REVIEW: Step Back in Time with the New Suan Lum Night Bazaar

REVIEW: Step Back in Time with the New Suan Lum Night Bazaar

By Lisnaree Vichitsorasatra
Staff Reporter



A man in a Batman costume sells duck-shaped jelly at Suan Lum Night Bazaar.

BANGKOK — Several Santa Clauses straddle a dinosaur whose tail sways back and forth. Children ride on a carousel as their parents watch from the sidelines. Beside the dinosaurs scattered around one of Bangkok’s newest outdoor markets, there’s a Spider Man model, and a man in Batman costume selling duck-shaped jelly

There doesn’t seem to be a theme at the Suan Lum Night Bazaar which opened last month at the Ratchada-Lat Phrao intersection. Its operators prefer the term “re-open,” despite being over 10 kilometers from the original location next to Lumpini Park. But whatever the history, the premise today is that people will flock to a market so long as it’s in a good location.

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-- Khaosod English 2016-01-09