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reimagined as a Bangkok night market Sounds like the Thai government’s decades long program of soft-diplomacy through food is working. https://www.theparliame

by rhplus 2y ago

reimagined as a Bangkok night market Sounds like the Thai government’s decades long program of soft-diplomacy through food is working. https://www.theparliamentmagazine.eu/news/article/food-diplomacy-gastrodiplomacy-europe https://www.theparliamentmagazine.eu/news/article/food-diplo...

rpastuszak 2y ago
My bet is that is has more to do with the Vietnamese (largest non-European) minority in Poland: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnamese_people_in_Poland?wprov=sfti1 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnamese_people_in_Poland?wp...
- alephnerd 2y ago
  > more to do with the Vietnamese (largest non-European) minority in Poland Vietnamese are not Thai. They are entirely different cultures. It's like saying a Poles are just knockoff Russians. Vietnamese are proud of their culture and gladly export it, just like the Thai diaspora. The train car conversion was probably done by Poles who formerly backpacked in Thailand
  - pndy 2y ago
    Parent commenter doesn't suggest that, just brings up the fact that there's indeed a large Vietnamese diaspora living in Warszawa.
    - alephnerd 2y ago
      > A little gem example: there’s a communist era train platform that’s been reimagined as a Bangkok night market. In a nearby rail yard building is a very good pinball museum with playable antiques. > Sounds like the Thai government’s decades long program of soft-diplomacy through food is working > My bet is that is has more to do with the Vietnamese (largest non-European) minority in Poland
      - rpastuszak 2y ago
        pndy’s comment is correct. I just poorly phrased my comment, sorry for that!
  - jhbadger 2y ago
    Many sushi restaurants around the world are run by non-Japanese Asians (who often have a separate menu for their ethnicity than can be asked for if you know). Where I live (in the Washington, D.C. area) most Latin American people are Salvadorans, but they mostly run Mexican restaurants as that's the Latin American food that sells.
  - rpastuszak 2y ago
    I am aware of that. I visited Thailand several times and even attempted learning Thai (besides planning to move there for work in mid 2010s). I don’t live in Poland any more but I know several Poles with Vietnamese roots, hence my assumption/comment regarding the night market. Apologies if the way I phrased my comment was somewhat confusing! As a Pole who studied Persian I can see how people might expect ignorance in that matter. (pndy’s comment is correct)

by rhplus 2y ago

rpastuszak 2y ago

My bet is that is has more to do with the Vietnamese (largest non-European) minority in Poland: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnamese_people_in_Poland?wprov=sfti1 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnamese_people_in_Poland?wp...

alephnerd 2y ago
> more to do with the Vietnamese (largest non-European) minority in Poland Vietnamese are not Thai. They are entirely different cultures. It's like saying a Poles are just knockoff Russians. Vietnamese are proud of their culture and gladly export it, just like the Thai diaspora. The train car conversion was probably done by Poles who formerly backpacked in Thailand
- pndy 2y ago
  Parent commenter doesn't suggest that, just brings up the fact that there's indeed a large Vietnamese diaspora living in Warszawa.
  - alephnerd 2y ago
    > A little gem example: there’s a communist era train platform that’s been reimagined as a Bangkok night market. In a nearby rail yard building is a very good pinball museum with playable antiques. > Sounds like the Thai government’s decades long program of soft-diplomacy through food is working > My bet is that is has more to do with the Vietnamese (largest non-European) minority in Poland
    - rpastuszak 2y ago
      pndy’s comment is correct. I just poorly phrased my comment, sorry for that!
- jhbadger 2y ago
  Many sushi restaurants around the world are run by non-Japanese Asians (who often have a separate menu for their ethnicity than can be asked for if you know). Where I live (in the Washington, D.C. area) most Latin American people are Salvadorans, but they mostly run Mexican restaurants as that's the Latin American food that sells.
- rpastuszak 2y ago
  I am aware of that. I visited Thailand several times and even attempted learning Thai (besides planning to move there for work in mid 2010s). I don’t live in Poland any more but I know several Poles with Vietnamese roots, hence my assumption/comment regarding the night market. Apologies if the way I phrased my comment was somewhat confusing! As a Pole who studied Persian I can see how people might expect ignorance in that matter. (pndy’s comment is correct)