Showing posts with label markets. Show all posts
Showing posts with label markets. Show all posts

Wednesday, 9 January 2013

Bangkok's biggest fresh market: Klong Toey market, part 2

... I had to simply bring you one more time to the Klong Toey market :-) It was such an overwhelming experience that I have decided to show you here few more glimpses from the market life...Of course we have seen few stands selling unusual stuff: such as insects (first picture), or jumping tiny shrimps (second shot), or live frogs (few pics down). With our guide from the cooking workshop we have also learned that Thai people use nature for their colouring agents as you can see on the third picture, green liquid colour made from plant leave. Same goes for all of the other flashy colours (mostly used in desserts): as pink, orange, purple, etc...
Bangkok Klong-Toye-Market
Bangkok Klong-Toye-Market 
Fish and seafood is a major part from Thai cuisine and everyday life too. At Klong Toey one could find anything from still alive fishes, dried seafood (fishes, squids or shrimps) up to grilled and ready to eat as the grilled carfishes on the top!
Bangkok Klong-Toye-Market 
Our guide gave us to try some fresh Thai peas to try, they were yummy.
Bangkok Klong-Toye-Market
Bangkok Klong-Toye-Market
Bangkok Klong-Toye-Market
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And of course we could not stand the temptation and did some shopping, just the basic stuff: fresh fruits (local mangoes& mangosteen), fresh spice (peppers, lemongrass) and a bottle of fresh coconut blossom juice...