njxbean

Is this the one near the Marriott 57?

dsquared37

Yes, across Sukhumvit.

njxbean

Man, that was one of the main reasons i planned to stay there in October. Are there other street food locations nearby other than this one?

transpac

October, 2015? Seems like you should be OK. This article mentions they've been given nine (9) months to clear out, which in Thai terms means several years. So many better places, but this is popular with tourists based on the location.


So long, Sukhumvit 38, and thanks for all the street food

By Coconuts Bangkok May 25, 2015 / 11:47 ICT

Bangkok's tourists and drunks will need a new source of khao ka moo after one of Sukhumvit Road's most famous street food hangouts closes next year.

A guidebook highlight and neighborhood staple, the food stalls of Soi Sukhumvit 38 say they've been given nine months to clear out to make way for another unremarkable wonderful condominium project.

One food vendor told Bangkok Post the landowner died late last year and now his family is selling it to a developer. City Hall told them to move, but they were given a stay of execution until February.

http://bangkok.coconuts.co/2015/05/2...ll-street-food

njxbean

Ok i guess that is good to know. I look forward to hitting this up as i come home every night.

brumbrum

Would anyone here know any particularce in Bangkok where to taste insects and worms, please? All the web sources seem to be too general in this case, even about the new store selling them. Thanks a lot

transpac

A lot of bug-carts are mobile/motorbike-based, so they drive around. But most markets should have at least one seller. And most night markets, night food stall areas and entertainment areas will have a bug-cart.

I've heard of a large wholesale type market, Talad Thai, in the north of Bangkok, maybe Pathum Thani?

I would just Google Bangkok Insects Markets.

http://www.bangkok.com/magazine/eating-insects.htm

http://tastythailand.com/where-to-bu...e-best-to-eat/

http://migrationology.com/2012/12/ho...s-in-thailand/

http://migrationology.com/2013/03/vi...ts-worms-bugs/

travelfreaks

You will find them everywhere, especially in areas where there are other street carts. If you are heading to Nana there is always one along Suk Soi 4 for the girls. My wife eats them every night we are in Thailand. She loves thes large black cochroach looking water bugs and says they taste like meat, but prefers the pregnant ones with eggs(can only get eggs in the rainy season)...I cannot eat any, except ant salad which is pretty good.

She also loves the larvae, which she says taste similar to peanuts. She has eaten them all including a scorpoin (which she did not like at all), but wife and Thai gf did share and eat the whole thing since it was 100 THB. She is usually the only white girl sitting around the bars with a couple bags of bugs to snack on, but she gets some mad respect from the Thai bg's for it

brumbrum

What does "for the girls" mean, please? Any gender-sepatated place?

Your wife is awesome. Eating so many bugs and sharing you with a girlfriend.;-)

brumbrum

I meant this article:
http://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/...es-in-thailand
But the location is not mentioned there...
Any not-so-moving-place would be very welcome, since my bkk stopover is only 7 hours long;-)

transpac

What times of the day? Where were you planning on visiting in Bangkok?

The NPR article seems to cover a more sanitized version, and it's not obvious either where he might locate his mobile cart(s), or which retail outlets might be carrying his products?

Markets (fresh), night markets, areas with food carts and stalls, entertainment areas (Nana, Cowboy) should all have a bug cart.

brumbrum

Hi, it will be ca. 16,20-23,20 stopover and my three places to tick off are chao mae tubtim shrine, erawan shrine and (if enough time), the elephant building. So the eastern city part generally. I'd prefer any place close to the first two. Thank you for your (co)operative help;-)

travelfreaks

Sorry, not gender seperated...I was just saying they are always there for the girls that are working in Nana bars (ie. ladies that you can pay to accompany you in your room for some extracurricular activities). Many of them snack on the bugs like Americans snack on chips.

I am pretty lucky in that regard...the gf likes the wife more than me anyway, but we all have lots of fun together and have for ~2.5 years now. Been married for ~15 and we have had many 1 night stands with ladies, but this is the first one we have developed feelings for. Thai girls have that affect on many people I think

brumbrum

Doesn't sound well, considering that I met a girl (while eating worms&bugs mix)...she was with her friend eating some fruits close there on the street, smiling, and the only thing we were able to do together was going to catch the airport train because my flight was in an hour. Do you think her interest could be only in those extracircular things or money? She seemed to be very serious and sad that I'm leaving, even asking if I had a wife, children, etc...

Back to the topic: finally I found intuitively what I was searching...in Pratunam, directly in front of the Berkeley hotel, where the hotel entrance for buses and a small temple is. Premixed bags of bugs and worms for thb 20, even "only the worms" option possible directly from the pan. The bag seems to be small but wasn't easy to eat it all, seemed to be heavy and fatty into the stomach and I had to wash it down with a litre of whisky/juice 1:1 mix to swallow all the separated legs stucked in mouth and further down ;-)

Kalboz

LOL! Too much info

Ha ... I'm sure the sick buffalo story will come up soon http://www.stickmanbangkok.com/Reader/reader1328.htm

Be prepared ... it's a battle of wits for your wallet and don't let that beautiful charming smile fool you either as they see you as a walking AMT (nothing personal against you here of course)!

See the 10-points advice here from the Thai magazine, Tanakarn Dern, which translates as walking bank, to the working girls of Nana and elsewhere: http://www.stickmanweekly.com/Weekly/weekly26.html

A bit dated article, but I presume that nothing has changed since!

Sorry for deviating from the topic at hand, food in Bangkok, but I thought I must chime in on this