Bangkok, the capital of Thailand, was recently awarded the title of “Best City Street Food” by CNN for a second straight year and now its government has ironically banned those said street vendors.

From an outside perspective, this looks and feels like a situation where a government and some people in higher social classes want progress that comes at the cost of a city’s character and soul. That ...

Connoisseurs of Bangkok's famed street food have had quite the dizzying few days. Reports, such as from The Guardian, had all but closed the door on the iconic city's eclectic and vibrant street food ...

A month after Bangkok was voted the world’s best destination for street food, the Thai capital’s administration has announced that all of the city’s food vendors will be swept from the streets. In a ...

Mandatory Credit: Photo by Diego Azubel/Epa/REX/Shutterstock (8486783e) A Woman Grills Chicken Skewers at a Street Food Stall in Chinatown Bangkok Thailand 06 August ...

In Bangkok, street food is king: For less than the cost of two New York City lattes, you can grab a snack-sized bowl (or three) of boat noodles from Boat Noodle Alley, order a steaming bowl of sour ...

First of all, Bangkok, the world’s street-food capital, announced that it was banning street food. Now it has emerged that the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) and the Tourism Authority of ...

Bangkok's local government, the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration, just put a ban on street food stalls on major roads in the city. The ban is meant to "return the pavement to the pedestrians" and ...

Some chefs work their whole life to get a Michelin star. After having a star for just a month, one chef told the organization they could have it back–she’s good without it. In December, the ...

City planners prefer a more manicured Bangkok, with air-conditioning, malls and Instagrammable dessert cafes — and without the mess and noise of street vendors. By Hannah Beech BANGKOK — The coconut ...