Bangkok street vendors: from Michelin star to fighting eviction
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Bangkok street vendors: from Michelin star to fighting eviction
I have eaten in many street side restaurants over the past 40+ years in Bangkok, My favorite area was under the expressway on Sukumvit soi 1, always had a good affordable meal, Its a shame the powers that be want to get rid of them...
Although Singapore and other cities in Thailand sorta retain them ,its not the same when ur in a covered food court or inside an up scale shopping mall.
Although Singapore and other cities in Thailand sorta retain them ,its not the same when ur in a covered food court or inside an up scale shopping mall.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-thai ... SKCN1LX23VBANGKOK (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - When Jay Fai, a 70-year-old street food seller in Bangkok known for her crab omelettes, won a Michelin star last year at the launch of the city’s first restaurant guide, few locals were surprised.
“Auntie Fai” is as renowned for the ski goggles she wears to protect her eyes from hot oil splashing, as she is for her thick crab curry and dry congee that customers, including many who drive up in luxury cars, swear by.
But the afterglow from the global adulation was short-lived, as city officials soon resumed a drive to “return the pavement to pedestrians” evicting hundreds of vendors selling food, clothing and trinkets, for greater “order and hygiene”.
Earlier this month, hundreds of hawkers marched to city hall following a daytime ban on vending on the sidewalks of Khao San road, a favorite haunt of backpackers.
What began as disparate protests by vendors facing marching orders has now morphed into an organized citywide movement that has also won support from academics and other public figures against the perceived heavy-handedness of officials.
In a nation run by swine, all pigs are upward-mobile and the rest of us are fucked until we can put our acts together: not necessarily to win, but mainly to keep from losing completely. HST
Re: Bangkok street vendors: from Michelin star to fighting eviction
As long as they are not blocking the pavement it's ok with me. The one on sukhumvit soi 1 is gone?
Surprising cause it was away from the pavement and nicely set up, like an open air foodcourt.
Surprising cause it was away from the pavement and nicely set up, like an open air foodcourt.
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