Bangkok's Street Food Markets are Being Shut Down

[Music] we love the Street Preachers you think about this you think of all the differences smells and tape it is my favorite character of the tape is all the street vendor are you sure to the charm and the mystery can go together this whole space right here especially at night would be completely full of vendors McQuoid environment from mobile unit or Home Performance Africa doing cemetery when you arrive late and then we have to go file a big Arizona the God's sake when you get up in the morning and make the pyramids finish off with white Hospital corners such as the guerilla army you're going to want to regulate the street unless the bank of you [Music] [Music] [Music] well the precision packet happens half a dozen times every day we come to Thailand for these exotic experiences and of course the food something's happening in Bangkok could change the city chaotic character forever [Music] my name is cherry milk air my friends call me Chow and I grew up in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania in the state at high American and I write about to specifically street food I blog about it and I've written a couple of kooks about it we're on some long road which is probably one of the more high-class residential areas in the see this sidewalk used to be bustling full of vendors who would be selling everything from clothing to snacks to full meals the street vendors of Bangkok are slowly vanishing already the city is no longer what it used to be yes this has definitely been cleared away this area used to be a Nissan restaurant there's no leaks in IP nor juice in Thai food papaya salad grilled chicken especially at night the whole the sea air would be perfumed with the smell of smoke and sizzling meat and this area be full of people the Bangkok Metropolitan administration or BMA has enforced the ban on street vendors for long retreat erode as part of its policy to reclaim sidewalk space for pedestrians directing the eviction is the Bangkok Metropolitan administration chief adviser to Bangkok governor is one month one day the city of Bangkok have been receiving a lot of complaints from the residents from the motorists even from the traffic policemen that the the withering under those pavements on those areas cost a lot of the problems to the people then upon receiving those complain the city of Bangkok ban on the withering on those area in April the media reported that a total ban on street food had been declared the world was incredulous seemed like an own-goal for a country that relies on tourism [Music] following the media frenzy authorities quickly clarified that it wouldn't be a total ban popular tourist spots like Chinatown and the world-famous Carson Rose would be stared but the vendors would be regulated by Bangkok sidewalk police more amenable order but it's up in the house away from the tourist hotspot thousands of vendors have now been ordered off the Main Street no one is sure how many more will have to go it's all part of a campaign by Thailand's military government to restore order for attack by myself I'm keen to find out what happens after the vendors are evicted so charity start hunting for an egg noodle vendor lost a spot on a sidewalk near here street foods meant to be convenient and local so many vendors now on the run it's not always tasty I honestly have to tell you I have no idea where we are I would never be here if it wasn't for hearing about this egg noodle guys you know setting up shop here otherwise no way it better be good noodles Oh pack up the car thank you if you're a foodie here you'll know that not all eggs are considered equal when we finally find charity's egg noodle guy I discovered these ones are freshly made by the vendor and acted love considering he doesn't charge any more for them it's less than two dollars for a bowl with grass wonton barbecued pork and greens sometimes if I don't make her all right sir Koo yak yak when some aunt Janet wit was evicted he's been selling noodles for 30 years it seemed easier to retire and start over again somewhere else but one of his biggest fans couldn't bear to see him oh I love love it go Hanny cut all my your list go but I'm having lockwood Millie the pudding a girl ever oh yeah bang boom doodlenet ah ha ha ha if you tony kadjic hi how many of you got the made by the customer sounds in this space outside a supermarket most method and things I'm lucky [Applause] sometime time some sample this is one of Bangkok's signature street food dishes green papaya salad Sian Tonya has been making it every day for 20 years some subatomic melaka ahead my now hahaha she used to Park her car on the same spot every day until the city's so-called sidewalk police told her she was no longer allowed to trade their acaba crack maybe to songpan hammock I did had her for four - but they don't sell to make a living ion takes risk benches into the tourist area where she's not allowed after what would happen she was spotted by the cybercrime now we win win win love she's befriended the owners of the store and told her she can always hide outside with Amelia yes okay get on it what why are you so concerned with untied eNOS a lot of people say that one of the charms of Bangkok is that it's a messy chaotic city are you sure are you sure did a charm and a mystery can go together the city of Bangkok could not equipped could not be cute equip the charm of Bangkok with untidiness actually just imagine it's the one tourist of just one people enjoy themselves on the food street in Bangkok and the night after have the acute case of diarrhea or even lost their life due to the well but how often does that happen I mean generally the street food in Bangkok is pretty safe isn't this I know I don't think so I don't think so in fact Bangkok has an enviable reputation when it comes to the quality of street food CNN recently named it the world's best street food destination for the second run it's hard to think of another Westerner he knows as much about Thai Street food and Australian David Thompson beautiful this sarong or foreigner runs what many think is the best Thai restaurant in Bangkok but he's addicted to this humble Street food platter over three generations the family who owned this Chinatown restaurant has prospered thanks to the only item on its menu the thing is it's really crispy and it really is the best version date up that I know of he tells me the impact of this crackdown is far more serious for locals and tourists for example street food has always been a path to upward mobility for migrants from the countryside or other parts of Asia the first state should land is on the streets because you can actually pick stuff up and give yourself a job that will give you a lift into a more stable job this family's done such as so many other families done and with you know very often within four generations some Chinese families have gone from the streets joining thanks here's this chaotic giveth disorder lien it is not quite the way that might happen with always a military so as a army might like but it is a natural way that it has happened here whether you're rich or poor everybody's got a favorite street in this place and perhaps it's the only institution that still currently remaining that is democratic because if everybody eats on the streets even the royal palace