Si Biao Panich Bakery & Breakfast(ซีเปียวพาณิชย์) — Restaurant in Chiang Rai Province

This place came recommended by a friend, so I decided to give it a shot today. I arrived around 8:15 AM and found about three tables ahead of me. I stared at the menu like I was trying to crack a secret code—kept circling back and forth until I realized I had no idea what to order because everything felt kind of... all over the place. Honestly, the menu gave off major "same-same-but-different" vibes. Nothing really stood out as a signature dish, but eventually, I figured something out and ordered four dishes. Then the waiting game began.

The first dish took a solid 20 minutes to arrive. Yep—twenty. We were a party of two, and we finished that dish before the next one even thought about showing up. Same thing happened with the rest—dish by dish, slowly emerging from the kitchen like they were on a pilgrimage.

You’d start to wonder if they forgot your food. Each plate came with a complimentary side of “please be patient.” So I tried to stay positive: maybe the dishes were super complex? Maybe the staff were just swamped? Maybe the tables before me ordered the entire menu? But still, the pacing was... unacceptable. For a breakfast place, this slow of a service only works if the food is mind-blowingly amazing. Spoiler alert: it wasn’t that amazing. We didn’t even order any items marked as “15-minute wait” on the menu, and still found ourselves doing the time warp. At some point—20, maybe 30 minutes in—I couldn’t help but wonder: “What exactly is the vibe of this place?” Also, small side note: when the first dish came, the server brought just one set of cutlery—for two people. Not the end of the world, we just grabbed another set from the nearby station. But then, for each subsequent dish, a different server showed up and brought another set of cutlery... every time. Like hey, we love the attention to utensil detail, but where’s the actual food?

There’s also a self-service water station right by the cashier. Great idea in theory—except it turns into a mild obstacle course when people are trying to pay and others are dodging them with full cups of water. Maybe a bit more thought into the layout could help avoid accidental water jousting?

Now to the important part: the food. It wasn’t bad! But was it worth the painfully slow service? Nope. Sorry. I came, I waited, I chewed (eventually), and I left still wondering: What exactly is the vibe about...

Very popular breakfast shop, have to wait in queue if you come a bit later! The atmosphere is great, the grandpa and grandma are both cute and super nice (grandma speaks perfect English!!), and the deco makes it a shop that stands out from other local Thai restaurants.

The food is, however, is bit pricy. (Our order was 470 baht for 2 people)

The taste is decent but not wowing, the coffee comes with LOTS of foam 😂 The waitress that served the wrong food in the beginning, and couldn’t tell which one was latte or cappuccino when we asked, slightly unprofessional 😅

Overall it’s a nice place to visit, plenty of choice for breakfast but not the shops that I would come back...

So nice I went there thrice!

Back again for thrird round of Shakshuka. Posting more pics because it is art and people deserve to see it! 😂

The second time I went with more of a traditional American breakfast. 2 fried eggs over medium, with sausage, bacon, and two scallion pancakes with a creamy and slightly tart yogurt sauce on the side ($2.25). They even have tabasco in the condiment cart.

The first time was the phenomenal Shakshuka. Medium poached eggs in a middle eastern spiced tomato sauce with harissa and covered in a garlic yogurt sauce. With a freshly baked baguette on the side for dipping. So delicious! 75...