London Street comes to Bangkok

[Thaivisa News]

Bangkok:- London Street has literally materialized in Bangkok thanks to a new initiative of MK Restaurant Group.

Developed under Bt300million budget, this initiative has created a food mall on the Pattanakarn Road under the “London chic” theme.

So, this mall exudes the feel of London from the exterior to the interior. Replicas of Big Ben, a red rear-entrance bus, and a black cab are what visitors to London Street can enjoy.

But apart from opportunities to indulge in London-like atmosphere, customers can also enjoy MK Restaurant Group’s food. The mall features five MK Restaurant Group brands: MK itself, Le Siam, Miyazaki, Yayoi, and Le Petit.

Sitting on a 1.8 rai plot of land, London Street offers 2,500 square meters of utility space.

MK Restaurant Group’s chief executive officer Rit Thirakomen says its London-chic concept is based on not just his personal taste but also the fact that many other Thais fall in love with London.

“So, I think the London-chic design will color up our group’s first food mall,” he says.

If London Street becomes a success, MK Restaurant Group plans to develop three such food malls in other corners of Bangkok. Their décor will be different though.

“We are planning to develop the new food malls in the theme of Italy, France and New York,” Rit discloses, “But the plan will also depend on how well London Street performs”.

MK Restaurant Group has decided to launch its first food mall on the Pattanakarn Road because the area has high traffic and purchasing power. In addition, there is no MK Restaurant Group’s outlet within 5-km radius from where the London Street is located.

[BKKdreaming]

Lake Havasu bought The London bridge back in the 1960s and moved it to th Arizona desert.......

Maybe London has another one for sale ? Arthur Daley where are you ?

[loppylugs1]

They thought they were buying tower bridge

[BKKdreaming]

They thought they were buying tower bridge

yeah they were crazy.....like a fox....

rebuilt it as it was......but only the other 1 inch or so

the rest they cut up in small chunks and sold in the gift shop

[Songhua]

Lol. London themed ... and full of the usual Japanese tenants. Wait .... maybe it's got a Tesco?

[MJKT2014]

Concept seems as tasteless as the MK Suki that's sold inside.

[trainman34014]

Apart from the Duck i won't give MK stomach space. The wife eats the rest of that poop.

[Chang_paarp]

Funny, no English food listed.

[Johnnie99]

The horror of this beggars belief.

Not content with wrecking their own culture they're having a go at someone else's.

[Romeland]

London street will be full of Romanians in blue track suit bottoms sitting outside Costa Coffee plotting credit card fraud, discarded beer cans and whiskey bottles thrown on the floor by Eastern European builders coming home from work, a variety of fast foods thrown on the pavement and mashed into a runny pulp, maybe a few rats scurrying along, 24hr supermarkets with fruit and veg stacked up outside, Polish and Romanian supermarkets, mobile phone repair shops with potential tierrorrosts hanging outside, shadow of large mosques overlooking most towns ..... if you see an English person .... let me know.

Edited March 29, 2015 by Romeland

[Gandtee]

London street will be full of Romanians in blue track suit bottoms sitting outside Costa Coffee plotting credit card fraud, discarded beer cans and whiskey bottles thrown on the floor by Eastern European builders coming home from work, a variety of fast foods thrown on the pavement and mashed into a runny pulp, maybe a few rats scurrying along, 24hr supermarkets with fruit and veg stacked up outside, Polish and Romanian supermarkets, mobile phone repair shops with potential tierrorrosts hanging outside, shadow of large mosques overlooking most towns ..... if you see an English person .... let me know.

Now. Now mother. Settle down or we will send you back.

[smokie36]

Pattanakan already benefits from a number of bad restaurants.

A few great ones too mind you....this won't make much of a dent for me unless they add the Dog and Duck on the corner.

[bkkmick]

http://www.pickadailybkk.com/gallery.php - see their version of Big Ben in the background.

[samsensam]

They thought they were buying tower bridge

didnt think anyone still believed this. it's not true i'm afraid, just an urban myth.

[taony]

London street will be full of Romanians in blue track suit bottoms sitting outside Costa Coffee plotting credit card fraud, discarded beer cans and whiskey bottles thrown on the floor by Eastern European builders coming home from work, a variety of fast foods thrown on the pavement and mashed into a runny pulp, maybe a few rats scurrying along, 24hr supermarkets with fruit and veg stacked up outside, Polish and Romanian supermarkets, mobile phone repair shops with potential tierrorrosts hanging outside, shadow of large mosques overlooking most towns ..... if you see an English person .... let me know.

Jeremy Clarkson is that you? Escaping the pressure of London?

[wotsdermatter]

Where's the local pub, British Beer, and pub grub? Apart from no English eateries, Big Ben is not a building it is a bell inside the top of the building. The building used to be known as the Clock Tower but was changed to the Elizabeth Tower to celebrate Queen Elizabeth II's Diamond Jubilee. Big Ben is only a nickname for the clock and the clock tower. Then, I am not a tourist but a pure Londoner, from Fulham, and neither am I one of the enamoured Thais that are mentioned, "...based on not just his personal taste but also the fact that many other Thais fall in love with London."

