A visit to Klong Suan market is a pleasant way to spend some time. According to local naming, the market is more than 100 years old, and parts of of it certainly look it. An extended wooden building next to a small river, a rambling home to hundreds of small shops and restaurants. In fact, given the amount of cooking going on, it’s hard to believe that the whole lot hasn’t been razed to the ground at least once in the last hundred years.
The atmosphere is very relaxed and friendly. I was the only non-Thai and was greeted everywhere with smiles. Prices are ridiculously cheap. After a couple of hours of walking around we stopped for a traditional Thai iced coffee, served in an old style glass and supported by a china pot full of tea which you pour onto the ice after you have finished your coffee and freshen your mouth. Cost, 10 baht each!
Whatever the price, I was not so impressed with the duck soup.
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2008-05-26| Billy says“Not impressed with the Duck Soup” … I trust that is English understatement … you can see the bloody ducks, and it looks like they are being boiled alive, absolutely gruesome. Thought you had a Tesco there?
Hope it tasted good.
2008-05-27| Spike saysDidn’t actually try it, but expect it tasted pretty good. You can’t make a decent soup unless you use all the bits.