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| Near Saphan Taksin Station / Sathon Pier
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| The fruit section of a (raw ingredient) food market street we found near
Saphan Taksin Station / Sathon Pier.
| Indoors: fish, eggs, meat, vegetables, and more.
| Elsewhere indoors, the vegetable section of the market.
| A confluence of overhead power lines above a sizable street (Thanon
Charoeon Krung).
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| The look of a side-street.
| This picture shows the look and shophouse architecture of Bangkok's
ordinary streets. It's actually another shot of Thanon Charoeon Krung.
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| In the Old Town
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| The stand near Tha Tian Pier where I had my mid-morning meal. I also
ate lunch in
and took photographs of this area the previous day.
| Tom yum (kang) soup. Tom yum is a traditional hot and sour Thai soup made
with tamarind, lemongrass, galangal, lime, fish sauce, and more. I had it
with shrimp. The soup was good and appropriately sour. The shrimp,
meanwhile, had been improperly frozen and lost their flavor and texture.
| A movie that attempts to record the intense rain that occurred briefly
around noon. I took this from our position under some street carts'
umbrellas.
| Another attempt.
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| We stumbled on a street selling many antiques and statues. Here's a
sample.
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| Near Wang Lang Pier
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| The festive market street near Wang Lang Pier, across the river.
| Along this road was the greatest and longest food street we found in
Bangkok. Boy were the sidewalks crowded!
| Fruit vendors in Bangkok use their hand as their cutting board. Scary!
For instance, the pineapple I bought the previous day
was cut in this manner.
| Another sample of the sidewalk street food scene, including some fried
pork that we bought.
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| Inside a bakery on the street. I tried one of these mini quiche-like
things, which turned out to be buttery.
| A nearby side street. I like the old woman in the foreground.
| Another fairly typical clothing market street.
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| Royal Barge Museum
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| A typical scene on the icky, ill-used path leading to the Royal Barge
Museum.
| A stagnant canal we crossed on the path.
| The Royal Barge Museum prohibited photograph, but I manage to sneak this
picture of a typical barge. There were about ten of these in the museum.
| The kind of statue of the bows of these boats.
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| Taken from the Royal Barge Museum's pier, looking down along the wide
Bangkok Noi canal. If we hired a boat, we could've landed directly on
the pier I'm standing on when I took this picture.
| On the way out, I saw this not entirely unpleasant sight that I missed on
the way in. Somehow the clothes hung out to dry make the scene less
objectionable.
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| Near Silom Complex
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A lively nightlife street near Silom Complex.
In retrospect, the
style of signage reminds me of Hong Kong, though it can't be mistaken for
Hong Kong -- the majority of these signs are, oddly, in Japanese!
| I bought a chicken leg from this food stand. It was good quality fried
chicken, with a spicy kick.
| The (Hainanese-style) chicken rice stand from which I bought my entree.
| My chicken rice. It was basic / fine, but wouldn't win any awards. I
made it interesting with the chili sauce.
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Di Yin tried a (Chinese-style noodle) soup from a street vendor. The soup
was so good that she had two bowls and made me try it. I only tried the
broth (no soup contents) but I could tell it was great, possibly the best
thing we've had in Bangkok. Di Yin decided to convince her parents, who
were eating dinner a nearby mall, to come and try it. With my help, they
came. Di Yin's parents were similarly enthused about the bowl. Despite
already eating, they polished off their bowl with relish.
I think it's a little sad that one of the best dishes I had in Bangkok
wasn't Thai.
| The mochi ice cream stand in the basement of the Silom Complex mall.
| My vanilla mochi. It was so frozen that I had to carry it outside in the
heat for ten minutes before it was appropriately soft to eat.
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