[Lokie]

To reflect a genuine UK high street it will need a couple of curry houses, takeaways, Western Union Signs, as said a few ATM Scammers hanging about, Shoplifters, Polish Deli's, Asian supermarkets/Halal butchers, plenty eastern euorpean immigrants and black african nationals with 'Cafes' (Shabeens) and street beggers with the dog in tow, Yep good Ol' Blighty!

[Bangkok Barry]

The mall features five MK Restaurant Group brands: MK itself, Le Siam, Miyazaki, Yayoi, and Le Petit. I know that London is multi-cultural, but these places are not remotely related to London. Idiots.

[smokie36]

This needs the Londoner pub on the corner soooo badly.

[smokie36]

The mall features five MK Restaurant Group brands: MK itself, Le Siam, Miyazaki, Yayoi, and Le Petit. I know that London is multi-cultural, but these places are not remotely related to London. Idiots.

If they brought Borough Market to Pattanakan I'd be there every week.

[ggt]

Is it just me?

I thought people came to Thailand to GET AWAY from places like London and New York...

Edited March 29, 2015 by ggt

[Pete Beale]

Is it just me?

I thought people came to Thailand to GET AWAY from places like London and New York...

I think you'll find that the majority of people in Thailand are Thai and not from places like London and New York.

[Benmart]

London street will be full of Romanians in blue track suit bottoms sitting outside Costa Coffee plotting credit card fraud, discarded beer cans and whiskey bottles thrown on the floor by Eastern European builders coming home from work, a variety of fast foods thrown on the pavement and mashed into a runny pulp, maybe a few rats scurrying along, 24hr supermarkets with fruit and veg stacked up outside, Polish and Romanian supermarkets, mobile phone repair shops with potential tierrorrosts hanging outside, shadow of large mosques overlooking most towns ..... if you see an English person .... let me know.

Xenophobia is a close cousin of negativism, closed-mindedness and runaway imagination.

[jacky54]

They got big ben at samut prakan years ago, a crappy copy

[jacky54]

London street will be full of Romanians in blue track suit bottoms sitting outside Costa Coffee plotting credit card fraud, discarded beer cans and whiskey bottles thrown on the floor by Eastern European builders coming home from work, a variety of fast foods thrown on the pavement and mashed into a runny pulp, maybe a few rats scurrying along, 24hr supermarkets with fruit and veg stacked up outside, Polish and Romanian supermarkets, mobile phone repair shops with potential tierrorrosts hanging outside, shadow of large mosques overlooking most towns ..... if you see an English person .... let me know.

Xenophobia is a close cousin of negativism, closed-mindedness and runaway imagination.

Nothing wrong with a fear of foreign immigrants in the UK, most a thieving, lying scum.

Edited March 29, 2015 by jacky54

[tx22cb]

London street will be full of Romanians in blue track suit bottoms sitting outside Costa Coffee plotting credit card fraud, discarded beer cans and whiskey bottles thrown on the floor by Eastern European builders coming home from work, a variety of fast foods thrown on the pavement and mashed into a runny pulp, maybe a few rats scurrying along, 24hr supermarkets with fruit and veg stacked up outside, Polish and Romanian supermarkets, mobile phone repair shops with potential tierrorrosts hanging outside, shadow of large mosques overlooking most towns ..... if you see an English person .... let me know.

The English will be the tattooed chavs and ladettes staggering out of the clubs at 2 am and puking into the bushes.

[smokie36]

How eloquent.

[roquefort]

London street will be full of Romanians in blue track suit bottoms sitting outside Costa Coffee plotting credit card fraud, discarded beer cans and whiskey bottles thrown on the floor by Eastern European builders coming home from work, a variety of fast foods thrown on the pavement and mashed into a runny pulp, maybe a few rats scurrying along, 24hr supermarkets with fruit and veg stacked up outside, Polish and Romanian supermarkets, mobile phone repair shops with potential tierrorrosts hanging outside, shadow of large mosques overlooking most towns ..... if you see an English person .... let me know.

Xenophobia is a close cousin of negativism, closed-mindedness and runaway imagination.

Nothing wrong with a fear of foreign immigrants in the UK, most a thieving, lying scum.

There are of course no thieving, lying English scum in England.

[thejcb]

...........and can Londoners work there ? Oh NO !! Must be and can only be Thais.................

I wish we would reciprocate in England and insist all Thai restaurants have at least 5 English workers per Thai.

Maybe then and ONLY then would Thais realise the unfairness of their racist system, go home, and lobby their government for changes to the way foreigners are treated.

[thejcb]

London street will be full of Romanians in blue track suit bottoms sitting outside Costa Coffee plotting credit card fraud, discarded beer cans and whiskey bottles thrown on the floor by Eastern European builders coming home from work, a variety of fast foods thrown on the pavement and mashed into a runny pulp, maybe a few rats scurrying along, 24hr supermarkets with fruit and veg stacked up outside, Polish and Romanian supermarkets, mobile phone repair shops with potential tierrorrosts hanging outside, shadow of large mosques overlooking most towns ..... if you see an English person .... let me know.

Xenophobia is a close cousin of negativism, closed-mindedness and runaway imagination.

Nothing wrong with a fear of foreign immigrants in the UK, most a thieving, lying scum.

There are of course no thieving, lying English scum in England.

Of course there are, but we don't need to import more.

We already have enough home grown scum