We have never seen a market of that size. JJ’s the world’s largest outdoor market apparently and there was no doubt about that! The market was organized into different sections to make it easier for the consumer to find his/her way around the ‘mini-city’. Everything you could think of was being sold at this market: Boos & magazines, ice cream, Thai food, clothing, illegal DVD/CDs, tattoos, furniture, coffee, Thai massages, stolen Adidas/Nike apparel, accessories, and the list goes on. We were only able to browse through the main street and that took us nearly 3 hours!
Our favorite thing to do at markets is to eat and boy did we eat at the massive JJ market! We had way too much ice cream, assorted drinks (coffee, a black jelly drink, fruit smoothies), irresistible mini-cream puffs, a Thai chicken & rice dish, and plenty of fresh fruit with our favorite salt & chili seasoning to dip in.
We left the market around 3:30pm and headed down to the Silom District downtown to meet up with Liya’s family. We had a fabulous dinner at a famous hot pot restaurant in Silom, a favorite of the family’s. The specialty hot pot was the tom yum soup with fish. Not only did we order two of those, we ordered pork skewers with satay sauce (Ben’s favorite kind of sauce - it’s basically peanut sauce), crab in a hollandaise sauce, an oyster with bean sprouts omelet, a tasty vegetable dish, and ice cream to end the night. We were incredibly full after our dinner and knew that we would all sleep well that night!
Another great weekend with the family :)
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