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Charoen Chai Community (ชุมชนเจริญไชย เยาราช), Bangkok, Thailand.
I’ve known Michael from Bangkok Vanguards (http://bangkokvanguards.com/) for a number of years, and he’s a great guy. So we met up to hang out, eat, and explore and talk about a little more serious subject – the endangered Charoen Chai Community (ชุมชนเจริญไชย เยาราช) in Bangkok’s Yaowarat, Chinatown.
Before exploring the neighborhood though, we stopped of course to eat some nearby Thai street food.
Jay Eng (ร้านเจ๊เอ็ง) – Kuay teow lawd boran (ก๋วยเตี๋ยวหลอดโบราณ) is what this famous street sells. It’s an ok dish, not my absolute favorite, but it’s not a common dish to find in Bangkok either – this old type of style – it’s well worth trying out. Their fried fish cakes (ทอดมันปลา) are awesome.
Price – 35 THB ($1.07) per plate
Satay (สะเต๊ะ) – Next just down the road, and it actually has the same owner, we had some pretty fantastic satay. I especially enjoyed the liver.
Total price – 220 THB ($6.74)
Charoen Chai Community (ชุมชนเจริญไชย เยาราช) – What we really came to explore was Bangkok’s Charoen Chai Community (ชุมชนเจริญไชย เยาราช). This community is threatened by development. Now, Michael and I both know how development is a good and necessary part of any city, however it’s also good to preserve amazing living pieces of history. This community is one of the last Thai Chinese communities in Bangkok that has remained almost the same for a hundred years.
Khao Tom Jay Suay (ข้าวต้มเจ๊สวย) – For dinner we headed to one of the best Thai Chinese street food restaurant right across the street from the community – right next to the community. It had been a few years since I’d eaten there and the food was as good as I had remembered.
Asian date mussels (หอยกะพงผัดต้นหอม)
Stink beans with shrimp (ผัดเผ็ดสะตอกุ้ง)
Daylilies with crispy pork (ผัดดอกไม้จีนสดหมูกรอบ)
Silver barb, pickled mustard greens (ปลาตะเพียบต้มเกี่ยมฉ่าย)
Soup with pickled plum (แกงจืดบ๋วยหมูสับ)
Total price – 450 THB ($13.78)
Big thanks to Michael for hanging out and walking around! He offers some very unique and off the beaten path tours of Bangkok which you can check out here: http://bangkokvanguards.com/
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17:00 … I found my new home….
Too much assimilation into Thai local native culture will eventually eliminate Chinese culture locally. Be like in Malaysia and Indonesia, we preserved our culture and tradition well.
You're such a phony all the food you eat is great.
Hello Mark how are you, im coming to Thailand this January, it will be my second time, I have seen your videos and i can see I have missed so much, would you meet me and my friend for a tour ? Im coming from Mexico and my friend from London. It would be great to have some tips from you , if its possible. let me know. many thx
Mark….I'm getting fat just looking at you eat.
I like yours video v much ur looking so handsome ..
Everytime that i see you put more chilli or chilli venigar its make me like uhh hes did it again….Iron stomach .
OK dude, how in the hell do you not die from taking that big of bites? I've been cooking for 25 years and I can see how dry some of the meats are that you eat, yet you take bites the size of small children. I don't get it. Anyway, thanx for the uploads!!!
Chinese food?? Really? I can't recognize any dish.
That satay looks so good.
So I have to know.. were they yummy when you deep fried them?
I think this Michal is purely belives in Chinese culture instead of Thai n he is spoiling Thai cultaure … let’s get rid of him.. he is pakka Chinese sleeper sail
Wow 2mins from my habitat
Best combination for a food lover,..beautiful amazing food,insatiable appetite,a very appreciative attitude,and not adding an extra once of weight….thank you so very much for giving us a gastronomic tour with such great quality Mark….???
Mark sin picante no es Mark.
Mark i thik ur wife is not toking in camera what she like or not like they reaction not in clear but ur wife is so preety i love her
Hey mark I love every single video you made. I am curious that how do you keep fit since you eat so much? and I want to live in Thailand too…any advise?
Michael made me hungry. He really enjoyed eating daylilies with crispy pork and plum soup. I will go to this restaurant and order these two dishes.
กินอาหารไทยเก่งขนาดนี้มาอยู่เมืองไทยเถอะ
j ai beaucoup aimé sur la passion avec qu il partage c est aventure
I agree 100% that Bangkok was the place to go eat street food 5 years ago however in 2019 it has all changed!!!!!
It's been several years since I've eaten in China Town Bangkok but it was excellent however I'm not sure how it is now since the Government and Police/Army started to close down the street food vendors!
Big up on this post. Save street food culture.
6:45 WHY DID HE NOT DIP IT IN THE PEANUT SAUCE YOU SHOULD NOT EAT SATAY WITHOUT THE PEANUT SAUCE/PICKLED VEG… Speaking from somebody who is somehow used to getting very dry satay pork and needing to dip it in the peanut sauce to fight the dryness. Or else it feels like shoving a tissue down your throat.
3:18 That really reminds me of the moment while I was eating street food, the tuk tuk, scooters were zooming down the street beside me. I really miss Bangkok.
you are amazing mark
Chinese culture is beautiful. I'm Jamaican Black & Chinese. My dad's family is from China. I'm very proud of my culture. Colorful & exotic.
Cool Vid!!
I would love to see Michael in another video with you.
I really enjoyed this video!! Love it!
To all that great history land tell the person that was with you to reach out to international help we will help.other will come .Mark love you're shows .
Finally a dish you didn’t like
You, Ying, Mika! Your guide. So real!
America has lot almost all of its, Mom and Pop home cooking places for fast food , and its a shame. You better do everything you can to keep them around, because once there gone , there gone for good.
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What is being done to save the area? I see the buildings and the telling of tearing down the homes and replacing them.
Love all the videos mate, 2 months to wait then off for trip 6 in 6 years and definitely going
to visit some of the street vendors in them.
Keep up the great work.
Great job Mark! Come to Cincinnati Ohio!
Mark if you’re half German then I’m half Sentinelese.
Amezing Street food in Thailand everthing Cooking
In the Street per ORDER.. easy Good Test…
Available for everybody…wow!!
bro u where u living u come to hyderabad in india
Chinese in thailand integrated well into thai society due to the Red Scare in the 70'. @13:30 is Teochew sprawn rolls. No other egg rolls even come close to this fried sprawn rolls. The homemade ones, you put more shrimps and less pork. I drove 45 mile just to have a plate of that. That's how good they are.
Mark please do me a favour. Try to meet chef Gordon Ramsey and eat his dishes. I want to see how you gonna feel. Thanks
kool videos like always mike
What a hidden gem! Thank you for the fabulous tour of such an old area! I love seeing the nooks and crannies, how truly authentic! I do hope that if they develop these areas they build above and leave the culture below
I am half Italiën and half Chinese, and I speak German. whahaha so cool <3