Sampeng Market, Bangkok
13 Nov 2018
Destination of the day: Sampeng Market.
It's a wholesale market right next to Yaowarat Road, aka Chinatown.
The market sprawls across a labyrinth of lanes and alleys, selling dried foods, bags, kitchen wares, knick-knacks, toys, etc.
Due to the small alleys, the wholesalers depend on kulis to deliver their goods using those vertical trolleys. Nat told me not to be surprised if I heard someone yelling "fai mai" ("on fire!") or "mid" ("knife!"). That would be the kuli trying to get through the narrow alleys. "Make way" no longer gets people's attention 😆
Destination of the day: Sampeng Market.
It's a wholesale market right next to Yaowarat Road, aka Chinatown.
The market sprawls across a labyrinth of lanes and alleys, selling dried foods, bags, kitchen wares, knick-knacks, toys, etc.
Due to the small alleys, the wholesalers depend on kulis to deliver their goods using those vertical trolleys. Nat told me not to be surprised if I heard someone yelling "fai mai" ("on fire!") or "mid" ("knife!"). That would be the kuli trying to get through the narrow alleys. "Make way" no longer gets people's attention 😆
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| Kuli delivering goods. |
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| Toys! |
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| Street foods. |
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| Smiling lady and sweet snacks. |
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| Fried glutinous sweet cakes on top of a mountain of sugar, crushed peanuts and sesame. |
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| Glutinous rice with side dishes. |
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| Wan Gao, literally means bowl cake, made of glutinous flour. |
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| Some sort of sweet snacks made of flour, eaten with shredded coconut and sugar. |
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| An old shop selling traditional Chinese sausage along Yaowarat Road. |
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| Roasted giant tapioca dipped in sugar syrup. |
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