{"id":7291,"date":"2013-07-09T00:00:43","date_gmt":"2013-07-08T17:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bangkokbeyond.com\/blog\/?p=7291"},"modified":"2020-07-25T17:02:35","modified_gmt":"2020-07-25T10:02:35","slug":"bangkok-shopping-scene-seacon-banana-fair","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bangkokbeyond.com\/blog\/bangkok-shopping-scene-seacon-banana-fair","title":{"rendered":"Bangkok Shopping Scene: Seacon Banana Fair"},"content":{"rendered":"

So to Seacon I went to see about this banana festival, and while there were plenty of bananas they were by no means everything there was to see. Not even the majority really.<\/p>\n

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I love the ambiance of the traditional Thai marketplace, but as someone who spent nearly two years in a wheelchair recovering from an accident I am all too sensitive to the challenges that many of the outdoor markets pose to the elderly, injured or otherwise somewhat short of spry, and I think that this is about as close as you can get to the real thing without deadly potholes and shoulder-to-shoulder crowds. And there is obviously quite a bit that a mall offers a traditional market cannot, so it is an excellent marriage of shopping experiences.<\/p>\n

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The smells and sights that jump out at you seem almost out of place in such a massive and modern shopping mall, but this is Thailand after all. Here was a cart blasting morlam music and grilling up some goodness.<\/p>\n\n\n

And as always some incredible looking desserts\u2026\u2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n