Monday, August 4, 2008

Chak Tuk Chak Market~


Right, lets continue shall we? Landed, Checked in, stomach growling. We headed down to Chak Tuk Chak Market which is this amazing weekend market where there are more than 1000 stalls around selling food and many many many many cheapo stuffs around. We couldn't wait and the first thing we dump into our stomach is some fun fried stuff all oily and way delicious.


God knows how many time have i been to BKK and the 'pork rice' there just could escape from the list of food i want to eat. Eventually i saved my stomach from the Finger lickin fried food and settled down for this. However, eating in the market really takes a toll on your hygene tollerance because what u dont see is that we had our lunch next to the dump (yes the table is located there). But anything for good food and trust me i can eat this even if i have to stand. :)

After filling our lil tummies (which eventually became really big after the trip) we headed down to the stalls for some shopping. We werent that eager to shop here ( call me a snob) but i just cant take the quality of the goods. On the other hand, there are always cheap handicraft items and whatever nots which you can buy at an alarming cheap price provided you are ready to bargain with the owners.
Toulai= How much, Peng Nai=expensive, and others just comes down to yes yes no no..expenchip expenchip..hahaha

Bargaining in places like this or, Thailand is a must. If you are a local, you dont shop in places like these, which is why prices are always hiked up. But sadly my skills are limited to asking tou lai (how much) and reverted with thai placing me in a confused manner (so much for wanna speak thai. But believe you me, stall owners there are quite fluent with English and will have no problem bargaining with u in English.
Its really hard to take photos in such hot conditions and not to forget to mention that its cramped like sardines inside the alleys. One of the 'whites' actually fainted inside due to the heat and ended up us rescuing her by giving her of whts left of our water.. but i did come across someone, JOhnnY Depp~!!! yea.. at least the thai version.. ahha.. there was performances around the open area but it looked like it was going to rain and CTC has nothign much for us to see so we decided to call it quit and headed for our next destination.
Tau lai=how much
peng nai=expensive
mai dai= no
dai=yes
MCB if no discount given.. hahaha

2 comments:

..mOnK* said...

the chicken wing is so crispy-ly delicious and the pork rice is so tenderly yummy. i'm craving for them as i write! m'sian hawkers should sell them. i'm gonna make bkk my 2nd home!

MuN YeE said...

yea i know.. Eddie likes boy boy.. hahaha