🔄 Updated 21 Jun 2026
Bang Phli Old Market, originally called Siri Sophon Market, sits on Khlong Samrong in Bang Phli district, under an hour from Bangkok. The market itself is a long line of connected two-story wooden shophouses running along the canal, with a plank walkway nearly a kilometer long — walk it and you hear the wood creak in time with your steps, an atmosphere that's hard to find around greater Bangkok these days. The real draw here isn't fancy restaurants but homestyle food sold for generations out of the same wooden shophouses.
The market opens daily from around 8am to evening, but if you want every stall going at once, come on Saturday or Sunday — on weekdays some vendors close or open less. The market sits right next to Wat Bang Phli Yai Nai (Luang Pho To), so once you've eaten you can cross over to pay respects and feed the fish along the canal.
Boat noodles and savory bites
The savory food here keeps it simple and easy to eat as you walk. Boat noodles are the star — small bowls eaten several at a time, the old-school way. The broth is middle-of-the-road, not heavy, so if you like it stronger you season it yourself.
Hoi Kha Boat Noodles
Small old-style bowls eaten one after another while you sit with your legs dangling over the canal. The broth is mild rather than heavy, and you choose beef or pork. People order a stack of bowls, then count the empties to settle up.
Duck Rice & Duck Noodles
Five-spice stewed duck in a thick sweet-salty gravy over hot rice, or order it as duck noodles instead. It's a proper filling meal at market prices — good to eat before you move on to the sweets.
Vietnamese Crispy Crepe (Khanom Bueang Yuan)
A thin crispy batter fried in a pan and stuffed with minced pork, shrimp and bean sprouts, eaten with fresh herbs and dipping sauce. It's an old-school snack younger Thais rarely find anymore, made fresh right in front of you.
Pork Satay & Grilled Meatballs
Grilled over charcoal, the smell drifting across the whole market. Turmeric-marinated pork satay comes with peanut sauce and pickled cucumber relish, and the grilled meatballs get a sweet-spicy dip. Easy to grab and eat as you walk.
Eating tip
Eat the boat noodles a small bowl at a time and don't fill up too fast — save room for the sweets at the far end, because the Thai-sweet stalls are scattered down both sides of the walkway. Walking and nibbling as you go works out better.
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Old-recipe Thai sweets to try
The real star of Bang Phli market is the Thai sweets. Many vendors make them fresh every day in the same wooden shophouses — layered khanom chan, palm-sugar cake, coconut pancakes, khanom sai sai, all the way to grilled sticky rice. You can buy a box to take home as a gift too, and prices are still genuine market prices.
Bun Sri Khanom Chan
Five-flavor layered khanom chan that's an OTOP-level signature of the market — soft and chewy, fragrant with coconut and pandan, colored naturally. Buy a tray to take home. There's usually a line on weekends.
Khun Nit Grilled Sticky Rice
Pandan-scented sticky rice wrapped in banana leaf and grilled over low heat, with more than ten fillings to choose from — banana, taro, black bean, custard. Grilled hot and smoky, it's the stall locals keep recommending to each other.
Khanom Krok & Khanom Bueang
Coconut khanom krok poured fresh, crispy on top and soft inside, alongside Thai khanom bueang with golden-thread and savory fillings. Made fresh at the stall — you smell it before you reach it. Best eaten warm, just off the griddle.
Palm-Sugar, Banana & Sai Sai Cakes
All kinds of banana-leaf-steamed sweets piled up together — fluffy fragrant palm-sugar cake, chewy banana cake, khanom sai sai with rich salty-sweet coconut. Mix and match into one bag however you like. Proper homestyle Thai sweets.
Old-Style Snacks — Tang Me, Kalamae, Thong Muan
The dry-sweets corner that keeps for a while — tang me, kalamae, soft thong muan, khanom ko, krayasart. These are the snacks your parents grew up on and are hard to find now. Easy to grab and take home.
Cold desserts and pickled fruit
Once you've gotten hot from walking and eating, something cold helps a lot. The market has coconut ice cream, coconut jelly and sharp-flavored pickled fruit — a good palate-cleanser between the savory and the sweet.
Coconut Ice Cream & Coconut Jelly
Sweet, rich coconut ice cream loaded with toppings — lod chong, peanuts, sticky rice — plus soft coconut jelly. Cold and refreshing, perfect mid-walk.
Pickled Fruit & Pickled Mango
Sour-sweet pickled fruit dipped in chili salt, a nice break from all the sweets. Grab a bag and eat it as you walk.
Best time to go
Come mid-morning on a Saturday or Sunday, when all the stalls are open and everything is still fresh. Avoid late afternoon, since many sweet stalls sell out before the market closes. If you come on a weekday, expect a few vendors to be shut.
Where to go after you've eaten
- Wat Bang Phli Yai Nai (Luang Pho To) — right next to the market; walk across to pay respects at Bang Phli's most revered temple.
- Feed the fish on Khlong Samrong — there's a fish-feeding spot in front of the temple, so many fish the water churns. Kids love it.
- Take a canal boat — at times there are paddle boats to see the old canalside way of life. Ask locals around the pier.
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