Soi 38 food vendors struggle to survive after demolition of famous food hub

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Soi 38 food vendors struggle to survive after demolition of famous food hub
By Ana Salvá



BANGKOK: -- It has been two months since Bangkok said farewell to the glorious street food scene on Sukhumvit soi 38 after the building that housed the popular food hub was sold off and demolished.

Now, some of the vendors who had nowhere else to go have moved across the street to the parking lot of Sutti Mansion, at the entrance to Soi 38, where they struggle to survive amid fear that their stalls may be shut down at any moment by the authorities.

"The police so far have stopped coming, I think they understand that the economy in Thailand is not going very well," says Chaichana, 48, a salad vendor who still tries to make a living on soi 38.

Full story: http://bangkok.coconuts.co/2016/04/20/soi-38-food-vendors-struggle-survive-after-demolition-famous-food-hub

-- Coconuts Bangkok 2016-04-20

[alant]

quote;

"The police so far have stopped coming, I think they understand that the economy in Thailand is not going very well,"

​I don't think the police know anything about the economy...

[shavedPotter]

This story can be a bit deceptive. I was there yesterday and there are now new stalls there inside Sutti Mansion and they include Chinese food and so on that were never there before. The owner of Sutti Mansion has set a rule that there will be no competing vendors so variety is the rule. I would guess there is over 25 choices.

[Katipo]

This story can be a bit deceptive. I was there yesterday and there are now new stalls there inside Sutti Mansion and they include Chinese food and so on that were never there before. The owner of Sutti Mansion has set a rule that there will be no competing vendors so variety is the rule. I would guess there is over 25 choices.

For customers at least, this sounds to be even better than before, yes?

[teatree]

This story can be a bit deceptive. I was there yesterday and there are now new stalls there inside Sutti Mansion and they include Chinese food and so on that were never there before. The owner of Sutti Mansion has set a rule that there will be no competing vendors so variety is the rule. I would guess there is over 25 choices.

I went there the other week but only stayed about 1 minute - the prices are ridiculous. If I want to pay aircon restaurant prices I will go to an aircon restaurant, not to a stuffy food court in a car park under an apartment.

Edited April 20, 2016 by teatree

[steveyinasia]

This story can be a bit deceptive. I was there yesterday and there are now new stalls there inside Sutti Mansion and they include Chinese food and so on that were never there before. The owner of Sutti Mansion has set a rule that there will be no competing vendors so variety is the rule. I would guess there is over 25 choices.

I went there the other week but only stayed about 1 minute - the prices are ridiculous. If I want to pay aircon restaurant prices I will go to an aircon restaurant, not to a stuffy food court in a car park under an apartment.

I live in the apartment next door and loved eating on the streets. Sutti is not the same experience and yes the prices have risen, probably due to renting the space. I still go as I support the vendors that I have known for many years, many of them just trying to earn the same living they did for many years on Soi 38.

[facthailand]

The military clique is destroying wholesale the variety that makes this place Thailand.

We took foreign friends to Pak Klong Talad last week to find...no flowers! And two big battalions of brownshirts whom I educated--loudly--to cheers from idled vendors.

Amulet market at Tha Prachan--gone!

Only Chinese tourists will come to Thailand for its shopping malls!

[Thian]

Don't worry there will be a solution soon. Thai love food so sure it will be sold somewhere in the area.

If it costs more that's fine, they can rent a place with airconditioning and sell from there. In the malls the foodcourts still cost around 50-60 baht and you sit like in a restaurant.

[Razzler1973]

Don't worry there will be a solution soon. Thai love food so sure it will be sold somewhere in the area.

If it costs more that's fine, they can rent a place with airconditioning and sell from there. In the malls the foodcourts still cost around 50-60 baht and you sit like in a restaurant.

Terminal 21 foodcourt is cheaper than a lot of food carts to be honest

[Thian]

Don't worry there will be a solution soon. Thai love food so sure it will be sold somewhere in the area.

If it costs more that's fine, they can rent a place with airconditioning and sell from there. In the malls the foodcourts still cost around 50-60 baht and you sit like in a restaurant.

Terminal 21 foodcourt is cheaper than a lot of food carts to be honest

It's the same for supermarkets, many products are cheaper there then on the fresh market.

So BKK doesn't need all those vendors. They can open a real shop or go on a real market, not on the sidewalks.

It's time the Thai learn to keep walkways free and also don't go standing still on them.

[Scouse Twoccer]

quote;

"The police so far have stopped coming, I think they understand that the economy in Thailand is not going very well,"

​I don't think the police know anything about the economy...

I don't think that the vendors really know anything about the Thai economy either, they may know about their own business's parochial economy, that's about it.

[Scouse Twoccer]

The military clique is destroying wholesale the variety that makes this place Thailand.

We took foreign friends to Pak Klong Talad last week to find...no flowers! And two big battalions of brownshirts whom I educated--loudly--to cheers from idled vendors.

Amulet market at Tha Prachan--gone!

Only Chinese tourists will come to Thailand for its shopping malls!

That's very strange, reports are that the flower market was given a stay of execution until May and that the vendors were being allowed to stay, pro tem, but according to you it's gone?

And you claim that you "loudly educated two big battalions of brownshirts", are these really Thailand facts, facthailand, or should you change your name to figmentofmyimaginationthailand?