A few weeks ago the embassy sponsored a weekday trip for the spouses to the local Flower and Vegetable Market here in Bangkok. It is located just on the edge of ChinaTown. I have never seen flowers so colorful and bright and in such an abundance. They were quite cheap cheap too. You could get a large bouquet of fresh orchids for 40 Baht which is just barely over $1.
Can you guess what these are..............Mushrooms!
Ahhhh the hotness in all their glory!
A close up of the little devilish hot peppers that are in EVERYTHING here!
I spy cucumbers but I am not sure what all the others are!
An interesting looking flower - almost didn't look real!
I really liked the speckled ones...
These have got to be the bluest flowers I have ever seen in my life.
This was such a colorful array of flowers that I could not pass up a picture!
I've no idea what these are either but they were interesting looking!
This is a shot down the street/sidewalk of the flower market. It spans a couple blocks.
This is inside one of the tunnels (as I call them) down the side from the flower market and back here they do flower arrangements for funerals, weddings and such.
Ahhhh more of the pretty speckles...
Hi, Susan and Joe! Love the pictures! The wrinkly looking things with the cucumbers are bitter melons. They are super bitter, surprise surprise! I love them - sauteed with turmeric and salt. Yummy!
ReplyDeleteHa - it took me a while to figure out ACLDCL - haha - hey there - hmmm okay I might have to try out that recipe. Sounds yummy! Do they have another name besides bitter melons?
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