Of course, we couldn’t skip durian and tried two varieties, Kan Yao and Mon Thong. We even found salak, the snake fruit we first encountered in Yogyakarta, sold in one of the stalls. Langsat (or lanzones in Filipino), were my father’s favorite, as they were also sweet and very fleshy. The flesh was thick, and the fruit was so ripe that juices run down my arm every time I broke one open. The rambutan, I later found, was the sweetest I had ever tried.
I wasn’t a fan of the fruit, but my family said it was sweet (I still thought it wasn’t) and my brother thoroughly enjoyed it over the next few days. Mangosteen and rambutan were in great abundance, and the mangosteen sold here was substantially cheaper than those in Manila. The vendors appeared to be more friendly too, as we browsed through the goods offered for sale. A small section farther back was a surprise: more fruits were sold here, but at more reasonable prices. After filling our then-hungry stomachs (more on this next time), we ended up visiting the back portion of the market, where dry goods were sold. Or Tor Kor Marketīefore we got overwhelmed with all the produce and their prices, we headed to another of Or Tor Kor’s attraction: the food court. Yet, the truth was that quality came with a price: the fruits here were a little more than the familiar costs back home. The fruits seemed blemish-free, and the sizes were huge compared to the usual tropical fruits I grew up with. Strolling through the main corridor, it was easy to see the quality of the products they boasted. The floor was tiled, the roof was relatively high and the area was brightly-lit, allowing one to feel more comfortable than the usual Asian markets. Not surprisingly, the fruit section was at the market’s heart, with a very wide passageway and benches at the center. It was June when we traveled, a great time for the country’s fruit season which typically runs from April to July. It was not exactly the image one conjures up when talking about Bangkok’s attractions, but it had its own merit: it is the home of Thailand’s best-quality fruits. It was still too early for check-in, so we opted to head to Or Tor Kor Market after dropping our bags off. We even took the train instead of the usual taxi from the airport, as we wanted to try something new (and maybe compare the progress our fellow ASEAN country was enjoying) and our hotel was just steps away from a BTS station. Our early departure from Manila meant that we got in Bangkok by mid-morning.
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