Thai Tourism Ministry seeking to boost street food quality

[Nyezhov]

7 minutes ago, watcharacters said:

 

Does this mean soon it'll be prohibited to just  wipe off dishes, silverware  and glasses in the street gutter with cold water?

 

Who knows , next food stall sellers will  be expected to somehow wash their hands after taking a crap.    

Adds that earthy local flavour so welcome to sophisticated palates

[overherebc]

15 minutes ago, PatOngo said:

…...and exhaust fumes!

And in the hot/dry season a very fine coating of dry powdered dog sh-t that's blowing in the wind.

[HalfLight]

Odd. it was just last year they were trying to get rid of street vendorsl. Confused much?

[ebonykap]

5 hours ago, Nyezhov said:

Get out of Sukhamvit then. ????

Yeah. Sukhumwit too, while you're at it! ????

[Bangkokazy]

The only thing that is safe to eat in Thailand is box food.

[dcnx]

Seriously, if you are too ignorant or lazy to clean the ******* utensils, you should be closed down because you’re also too ignorant or lazy to wash your hands after you use the bathroom, properly clean your food, or dispose of old food.

 

It would never be enforced, but they need a health code standard. The food stalls and restaurants will rise and be permitted to operate, and the bad ones closed.

[longtom]

103000? Who counted?

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[Nyezhov]

5 hours ago, Bangkokazy said:

The only thing that is safe to eat in Thailand is box food.

whats box food?

[Bangkokazy]

13 hours ago, Nyezhov said:

whats box food?

 food or drink preserved or supplied in a sealed can.

[DM07]

On 11/20/2018 at 4:34 PM, Justgrazing said:

As well as nana's these sellers who also do GM Melons that are partly out in the open have to be marked down under hygiene rules for not having ( velvet ) gloves on when handling nana's ..

...ahm...what...sorry...I didn't pay attention...

[lamyai3]

On 11/20/2018 at 3:51 PM, Darcula said:

Sometimes it gets so fiery, you'd try anything to douse the flames.......

 

I see he has a fine selection of sai krok available, along with a mini chipolata. 

[digitalnobhead]

You have to wonder how Bangkok hospitality would function without government agency talks and meetings of understanding..... and the catering and conferencing rooms it requires.. and the "traffic management" if a big wig is coming.. 

 

 

Edited November 22, 2018 by digitalnobhead

[Nyezhov]

10 hours ago, Bangkokazy said:

 food or drink preserved or supplied in a sealed can.

You eat Pet food? ????????????????????

[sjaak327]

The government and the BMA have already made many street vendors disappear, and now they are going for the few that remain ? Most tourists don't even use those street vendors anyway. I wish they stopped harassing these people. Before you know it every Thai on minimum wage needs to use the junk sold at 7-11 because all the cheap street vendors are gone !

 

idiots. 

[Nyezhov]

4 minutes ago, sjaak327 said:

The government and the BMA have already made many street vendors disappear, and now they are going for the few that remain ? Most tourists don't even use those street vendors anyway. I wish they stopped harassing these people. Before you know it every Thai on minimum wage needs to use the junk sold at 7-11 because all the cheap street vendors are gone !

 

idiots. 

No shortage of street food in Thonburi

[sjaak327]

21 minutes ago, Nyezhov said:

No shortage of street food in Thonburi

I am sure you are right, quite a hike, here around Thong Lor, at least 60% of street vendors are simply gone, after the BMA's measures about one year ago..

[lamyai3]

On 11/20/2018 at 9:44 AM, webfact said:

Citing the latest available figures, Weerasak said that as of 2016 there were 103,000 street food outlets in Thailand, constituting 69 per cent of all food shops in the country.

Conveniently, the "latest available figures" cite the number of operators that used to exist before they got wiped out of existence. 

[Bangkokazy]

14 hours ago, Nyezhov said:

You eat Pet food? ????????????????????

Thai food and dog food tastes the same.

[Nyezhov]

43 minutes ago, Bangkokazy said:

Thai food and dog food tastes the same.

Wow. For once, words fail me.????

[balo]

Really ? Street hygiene? 

 

What are they going to do with the thousands of big, fat rats running around ? 

 

Maybe they can fry them in spicy sauce? 

 

Edited November 23, 2018 by balo

[lamyai3]

On 11/22/2018 at 11:31 PM, Nyezhov said:

No shortage of street food in Thonburi

They've been going for the big name areas first, no doubt they'll be along presently... 

[madmen]

The government and the BMA have already made many street vendors disappear, and now they are going for the few that remain ? Most tourists don't even use those street vendors anyway. I wish they stopped harassing these people. Before you know it every Thai on minimum wage needs to use the junk sold at 7-11 because all the cheap street vendors are gone !
 
idiots. 

