Nang Loeng Market (ตลาดนางเลิ้ง) - A Tour of Food and History in Bangkok

Nang Loeng Market (ตลาดนางเลิ้ง) is one of my favorite market areas in Bangkok. Read more here: http://wp.me/psd9b-4O9 There are many many markets and street food areas in Bangkok, but one of the oldest and most preserved in the city, is Nang Loeng Market (ตลาดนางเลิ้ง). Located in the central part of the city, the community has been around a couple of hundred years now. The market itself was opened officially in 1900, and since then it has been a gathering place for people in the community to socialize and eat. There are many options for food at Nang Loeng Market (ตลาดนางเลิ้ง), and there's actually an entire food court that's opened at lunchtime, but my favorite restaurant in the area, one that I keep coming back to time and time again is the rice and curry restaurant on the corner known as Khao Gaeng Ruttana (ข้าวแกงรัตนา http://www.eatingthaifood.com/2012/06/thai-ri… This street food rice and curry restaurant has been around for a long time, an