On Saturday morning, we went to Chauchak Weekend Market. It's one of the largest outdoor markets in the world, with roughly 15,000 stalls spread across more than 25 sections, attracting well over 100,000 visitors on the weekends. It sells everything from clothing, leather goods, Thai handicrafts, live animals, plants, and souvenirs. There are also dozens of food stalls and cafes with fresh juices, coffee shops, snacks, and full meals
As always, it was pretty hot, and we tried to stay in the shade
An outdoor covered food court with lots of great food
There were literally miles of inside shopping with thousands of vendors and shops.
Traditional National Thai skirts and dresses
When Glenna went shopping upstairs in the mall, I took some random pictures of the food offerings on the ground floor
A donut restaurant that had donuts with fried chicken, with a white southern gravy or a spicy gravy.
An excellent Japanese bakery
A Japanese izakaya (small restaurant).
Not your standard US food court
Butterbear, a very popular Thai cookie shop
We took the sky train to Mo Chit and went out Exit 1
It is right next to Queen Sirikit Park
It is a massive market, and we didn’t really know where to start.
Glenna wanted to get out of the heat, so we took off and went to the Emsphere Mall for lunch. There was a very nice Thai Cultural exhibit.
We settled on Korean noodles at the food court section on the ground floor. Some of the best noodles I have ever eaten.
A very high-end grocery store at the back of the food court
One of several seating areas in between restaurants and stalls
Time to go home and sleep it off before I explode