Today, I took a guided tour of the Damnoen Saduak Floating Market and Maeklong Train Market
Floating Market
At the floating market, people would ride around in their boats with exquisite and well-engineered setups.
I tried tom zaap soup from a boat - my tour guide mentioned that the 72-year-old lady doing it had been selling it for many years, and it was the best at the market - it was perfectly sour and spicy for only 60 baht ($2). She had a pot on a portable gas stove, greens, chilli, and everything you need for enjoyable soup, all in a boat! Unfortunately I didn’t take a photo
Another I saw (pictured) was a coconut icecream seller
aside: I thought about this earlier today, but the name “floating market” is incorrect - the market isn’t floating, it’s buyers are. Although the name is semantically incorrect, I can’t think of a better one
Train Market
After visiting the floating market, the tour group headed to the train market.
Nether market was selling any notable goods, but the train market did have souvenirs at the front, and a wet market closer to the train station.
The tour guide said the best mango sticky rice was at the train market, so I decided to trust him and ordered some. Although the mango wasn’t as sweet as that in the Philippines, the pairing of rice, whatever grain was on the rice, mango, and the sweet (coconut?) sauce was a tasty and satisfying dessert!
Jodd Fairs
After our tour dropped us off, I walked back to my hotel to rest for a while, and went back out to Jodd Fairs, another night market that had cheap food, souvenirs, and a mall next door. I grabbed some random foods, along with more pad krapow. Very enjoyable!
Random
An uncanny Grab ad I see every time I leave my area
