If you look on the net you can find lots of places that sell odd thai souveneirs.

This may be convenient for some that live far away and are willing to pay the large markup, but I'm trying to find out where in Thailand, more specifically Bangkok, items like these can be purchased in person. At Tops or Tesco you can find the occasional oddity, but they still aren't unusual enough.

Of course you can buy fresh insects just about anywhere, but where are the canned ones that could be brought back to the west in your luggage? Anybody know of any shops that have products like the below links?

I'm looking for pretty much any product this site carries--a lot of strange things, but quite expensive:

ThailandUnique

And another site:

ThaiTastes

And yet another:

LiveFoodsDirect

If you look on the net you can find lots of places that sell odd thai souveneirs.

This may be convenient for some that live far away and are willing to pay the large markup, but I'm trying to find out where in Thailand, more specifically Bangkok, items like these can be purchased in person. At Tops or Tesco you can find the occasional oddity, but they still aren't unusual enough.

Of course you can buy fresh insects just about anywhere, but where are the canned ones that could be brought back to the west in your luggage? Anybody know of any shops that have products like the below links?

I'm looking for pretty much any product this site carries--a lot of strange things, but quite expensive:

ThailandUnique

And another site:

ThaiTastes

And yet another:

LiveFoodsDirect

Hi,

have you found some shops selling these things in thailand?

Thanks.

Crocodile meat (dried jerky) at the deli counter of Foodland near Sukumvhit soi 7(?). About 300 baht a bag and tastes pretty bad.

Snake/scorpion whiskey. I have seen a few bottles in MBK on the 6th floor (I think). Unfortunately they are ridiculously priced compared to markets up in north/isaan Thailand and Laos.

Still looking for the canned insects though....

Try MBK. I've seen cobra whiskey, cobra plus scorpion whiskey, crocodile meat, skins, insects, etc. Can't remember which floor, but it's one of the upper floors.

Chatuchak market would be a good place for this sort of stuff as well.

Happy hunting.