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How on gods earth does Bangkok manage to receive the moniker of "Streetfood Capital of the World". I mean, seriously?
I often see articles claiming that Bangkok is "the street food capital of the world". According to many of these articles, you can't walk 20 metres without seeing a world class dish as a cheap price.
Seriously?
I was in Silom the other day, which is a MAIN PART OF BANGKOK. And I walked around for 45 MINUTES trying to find some inexpensive food.
All I could find some lady with pieces of meat on a stick, and some hole in the wall restaurants offering noodle soup with a few pieces of pork (fat) balls. So I went inside a shopping centre and I couldn't find a food court, and every restaurant was overpriced. So I had to resort to KFC.
How much do these reporters get paid for their sensationalistic reporting??!?!?!?
Okay, there is good street food at Yawarat and Khoa Sarn, but they are only a couple of small areas in Bangkok.
For the most part if you want decent food in Bangkok, you will have to find a food court, or pay for overpriced food at some restaurant. You're NOT going to just walk ten metres and find a world class food stall like many people would have you believe.
How on earth does Bangkok get the name "street food capital of the world"? What are these people smoking???
5 Answers
- bluebellbkkLv 72 years ago
I remember a group of excellent street food stalls on Sukhumvit near the corner of soi 20, and actually ON soi 20, in the evenings. The best fried rice EVER.
- TheBellJarLv 72 years ago
It's much more true of Singapore. Singapore is the "Streetfood Capital of the World"
- NosehairLv 72 years ago
If you do much international travel you will notice that thousands of locations identify themselves as the best street food, sunsets, trout fishing, etc, in the world. They are all just sales pitches.
- Gerald JLv 72 years ago
Right after Bangkok was named the city with the best street food in the world, the government announced that most food carts would no longer be allowed on streets and sidewalks in Bangkok. There's still plenty of food carts around, just not in the main tourist areas and on sidewalks. Near my house is a paved lot that has about 40-50 food vendors seven days a week. There's also dozens of small restaurants and food stalls in the area, some of which are very good.