Your missing the point. Those dirty scum are polluters and block footpaths. BEST thing junta did was burn them. No more slurping soup for the teachers so back to chasing balloons...

[Nyezhov]

2 hours ago, lamyai3 said:

They've been going for the big name areas first, no doubt they'll be along presently... 

There are no tourists nor whingey farang where Im at. Maybe in 10 years and by then, Ill be up in Isaan living in a shack with a girl 40 years younger than me.... a drooling, toothless, repulsive, bearded diaper wearing wreck of what once was a man who will spend his remaining days being spoon fed Jok, getting unsucessful HJs, and complaining here about 2 baht. By that time I should have as many posts as the politics crowd, especially after Trump gets reelected.

????

 

[roo860]

'Dirty scum', what a disgusting comment.

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[Fex Bluse]

On 11/22/2018 at 11:27 PM, sjaak327 said:

The government and the BMA have already made many street vendors disappear, and now they are going for the few that remain ? Most tourists don't even use those street vendors anyway. I wish they stopped harassing these people. Before you know it every Thai on minimum wage needs to use the junk sold at 7-11 because all the cheap street vendors are gone !

 

idiots. 

 

1 hour ago, madmen said:

On 11/22/2018 at 11:27 PM, sjaak327 said:

 

Your missing the point. Those dirty scum are polluters and block footpaths. BEST thing junta did was burn them. No more slurping soup for the teachers so back to chasing balloons...

This is one of those areas where it's not easy to blame a single party as the whole society is involved in the mess.

 

Vendors are selfish, blocking paths and usually dirty 

 

Consumers don't care as long as they are not individually inconvenienced too much 

 

Government wants to "upgrade" the country by removing the vendors, but as Thais always do, they focus only on the superficial look without a proper plan to relocate vendors

 

All Thai groups are a part of the problem. 

[neeray]

10 minutes ago, Fex Bluse said:

Government wants to "upgrade" the country by removing the vendors, but as Thais always do, they focus only on the superficial look without a proper plan to relocate vendors

 

All Thai groups are a part of the problem. 

Strictly my opinion .......

I found detouring around street food concessions in Bangkok was always quite charming.

Delicious street food was one of the attractions of the city; recognized internationally.

If the government wants to "upgrade" the country, first and foremost, deal with the garbage, here, there and everywhere. Gf and I have enjoyed street food many times and ended up carrying our refuse all the way back to our hotel.

[Vacuum]

On 11/20/2018 at 8:19 AM, unamazedloso said:

if you dont know how to wash dishes and keep food i guess you shouldn't be selling it.....

They don't, but they do...

[Vacuum]

On 11/20/2018 at 10:25 AM, ratcatcher said:

They look like a really attractive pair.

I'd say two pairs....

[thaiguzzi]

On 11/20/2018 at 3:19 PM, unamazedloso said:

if you dont know how to wash dishes and keep food i guess you shouldn't be selling it.....

I dunno.

I've been eating street food for 15 years.

I've had food poisoning 3 times in my life, the worst being a tuna salad sandwich from the cool section in an international name garage in Portugal.

The other 2 times from a well known restaurant in CM.

None of the above from a street food seller, nor, sitting on a plastic chair at a plastic table, on a pavement, next to traffic, with the dishes a few feet away in various buckets.

Strange that. Innit?

As others have said, street food was fine pre 2014 and it's fine now.

If it aint broke dont fix it. Basically STOP MEDDLING!

On 11/20/2018 at 9:44 AM, webfact said:

in need of an upgrade, according to the Tourism Minister.

Yeah, like these sort of people are seen eating on a plastic stool with bendy cheapo cutlery and a plastic plate at a pavement eatery.

Numpties, complete averse to reality numpties.

[sjaak327]

8 hours ago, madmen said:

On 11/22/2018 at 5:27 PM, sjaak327 said:

ehe government and the BMA have already made many street vendors disappear, and now they are going for the few that remain ? Most tourists don't even use those street vendors anyway. I wish they stopped harassing these people. Before you know it every Thai on minimum wage needs to use the junk sold at 7-11 because all the cheap street vendors are gone !
 
idiots. 

Your missing the point. Those dirty scum are polluters and block footpaths. BEST thing junta did was burn them. No more slurping soup for the teachers so back to chasing balloons...

RIght, what an idiotic remark. We are talking about hard working people, that provide a vital service to people living in various parts of Bangkok, they provide a good and cheap source of food. They are much less a nuisance as the motor bikes racing along the footpaths. But what can be expected from some expat that doesn't really know how things work here. At least you can walk over the footpath free from their presence, pollution is rife in any case, what nonsense.

Edited November 24, 2018 by sjaak327