It's spicy, but it's not overwhelmingly spicy. But it definitely kicks you in the mouth like
wakes you up first thing in the morning
This is like Thai nasi kerabu almost precisely.
Plate of raw veggies with the nam prik kapi to go with it, chili paste.
This is really food heaven right here in Krabi
In Krabi Town. Food heaven. This Krabi City Night Market. You have to come if you love food.
We are here at the morning market. Maharaj Morning Market. It's time for some action, so let's go.
Saw this stall right here making the khanom jeen - a classic breakfast here
in Krabi. It's the rice noodles and they pour a curry on top. She said this one's very spicy,
so I'm excited for it. Smells amazing. It just smells so aromatic. There's minced fish in here, it's very peppery,
definitely smells spicy and funky. I'm all about it. They give you all this fresh veggies to go with it.
It's a whole platter of fresh veggies you could put in herbs. Basil, long beans, eggplant, cucumber.
You have the thin rice noodles topped with curry. They say this one's very spicy, let's see. It
smells spicy. It also smells incredibly flavorful. I smell the galangal right away. Very sharp flavor,
peppery. Let's see. You see this a lot on the street, but really excited to have this in the market.
Whoa! That really kicks you in the mouth in a good way. Aroy mak!
I love it! It's spicy.
but it's not overwhelmingly spicy, but it definitely kicks you in the mouth. Like
wakes you up first thing in the morning. I'm a little tired, kind of early for me
and not used to getting up this early, but this woke me up.
One? One.
Now this next spot is what we stumbled upon walking after having our first dish.
It reminds me so much of laing - taro leaves um dish. Okay here you go. Looks delicious we're
huge fans of veggies cooked in coconut milk. So we saw this we just stumbled on it we had to get it .
This looks delicious. I actually see pieces of fish in here too. Adds a whole other layer
and we're big fans of this kind of dish. Got a bowl of rice to go with it too. Let's try it out.
Smells really... Spicy? Earthy.
Mmm
That's a pretty complex flavor. It's creamy you really get that
fish kick in there too. I really like that. It's not overwhelming.
It does have a little bit of spice on the back end. I can feel it in the back of my throat now.
Greens have a slight bitterness to them too. Not overwhelming, but
combine that all together the creamy, spicy, slightly salty, bitter in a slight way with that fish flavor.
Much more than what meets the eye when you first see it. It has that dried fish taste.
Yeah and then you mix it with your rice oh it's another level of deliciousness.
The grandma making it - she's so sweet.
Yeah she keeps smiling. This just tastes like this food tastes
like a grandmother made it for sure. It's got that soulful slow-cooked with love flavor to it.
That's the thing with a market like this too. You just stroll around all the different basically aisles. We strolled
through all the aisles of vendors here which is part wet market, part prepared food market.
Ooh stink beans.
One of our favorite Thai dishes period it's hor mok. The steamed fish, kind of like a custard. It's
steamed and wrapped in banana leaves and this one's got a really nice yellow color.
It's very soft this one. It reminds us a lot of we eat in Malaysia a lot that we
love - otak otak. It's almost like a Thai version of that, or you can say that
otak otak is the Malaysian version of hor mok, whatever you want to say.
The beauty of this - that yellow color. It's just so soft. I can't even help it anymore. I gotta take a bite.
We've had a few different hor mok here in Krabi Town, but this one is really my favorite so far
because the flavors really explode from that first bite. You really taste that turmeric, you taste
that lemongrass, you get some chili, lime leaves. You see the actual shreds of lime leaves in here.
Galangal. There's so much going on in here. It packs so much flavor for such a little bite.
Even though it's very soft, there are pieces of the fish in there as well. So it's like a puree,
but there's also chunks of the fish which I really like. I really appreciate that texture.
I think I'm taking one of this to go. Yeah.
Flower section.
Dried fish.
The Maharaj Morning Market is the largest of its kind in Southern Thailand. You see that it's huge.
You have part wet market. So fruits, veggies, meats, seafood and you have prepared food section as
well. Awesome must-visit here in Krabi Town. It's definitely a place if we got up early enough every
day, if we were early risers, we would probably come here every morning for breakfast. That's
how cool it is. We came a little later, so some of the stalls were finished, but we still
got ourselves some delicious breakfast here. And another beauty, you could always come here
and get a different meal every morning. That's how many vendors there are. Can even come if you
have your own apartment kitchen you can come and get all the ingredients and make your own meal too.
It's the Krabi City Market. Opens in the afternoon until night time.
They say it's a "night market," but you could actually get there a little earlier too.
This stall right here is a real gem. It's a rice and curry stall. You walk right in and you can't miss it.
