While sourcing for Bangkok itinerary options over lunch with my colleagues, one of them highly recommended Liab Duan Night Market, which I’d never heard of before. I went to do some research on it and was quite excited by what it had to offer. It does require some planning to get to as it is quite a distance from the main shopping belt slightly further down from Chatuchak Weekend Market. On the day itself, I was so glad my husband and I decided to soldier on to this market after a tiring day at Chatuchak, totally worth it!
It is a massive market with various large sections and a ton of stalls to choose from. When we arrived, my husband swung into action and strategized a systematic way of covering ground with the most optimized route. It would probably take a solid 1 to 1.5 hours to browse through everything here.
The first section we explored comprised the bulk of the food stalls and sit-down restaurants. I loved how the decor created such a festive and welcoming vibe, even along the walkways. My husband tried the bear milk white malt frappe (THB45) from the Bear Bear Milk stall. It was way too sweet for me but he liked it. Feeling peckish, I got myself a waffle hotdog (THB20) to munch on while walking. It tasted okay, an interesting combination of salty and sweet.
The next section is where you can take that quintessential Liab Duan Night Market photo with these famous mega-sized Transformers robots (selfies with these towering models flooded my screen when I was reading reviews about this market). The stalls here sell a whole range of items such as clothes, bedsheets, kitchenware and more. Right at the end near the periphery, there was a makeshift open-air massage area for those needing some ache relief. A live musician was playing the guitar and singing at the foot of the huge Christmas tree structure too.
The last section was a mishmash of retail, dining and miscellaneous vendors. There was a stall selling guitars, a full-on barber shop, a petting zoo and even cannabis food trucks. In fact, before buying the fruit jellies (THB10) that came unusually packaged in medical syringes, we made sure to double-check with the stall owners that there was no cannabis in their products since their stall was right next to one of those food trucks. The jellies tasted like every other sweet jelly but props to them for introducing the novelty factor in its presentation and consumption.
My husband then got his usual cup corn that was freshly cooked and served piping hot, while I ventured to try this unknown cream puff like thing (THB25) from a stall owner who spoke limited English. I was intrigued and stopped to observe how she was making these things so she handed me one to try. However, she couldn’t really explain what it was as she could only speak Thai. Anyway, it tasted like a soft egg pastry filled with mildly sweet cream, which was nice.
My overall rating of the experience: 5 out of 5 stars. There was a good variety of both food and shopping options at reasonable prices, plus the sights and sounds here felt quite different from the usual markets, which was very refreshing. Almost the entire market was brightly lit even as dusk fell and live musicians were performing at various locations, keeping the energetic and bustling vibes going till late. Despite there being a lot of people, it never once felt crowded during our time there since the market was huge and everyone was well spread out. All in all, even though the location is slightly out of the way, I’d highly recommend making a trip down to check it out for yourself!
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