Chatuchak Weekend Market...
It was already 2pm (local time) after we successfully checked into our hotel and felt hungry. Without wasting anymore time, we headed straight to Asok BTS Skytrain Station to take the train to Chatuchak - exit the Mo Chit Station, walk down from the right-hand stairs, follow the crowds for a 3-mins-walk and there you are...
Chatuchak is the largest market in Thailand and also in the world that opens only on weekends. It covers over 35 acres of land and with 0ver 5,000 stalls selling a wide variety of products including household items, clothing, Thai handicrafts, collectibles, pets, foods and etc.
Some random shots...
Furniture and lighting products...
Gardening products...
But what interests us the most now would be - food! Just outside the market we saw quite a few stalls selling some Thai food and we decided to give them a try...
Looks liked Curry Mee but tasted like "Lemak Asam Laksa". The rice noodle was quite springy. Actually it was quite basic and the portion was small but it tasted quite good - 1 boiled egg and 2 meat balls were given - 30TB!
But somehow there were plenty of free raw veggies on every table for you to add - taugeh, kiam chai, cabbage, cucumber and... shit don't know what green leaf was that.
After the noodle we still felt hungry (mind you we only had big pao in the morning and nothing else and now was already 3pm local time and 4pm Malaysian), we saw this stall quite attractive as the staff they "displayed" caught our attention - stewed pork leg! So needless to say, we had to check them out!
Chili padi, fish sauce and... shit don't know what was that, but it looked like "mini" garlic on every table.
Don't worry if you don't know Thai, the menu is in English....
Mrs. Chialat saw the pork leg and could not resist the temptation, so she ordered pork noodle. But when this bowl of noodle came... where was the pork?? We asked the waitress twice was it pork noodle and the answer was an affirmative - "yes". Well, their pork noodle was just a few pork balls came with noodle. Anyway it tasted OK. -45TB
I ordered a duck noodle. Thanks god, it was real duck meat! The broth was same as the pork noodle's one. I like their noodle's texture - springy enough! - 45TB.
I added some chili flakes into the soup and it tasted real good.
Coconut... an excellent choice of drink during hot day. We ordered the roasted one... 30TB and quite sweet. Walked further down, 25TB for one. Damn it!
If you cannot get enough of coconut, you should try this - coconut ice cream.
The ice cream was served in the coconut shell together with some young coconut flesh.
25TB for a pop which you can also add some toppings. It tasted quite good! Oh ya, they also provided plastic cup which we could drink the coconut juice for free after the ice cream and we drank some.
Fried "sotong" egg... high cholesterol and we didn't try.
Fried quail eggs... which we didn't try as well.
Conclusion: quite an interesting place to visit when you are in Bangkok.
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