is known to place large orders from some vendors that many people eat on the street because they have no other choice it's not just about creating people nor as the government suggests about entertaining serious it performs a much greater social function and that social function either provides food for the poor who work in the cities or on minimum wage and they need to eat somewhere they can't eat from class vessel until they can't summer that we we charmingly do is return to a place like this they needed this type of institution stay on charges just over $1 for a bowl of freshly pounded papaya salad dream of hospitality workers tuk-tuk driver that laborers turn up for their cheap lunch realize the vital role people like their play and feeling dizzy [Music] Theo is about that I don't know I don't want some hand the one one here I'll give my hand them in when we met her I entirely but as Bangkok becomes more prosperous there are people who prefer to eat street food in a side order of air-conditioned hard realities of life to the poor clean pretty remote in places like that debited for Nia surf on a mobile phone so Deakin Nahanni people take I go mr. Hamada Perez a mahaki la cabeza service division na hoga Dena home Avan Rappahannock a KO mada we talk about the common cold ruin my food on up again hi Meredith Angela my gosh hi again but what happens this cleanliness comes at the expense of character one of Thailand's leading architects says the people who run Bangkok don't appreciate the city they have but don't you think Bangkok is already beautiful and it is it's already one of the most livable city in the world for me the problem is that if you don't see that then we have a problem architect Tuan rich breunig doesn't want Bangkok to repeat mistakes made by other Asian cities seeing of always good example there are people with discipling a figure with rules and recreation and at some point they are burst red drop down if you need not have sex anymore okay and why is that because rules work to a certain extent but not every time right now one grits worried about plans for Bangkok busy riverfront inspired by developments in India and South Korea crunk on button are impermanent Dada da budem Linda allows it to have a menage a Braj are meat when we cut pursuing up this mega development of first stage alone will run for seven kilometers along both banks of the river is the brainchild of the general who led the coup and is now Prime Minister one day they come up with the idea after blue saying okay we're going to be with Provident into the river not on the river went into the river without any study without any assessment they said okay we got to do that if the Prime Minister wants a promenade along the river then he's going to get a promenade along the river today I mean Bangkok is not a democracy at the moment yeah that is something very unfortunate authorities aren't letting environmental concerns stand in their way or historic Riverside communities they are set to receive the same treatment in many of the cities street vendors sustainable whahahaha low there are five in my mind the whole life of love - cool Oh buddy you took me up in Yokohama the bottom ah Gingka Hagane 4w crying luckily real kind my tie Papa Joe Sonia Singh of the song mind - come - Wow - Louie so - enjoy these stilt houses were built by and for the poor women samang is very happy here when the families here are evicted the government will give them loans the new apartments that they'll lose access to the river and their unique livelihood for over 30 years humans made his living by diving for antiquity River very remarkable Manila Bay beginner but there are he upon a very well about I will import mammalian animals in a car behind the popular relic of the fire we the first of all Italian Italian bank I be on a really good day we might find a gold ring on a bad day it could be a course but on the worst day only now is coming they'll be forced to leave of the term allowable amendment peed in oh man don't look at what I am I think the plan in the matter those encroaching on the recorded have to have to move on anyway I don't think the people the city of New York or the the sea of London wouldn't allow anyone to build their home on the back of the Hudson or the bank of the Thames River just the same thing I wonder what woman and his family think about the crackdown on street food vendors do they see any link to their own plight well coke I let my god he left hold on opening a door looking for Jonathan jack companion with that Libya power I have a chiral on low moan women and cacao plant pepper the Negev on the top when Dan Donegan language on the conga they were to come to hematite or nickel loom whenever there Salameh do para Nolan Amanda's Cooper su Kwong Wah Louisa Magua copper took my hypotonic Winston told us would ya some people have said that they're afraid that Bangkok might be becoming too much like Singapore do we need to equate ourselves with a single vote do we need to be a par with New York City with London I think uncertain aspect that is our our objective our prime target but anyway we need to also take into the consideration we need to seek a balance between modernize dizzy of Bangkok and also to to retain our charm our culture we need to strike a balance we may not notice one less card selling papaya salad but for some time then Versailles on Ponyo it's her life nudging right up to the railway tracks this tiny room is where she lives with her husband unlike the city sidewalk this community of street vendors isn't slated for modernization most here come from the countryside hoping to make a go of this in the capital and scrutiny of the sidewalk police making it even harder for them they'll sunny cold somehow she got new paradise come on Allan Poe Saiyans earnings have taken a real hit she was evicted many of his fellow vendors have already been forced to leave Bangkok look I only Hokkaido and kotaku my kylajo for nightmare Keiko used to moonlight from people high over Kappa no become like him now when did you learn too young for planning like a kini but he known pursued a PI in the good old days when she had a secure place to work Saigon made about $40 a day after expenses now it's more like $12 and see here I'm ready there one missing do you think it could reach a point where you couldn't keep doing what you're doing because it just becomes too difficult life on the street if they need hat somewhat rat don't panic Pearlman and I mimicked in Ania para esta canción Mita yoni me meet Ana on sue street vendors are by nature tough and resilient [Music] but how many will be cleared away time the government finishes restoring order [Music] and how much of Bangkok's character you'll vanish with [Music]

Channel: Journeyman Pictures

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Keywords: SBS, Dateline, documentary, international, journalism, reporting, Thailand government, Amos Roberts, Pip Hutchison, Thailand, Bangkok, Thong Lor road, Chao Phraya River, Khao San Road, Yaowarat, Food and drink, Food Culture, Food Trucks, Food safety, Food poisoning, Food blogging, Noodles, Gentrification, Housing policy, Street Food, journeyman, journeyman pictures, bangkok documentary, thailand street food, street food documentary

Id: 4Qj5CwVsMh0

Length: 23min 20sec (1400 seconds)

Published: Thu Jul 06 2017