Bangkok’s Chinatown
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Neon signs, gold shops, temples and street stalls: Yaowarat is Bangkok’s Chinatown. In the evening, the main street becomes one of Asia’s best street food markets, with noodle soups, grilled seafood and desserts.
When Rama I chose the site of the Grand Palace in 1782, he moved the Chinese merchant community living there to Sampeng, to the southeast. The area became the city’s great commercial centre, and Yaowarat Road was laid out in the late 19th century.
