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11 Food Landmarks in Bangkok You Need to Visit

11 landmarks with verified facts and stories

Asiatique The Riverfront
~3 min

Asiatique The Riverfront

2194 Charoen Krung Road, Wat Phraya Krai, Bang Kho Laem, Bangkok

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Asiatique occupies the former warehouses of the East Asiatic Company, a Danish trading firm that was one of the most powerful businesses in Southeast Asia for over a century.

Chatuchak Weekend Market
~5 min

Chatuchak Weekend Market

Kamphaeng Phet 2 Road, Chatuchak, Bangkok

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Chatuchak is not a market.

Chinatown (Yaowarat Road)
~4 min

Chinatown (Yaowarat Road)

Yaowarat Road, Samphanthawong, Bangkok

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Bangkok's Chinatown is what happens when a community has had 200 years to perfect its street food game.

ICONSIAM
~3 min

ICONSIAM

299 Charoen Nakhon Road, Khlong Ton Sai, Khlong San, Bangkok

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ICONSIAM is absurd in the best possible way.

Khao San Road
~3 min

Khao San Road

Khao San Road, Phra Nakhon, Bangkok

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Alex Garland called it 'the centre of the backpacking universe' in The Beach, and twenty-five years later, Khao San Road still hasn't shaken the title.

Or Tor Kor Market
~3 min

Or Tor Kor Market

101 Kamphaeng Phet Road, Chatuchak, Bangkok

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Or Tor Kor is the market where Bangkok's serious home cooks shop, and it shows.

Pak Khlong Talat (Flower Market)
~2 min

Pak Khlong Talat (Flower Market)

Chak Phet Road, Wang Burapha Phirom, Phra Nakhon, Bangkok

marketlocal-lifehidden-gem

Bangkok's flower market is best experienced at 3am, which tells you everything you need to know about this city's relationship with sleep.

Soi Rambuttri
~2 min

Soi Rambuttri

Soi Rambuttri, Phra Nakhon, Bangkok

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Soi Rambuttri is Khao San Road's quieter, cooler older sibling.

Talat Noi
~3 min

Talat Noi

Talat Noi, Samphanthawong, Bangkok

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Talat Noi is the Bangkok neighbourhood that Instagram discovered about five years ago, and for once the hype is justified.

Thonglor (Sukhumvit Soi 55)
~3 min

Thonglor (Sukhumvit Soi 55)

Sukhumvit Soi 55 (Thonglor), Khlong Tan Nuea, Watthana, Bangkok

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If the old town is where Bangkok prays, Thonglor is where Bangkok parties, eats, and pretends to be Tokyo.

Wang Lang Market
~2 min

Wang Lang Market

Thanon Wang Lang, Siriraj, Bangkok Noi, Bangkok

marketlocal-lifehidden-gem

Wang Lang is the street food market that travel writers try to keep secret, which never works because the food is too good.

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