It's serving Halal Thai food. There's a big spread of about 10-12 different curries. You
can get it over rice. You get two curries over rice for 50 baht, which is unbelievable
They also gave you this beautiful raw veggie set right here. You get the long beans, cucumber,
greens and you get the nam prik, chili dip right here. Man it's really hard to choose what to get.
Been here - this is actually the third or fourth trip here already. That's how much we love this place.
A nice lineup of dishes. We have the kua kling, which is the minced chicken with all these
different spices like a dry curry. There's a fried fish. And I have my liver, I have dried fish and curry.
Turmeric. That's the thing - they don't give you the names of what the dishes
are. You just got to look at them. A few we knew already just from eating
around here before. And we also have this stingray curry, which looks amazing. We actually got it
on the side. It's an extra. Krabi City Night Market it really opens up - this stall actually opens up
at one o'clock. We asked them. It depends. When they run out of food, they run out of food.
It smells absolutely incredible. The kua kling is amazing. Minced chicken, there's so many
shreds of lime leaves in here. It's got a real kick to it, but not overly spicy. It pairs
perfectly with that rice. I mean kua kling really is one of my favorite Thai dishes period.
It's really popular here in South Thailand. It is amazing. Now let's try this stingray.
Mmm. They cleaned this one very well. Yeah Just had a bite. No ammonia taste.
Very soft and tender. Really well prepared
Gravy's interesting. It's like a brownish gravy. Probably turmeric.
Nice chili flavor. Yeah nice chili kick in there.
More veggies and we have pineapple. We have more veggies
Looks really interesting. Very excited to try it. It looks in a way - it looks a lot like nasi
kerabu we had in Malaysia. There's a lot of shredded herbs in here mixed with the rice.
Long beans. Let's see. Even has that kind of aroma. Very similar
This is like Thai nasi kerabu almost precisely. This one has a stronger lime leaf taste.
Really get that raw fresh vegetable mixed with the rice. So you get that crunchiness of the long beans,
red onions, you go with that freshness of the herbs. This is amazing! I'm so glad she pointed it out for
us. Nasi kerabu is a dish that is very famous in the Northeast state Malaysia state of Kelantan, which
is the border of Thailand. So when you cross the border, you're in Narathiwat Thailand, South Thailand.
A little further east of here. This is a dish I'd come back over and over again for it. For sure.
This market is just full of amazing food. We're only two stops in and I could already declare it.
Maybe one of my favorite markets ever. For the amount of food here, for the variety, flavor. It's
excellent. Even if it's only a few stalls, just what each stall is offering is incredible.
Try some of this biryani. Very yellow color.
Smells quite cinnamony. Clovey like I would think a biryani is. Clovey. I guess a new word right.
It's good. Different than the other biryani we have tried. Definitely not
the Indian style biryani. Closer to Malay style biryani we had in Batu Pahat, Johor. But
still different and unique in its own way. Has that kind of sweetness to it.
But nice. Especially like with that beef. The beef pairs really nicely with it. I like the biryani,
but I'm really digging this khao yam. This is like - I'm so happy that we found this.
Another rice and curry stall. Actually right down from the first one we tried.
We walked around the mark a little bit and this one's got a whole different
variety of curries. I only saw maybe one or two that were similar to the first stop, which is
amazing. So you have two spots here that have maybe 20 or 30 curries in total you can choose from.
Crazy choices. Really hard to choose actually. Gotta narrow it down just to two.
That's how much room we have left for now. So we have one which is the chicken curry. It's dry, but it
has chopped up long beans and it has one of my favorite - stink beans aka sator aka petai aka
deliciousness. We also have this beef curry here. Sp we're gonna switch it up a little bit we haven't had beef.
It looks like a wetter curry it comes with this little baby green eggplant really interesting.
I'm almost full so I'm just gonna watch him eat it. It looks delicious.
Oh it's good! The baby eggplants really interesting. It gives it kind of a bitter taste. It's crunchy. It does look
like a pea though. I'm really digging on this beef curry so it's got that nice coconut milk
slightly sweet flavor of beef you counteract that with that crunchy slightly bitter baby eggplant.
What I came here for is this chicken with the stink beans. I'm a stink bean fanatic. It pairs nicely
with the tender chicken and even more crunchy. Look - some more vegetables the chopped long beans. You have
your vegetables everywhere. We've got another plate of raw veggies with the nam prik kapi to go
with it - the chili paste. Oh this is really food heaven right here in Krabi in Krabi Town. Food
heaven. This Krabi City Night Market. You have to come if you love food. Food like this come here.