I can’t tell you how much I enjoy Amphawa Floating Market – it’s so entertaining. There’s plenty of cooking action and watching the (mostly) women cook fresh seafood, with their pots, steamers, portable barbecues and other gear balanced so precariously inside tiny boats, is magical. Set along a canal lined with charming old wooden shops, it’s a hot weekend destination for Bangkok-ites so you need to be prepared for major crowds. Everyone sits on the steps that lead down to the canal to watch the action and eat and what I love about this is, not only do you get to feel like a local, but you’ve got a ringside seat to all the cooking activity too. These scallops are a favourite of mine, especially with a cold beer. They’re grilled in the half-shell, with just a little bit of butter, some peanuts and spring onion oil. They’re so simple to make but, like all simple things, they rely on the freshest produce you can get your hands on in order to really shine.