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January 11, 2013 By Angela Corrias 18 Comments

Exploring colorful Bangkok markets

Hardly a secret, my obsession for open fairs brought me to a colorful Bangkok markets selling everything from fruits, veggies, fish, herbs, oils, bags and incense. Ok, it’s not really difficult to find an open market in Bangkok, as stalls and street food vendors are almost as many as local tuk tuks, but since I have this unexplainable soft spot for traditional buying-and-selling style, I’m always excited when I find one, especially when I stumble on it without previous planning, just how it happened the other day after I visited the magnificent temple Wat Arun.

Here is a collection of images I captured there, I hope you’ll enjoy them.

Chilli, possibly the most important ingredient in Thai culinary traditions

Chilli, possibly the most important ingredient in Thai culinary tradition

2-butterfly pea

Butterfly Pea flowers, used to make tea with important benefits such as boosting the immune system, hair strengthening, antioxidant,

Bananas anyone?

Bananas anyone?

Sweet and delicious pineapples

Sweet and delicious pineapples

Colorful pumpkins

Colorful pumpkins

Chilli again, different varieties

Chilli again, different varieties

Giant fruit, one of the best things in Thailand!

Giant fruit, one of the best things in Thailand!

Some veggies and mushrooms, widely present in Thai cuisine, and probably some rice noodles

Some veggies and mushrooms, widely present in Thai cuisine, and on the left probably some rice noodles

Very chilled out grocery vendor, typical Thai flair

Very chilled out fruit vendor, typical Thai flair

Fish, another element widely used in Thai gastronomy

Fish, another element widely used in Thai gastronomy

Fish again, cooked and prepared in many different ways

Fish again, cooked and prepared in many different ways

A sweet stall

A sweet stall

Thai sweets

Thai sweets

Sweets again

Sweets again

More sweets, they somehow capture my attention

More sweets, they somehow capture my attention

Some sweets and nuts

Some sweets and nuts

More sweets, I agree, those colors don't really look "natural".....

More sweets, I agree, those colors don’t really look “natural”…..

Almost the only flowers I found at the flower market across the street from the grocery stalls

Almost the only flowers I found at the flower market across the street from the grocery stalls. Even though it was called flower market, they kept selling veggies.

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  1. Marie says

    January 11, 2013 at 3:38 pm

    Miam, ça donne envie de tout manger!

    Reply
    • Angela Corrias says

      January 15, 2013 at 3:04 am

      C’était très bon en faite :)

      Reply
  2. Domenico says

    January 11, 2013 at 3:39 pm

    Che colori appetitosi!Complimenti per le fotografie! Servizio molto interessante!

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    • Angela Corrias says

      January 15, 2013 at 3:03 am

      Grazie! Mercatini carinissimi!

      Reply
  3. Maria | Acceleratedstall says

    January 12, 2013 at 1:04 am

    A good market can transform the mundane into the extraordinary in seconds flat!

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    • Angela Corrias says

      January 15, 2013 at 3:03 am

      True, I always love Asian markets :)

      Reply
  4. Turkey's For Life says

    January 12, 2013 at 2:16 pm

    Oh just the best bit about travel is stumbling across the local food markets. I don’t feel like I’ve really experienced somewhere till we wandered around the market. Love your photos.
    Julia

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    • Angela Corrias says

      January 15, 2013 at 2:58 am

      Same here, and in Thailand between open markets and street food vendors you don’t really need to search too much ;)

      Reply
  5. The Time-Crunched Traveler (Ellen) says

    January 13, 2013 at 8:31 am

    I love open-air markets, too. My only problem is, I like to walk through them, absorbing the sights, sounds, and smells, snapping photos as I go, but I am usually too scared to eat much of the food if I am traveling. Now that we’re in China, I’ve been able to shop and some of the markets and take the food home and clean it well before eating. That has helped me feel like more of a participant in the whole scene, rather than just an observer.

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    • Angela Corrias says

      January 15, 2013 at 2:57 am

      I’ve had plenty of street food in China and never had any problem, but for sure you need to be careful about hygiene! For that, I’ve never had street food in India, it was always in the middle of too much traffic!

      Reply
  6. Christine @GrrrlTraveler says

    January 19, 2013 at 7:29 am

    I agree, Bangkok markets are just so lively and gorgeously loaded with things. With so many things, I can never figure out what to photograph.

    Reply
    • Angela Corrias says

      January 22, 2013 at 11:05 am

      True, plus Thailand is so photogenic!

      Reply
  7. Tricia says

    March 9, 2013 at 3:43 pm

    A kaleidoscope of colors – especially the chillis and butterfly pea flowers!

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    • Angela Corrias says

      March 12, 2013 at 6:45 pm

      They were gorgeous and the butterfly pea flower tea delicious!

      Reply
  8. Reed Mihara says

    April 6, 2013 at 1:04 pm

    What I didn’t realize was how much better Asian food could be than what my experience of it was. A lot of Chinese cuisine in America is actually nothing like the traditional style. It is much too greasy, and dominated by a simple array of flavors that doesn’t really capture the complexity of Asian cooking.^

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  9. Wan Phing says

    April 15, 2013 at 6:01 am

    I love your pictures – especially the fiery red chillis at the start. I agree the colour on those sweets don’t look natural, but oh well, they make good pictures.

    Reply
    • Angela Corrias says

      April 26, 2013 at 6:47 pm

      Such a photogenic country Thailand, I miss all their street food and open markets!

      Reply

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