Talat Phlu
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1146/33 Thanon Wutthakat, Khwaeng Talat Phlu, Khet Thon Buri, Krung Thep Maha Nakhon 10600, Thailand Print route »
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Talat Phlu or Talad Phlu (Thai: ตลาดพลู, pronounced [tā.làːt pʰlūː]) is a community and marketplace by the Khlong Bangkok Yai in the Talat Phlu and Bang Yi Ruea Subdistricts, Thon Buri District, Thonburi side of Bangkok.Talat Phlu has a history of over 200 years since Thonburi Kingdom, in the reign of King Taksin after the fall of Ayutthaya in 1767. Thonburi side, it's used as a new capital of Thailand. Talat Phlu is a community of overseas Chinese or Thai-Chinese, including Muslims and Mons. Until the reign of King Rama I, he moved the capital across the Chao Phraya river to the Phra Nakhon side. Most of the Chinese moved to live in Sampheng, but they're still parts here and descend to the present day.
The name "Talat Phlu" originated this area in the past, the area is a spacious in grown and sold betel (Talat in Thai means "market", and Phlu means "betel") covered from Khlong Bang Sai Kai to Khlong Bang Phrom in Taling Chan until Khlong Bang Waek in Phasi Charoen and Bang Khae Districts. Today, although planting a betel have disappeared, the name Talat Phlu is still used for this area.
In the early 1960s, Talat Phlu is the bustling district, until have the parlance. "Yaowarat is how, Talat Phlu like that", it's considered to be another Bangkok Chinatown besides Yaowarat.
Nowadays, Talat Phlu is well known as a neighbourhood with restaurants and many street foods such as beef noodles, Khanom bueang, Khanom Jeeb (Shumai), coconut milk ice cream with frozen yolk, Namkhaeng sai (Thai style shaved ice dessert) and Bingsu, Khao moo daeng (red barbecue pork over rice with red sweet sauce), Yen ta fo, Kuaitiao khua kai, Mi krop, Pad thai, fish maw soup, Thai dessersts etc. And the most famous is Kui Chai (กุยช่าย; Chinese: 韭菜餜; pinyin: jiǔ cài guǒ), it's the food of the Teochew people, made of flour and filled with garlic chives, cooked by frying or steaming. It's a type of Dim sum. In addition, it's also the origin of Khanom Bodin (ขนมบดิน) a traditional Muslim cakes, which only available in central Thailand, produced and sold at the community around the Suan Phlu Mosque.
