the...
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More to come.
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