Bangkok’s Chinatown is a popular tourist attraction and a food haven for a new generation gourmands who flock here after sunset to explore this vibrant Asian Street Food scene.

Bangkok's Chinatown is one of the largest Chinatowns in the world. It was founded in 1782 when the city was established as the capital of the Rattanakosin Kingdom, and served as the home of the mainly Teochew immigrant Chinese population, who soon became the city's dominant ethnic group.

Originally centred around Sampheng, the core of Chinatown now lies along Yaowarat Road, which serves as its main artery and sometimes lends its name to the entire area, which is often referred to as Yaowarat. Chinatown's entire area is sometimes refered to as the Samphanthawong District, and includes neighbourhoods such as Song Wat and Talat Noi along the Chao Phraya River, and Charoen Chai, Khlong Thom and Nakhon Khasem along Charoen Krung Road. You get there by Metro but it’s more fun riding a tuktuk.

It’s a place where you can eat everything from noodle soups to scorpions and is very much it’s own thing when compared to the culinary style of say Hong Kong, Singapore or Kuala Lumpur. There’s a real sweet and sour thing going here as you would expect with Thai cooking.

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