If you know me, you know that my favorite places to visit on this trip were the markets. Specifically, the food markets (although the bustling night markets with their different wares were amazing as well... just not quite as edible!). Every city had one, but my favorite food market, hands down, was the morning market in Luang Prabang. Block after block of narrow streets were lined with vendors displaying their stunning commodities with obvious pride. Copious amounts of produce, grains, live and recently alive animals, fish, prepared foods... it was a feast for the senses.
River weed
Peanuts, aubergines
Thai chilis, greens?, bananas
Thai chilis
Thai chilis
Banana flowers
Rambutan
Dried rats
Herbs
Bok Choy
Scallions
Banana flower blossoms
Dragonfruit
Parsnips
Potatoes, marigolds, eggplant
Tomatos, limes, apples
Soup herb and spice blends
Drying water buffalo meat
River snails
Fish
Fish
And more fish
Dried fish
Eggs
Chicken, always with their feet prominently displayed (the feet are prized parts).
The butcher shop - open air, complete with the butcher climbing all over the table.
The meat was precious and expensive, but you could find nearly any kind (beef, pork, venison, water buffalo, etc.), and certainly every last bit of the animal (offal, heads, hooves, etc.). Nothing goes to waste.
Brains with your breakfast?
If you know me, you know that my favorite places to visit on this trip were the markets. Specifically, the food markets (although the bustling night markets with their different wares were amazing as well... just not quite as edible!). Every city had one, but my favorite food market, hands down, was the morning market in Luang Prabang. Block after block of narrow streets were lined with vendors displaying their stunning commodities with obvious pride. Copious amounts of produce, grains, live and recently alive animals, fish, prepared foods... it was a feast for the senses.
River weed
Peanuts, aubergines
Thai chilis, greens?, bananas
Thai chilis
Thai chilis
Banana flowers
Rambutan
Dried rats
Herbs
Bok Choy
Scallions
Banana flower blossoms
Dragonfruit
Parsnips
Potatoes, marigolds, eggplant
Tomatos, limes, apples
Soup herb and spice blends
Drying water buffalo meat
River snails
Fish
Fish
And more fish
Dried fish
Eggs
Chicken, always with their feet prominently displayed (the feet are prized parts).
The butcher shop - open air, complete with the butcher climbing all over the table.
The meat was precious and expensive, but you could find nearly any kind (beef, pork, venison, water buffalo, etc.), and certainly every last bit of the animal (offal, heads, hooves, etc.). Nothing goes to waste.
Brains with your breakfast?
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