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"All types of stalls including clothes, counterfeit goods and food stalls will be banned from main city roads" - Wanlop Suwandee, a chief advisor to B
by phsource 9y ago
"All types of stalls including clothes,
counterfeit goods and food stalls will
be banned from main city roads"
- Wanlop Suwandee, a chief advisor to
Bangkok's governor, told AFP.
Based on this statement, it's not nearly as bad as we'd expect, since most of Bangkok's street food are not on the main city roads, but rather on smaller streets. When I visited, vendors most often were situated in side streets coming off the main streets, or near transport hubs like the river ferry stations.
- cholantesh 9y agoGlad to hear it; I'm visiting BKK in August and this was one of the things I was really looking forward to.
- liber8 9y agoYou should, the street food is one of the best parts of Bangkok!
- teekert 9y agoI even have a book standing behind me "Bangkok street food". In Bangkok I loved "that eat small things all day" attitude. Some Satay here, a fruit shake there, some pork with rice, here you go, and then some Pad Thai... Ooh, nice.
- cholantesh 9y agoThat sounds great; I'm working towards a nutritional plan of small meals more often right now and I feel much more energized.
- kaeluka 9y agoHere you go, the way you said this made me smile :)
- BurningFrog 9y agoDepending on the definition of "main city roads".
- hackerboos 9y agoSukhumvit, Silom, Ratchawithi etc.
- omurphy27 9y agoUnfortunately it looks like this isn't just confined to some touristy areas on Sukhimvit or Khao San road. They are targeting the Thong Lor, Ekkamai and Phra Khanong districts too, specifically Soi Thong Lor, Soi Ekkamai, and Soi Pridi Banomyong: https://coconuts.co/bangkok/food-drink/first-soi-38-closed-soon-therell-no-street-food-thong-lor-ekkamai-phra-khanong-either/ https://coconuts.co/bangkok/food-drink/first-soi-38-closed-s... Completely ridiculous of course since street food is super delicious, affordable and remains one of Bangkok's biggest attractions. Hopefully this move doesn't spread to all of Bangkok, but who knows.
- ic4l 9y ago"Soi Thong Lor, Soi Ekkamai" are mainly areas catering towards "Hi So" individuals. While I don't agree with their decisions it does make sense.
- JohnJamesRambo 9y agoWhat does Hi So mean?
- make_clean 9y ago"High Society"
- wingerlang 9y agoThai slang for socialites and the upper class (from English 'high society'). (Took from some wikipedia page)
- dheera 9y agoThe food won't disappear as long as there is a demand for it. In all likelihood Singapore-like hawker stalls and hawker centres will crop up and replace them, with the same set of offerings. It will be a pity because of temporary loss of jobs and the emotional attachment to street food, but I imagine over time it will all end in better sanitation and less disposable waste.
- taurath 9y agoHalf the food stalls I visited were off of Rama IV rd near Lunphini - sounds like they're likely to be shut down. There's not nearly enough room on the narrow side streets for people to set up and allow for the vehicle traffic. I'm planning to visit next year or late this year, I hope it's not too bad.
- Symbiote 9y ago> There's not nearly enough room on the narrow side streets for people to set up and allow for the vehicle traffic. The other solution, then, is to ban vehicular traffic. That would be seriously considered in a European city. Does Bangkok have any pedestrian areas?
- seanmcdirmid 9y agoYes but...BK is really big; it doesn't feel like a European city so much as it feels like NYC or even LA. I just can't see vehicle being blocked off, also it rains heavily a lot, which might cause other problems.
- Symbiote 9y agoBangkok's the same size as London, both in area and population. London doesn't have many pedestrian streets, but there are plenty of barriers to traffic which still allow pedestrians to pass, and campaigns to make more streets pedestrian-only.
- user5994461 9y agoLondon or greater London or the city?
- jonatron 9y agoThe only non ambiguous term you gave is Greater London. Anyway when people say 'London' they mostly mean Greater London (or close enough to it).
- seanmcdirmid 9y agoThis sounds really good actually. Those roads are impossible to navgate with all the stalls set up, it is kind of stressful.
- seanmcdirmid 9y agoDownvoters have obviously never tried navigating the main touristy streets at night.