There’s a form of natural-selection that takes place in Yaowarat (เยาวราช) The mediocre food is weeded out and ONLY the best street food survives. Kuay Jab Jaedang (many types of street food at night).Doy Kuay Teow Reua (my favorite boat noodles).Hours: Daytime from about 10 am – 8 pm is good ![]() How to get there: Take the BTS Skytrain to Victory Monument station, Exit #3 or #4, and start exploring by walking around the monument first. Victory Monument serves up a smorgasbord of Thai street food that will have you massaging your stomach to maximize its capacity. Also, Rangnam (featured at #8 below) is very close. On the northeast side of the roundabout is the famous boat noodle alley, where you can choose from a variety of Thai boat noodle restaurants, and on the northwest side in the neighborhood, there are more, lesser known, and in my opinion more delicious, boat noodle spots.Īlso, if you’re in the Victory Monument area, you can head over to Phahon Yothin Soi 1 (พหลโยธิน ซอย.1), located just a 5 minute walk north of the monument, for another street that has a good amount of street food throughout the day and evening. Surrounding the roundabout, and also on adjacent sois (Thai word for small neighborhood streets), you’ll find a bountiful collection of restaurants, street food stalls, and snacks galore. Wherever there’s lots of people, there’s always lots of food. We ate so much, we actually renamed it “Victory Munch!”īut anyways, Victory Monument is such a good area for street food because it’s one of Bangkok’s main transportation hubs – countless buses load and unload at this giant roundabout everyday, and it’s also served by the Victory Monument BTS station. When I first moved to Bangkok, back in 2009, I hung out mostly around Victory Monument, eating as much food as possible along with Dwight Turner. So you can still find some, but don’t always count on Mondays. You’ll notice about a 50% decrease in street food in Bangkok on Mondays. It’s not easy to narrow down the list of Bangkok’s best street food streets Anyone who has spent time navigating the city surely acknowledges that there is without stretch of the imagination, an infinite supply of street food.īut despite there being stalls everywhere you look in Bangkok, these 16 areas have an exceptionally high delicious food concentration.īangkok Food Tip 1: Mondays are street cleaning days in Bangkok citywide, and many street food cart vendors take the day off. ![]() So in the confusion of Bangkok’s bright pink taxi’s, ginormous modern shopping malls, and flashy motorbike racers, where are all these neighborhood eating coves, these dining Shangri-La’s, these street food sanctuaries where a hungry soul can gobble down excessive portions of affordable and insanely delicious Bangkok street food? How about some delicious chicken and fish! Here are 16 answers… Some areas of town, and certain streets, are more blessed with beautiful things to devour than others. ![]() ![]() However, though you’ll find street food everywhere in Bangkok, not all areas of this food haven of a city are created equal. ( Hint – this means there’s food everywhere you look in Bangkok) Where there are people, there will be food. Well, probably not according to the official dictionary, but having eaten and explored the street food in this culinary wonderland since 2009, I can say without doubt, Bangkok is one of the world’s best cities for food.Īccording to Lonely Planet’s survey, Bangkok tops the world as the best city to visit if you’re a food lover. By Mark Wiens 271 Comments Get ready to start eating Bangkok street food like you’re a food athlete Did you know Bangkok is a synonym of street food?
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