A perfect day for me starts by getting up at the crack of dawn and heading off to an unfamiliar part of Bangkok where I’ll  wander the streets and alleyways, camera in hand in search of food shots.

And so it was on Wednesday morning.  Rendezvous 6 a.m. on Lan Luang Road, the neighbourhood of esteemed  cameraman, Eric Seldin, who had invited me over to look around his local market. Like myself, Eric has shunned the likes Sukhumvit and chosen to live in a local district of colourful characters, atmospheric markets and  great street food.

The Lan Luang area in home to Nang Loeng, one of the oldest fresh markets in Bangkok.

There’s also a warren of side streets to explore with people cooking food to sell in the market at lunchtime.

Part of the fun of these ‘foodie photo walks’ is getting lost and making discoveries, that, if any of my other wanderings are anything to go by, I may never be able to find again…

Of course, the reward for a productive morning’s photography is to sit down in a noodle shop and enjoy a good breakfast before heading home.

In this case bamee haeng, egg noodles and red pork.