Yaowarat (Chinatown)

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Street-stall smoke under Chinese neon; graze your way down the road all evening

Hours

Street open always; stalls mostly from about 5pm until late (days off vary by stall)

Tickets

Free

Address

Along Yaowarat Road, Samphanthawong

By day it's gold shops, herbal medicine stores and dried-goods sellers; after sunset stalls spill across both pavements and the red-and-yellow Chinese signs light up. Peppery rolled noodles, charcoal-grilled prawns, crispy oyster omelettes, bird's-nest soup, tofu pudding: the menu changes every few steps, so the fun is eating a little at three or four places rather than filling up at one. Song Wat Road next door mixes old shophouses with sharp little cafés and is better for a daytime wander.