"Yanggao" where you can taste "Gaeng Hanley Curry" from northern Thailand

This time, we would like to introduce a Thai curry restaurant "Yangao" located in Joshin, Nishi-ku, Nagoya.

When you think of Thai curry, you imagine green curry or massaman curry, but that's not the case. It has become a hot topic because it is a restaurant where you can taste the curry "Gaeng Hanley Curry" from the Chiang Mai region in northern Thailand. Gaeng Hanley Curry is a mysterious curry that you will become addicted to once you eat it.

We will introduce plenty of Thai local world delivered by the owner who lived in Bangkok, Thailand for 6 years.

The location is right outside Nagoya Subway Joshin Station Exit 4. This signboard is a landmark.

Take the stairs to the 3rd floor. A bright yellow wall welcomes you.

The open interior is designed in the image of restaurants in Thailand. There are counter seats by the window and table seats by the wall.

Living in Thailand for 6 years,
I met Gaeng Hanley Curry there.

Mr.Muramatsu, the owner

The owner, Mr. Muramatsu, used to work as a designer. He was transferred to Bangkok, Thailand, and lived there for about six years.

Mr. Muramatsu: “I had never been abroad until I was transferred, and I had never even eaten Thai food until I went to Thailand. That's where I came across Gaeng Hanle Curry, which is also the base of Yang Gao Curry.

Gaeng Hanle curry is a local dish of Chiang Mai in northern Thailand, and it is an exquisite curry with moderate spiciness and sweetness harmony. I loved Gaeng Hanley Curry so much that I ate it three times a week. Eventually, I learned how to make curry paste from an old lady from Chiang Mai, and ended up making my own curry paste. ”

Ms. Muramatsu: "Actually, I was planning to start this restaurant in Thailand. Since there was a kitchen in the meeting space on the first floor of the design office, I thought I would open a curry restaurant only on weekends while working on the design. However, I had to return to Japan due to family reasons, and since I originally wanted to do it in Thailand, the name ``Yangao'' and the logo are also in Thai. I opened the shop with the thought of delivering the Thai local that I touched in Thailand to Japan. ”

Inside the store, the letters "หยั่งเก่า (Yanggao)" are everywhere. What does it mean?

Mr. Muramatsu: “Yanggao” is an old dialect of Chiang Mai that means “as usual”. I like old Thai music, and there was a word "Yanggao" in the song. It's a word that isn't actually used much, but even young people can understand it somehow. When I consulted with my friends, their reaction was "It's fresh," so I decided on Yanggao.

We want to create an everyday space where the young and the old, the local and the distant, blend together naturally."