Authorities in Bangkok have banned street food from the capital’s major roads, causing an outcry in a city famous for its affordable¹ roadside cuisine². 

 

曼谷市政府部门下令，禁止商贩在曼谷主要街道设立小吃摊。这个城市以价格实惠的路边摊美食而闻名，因而此举引发了强烈抗议。

 

In a move criticised by locals and culinary enthusiasts³, thousands of vendors⁴ selling dishes such as spicy⁶ prawn⁷ soup and papaya salad will disappear by the end of the year in the interests of "order and hygiene⁸", according to city hall. 

 

Wanlop Suwandee, chief adviser⁹ to Bangkok’s governor, said officials are "now working to get rid of stalls from all 50 districts of Bangkok" and return the pavements to pedestrians¹⁰. 

 

"There will be no let-up in this operation. Every street vendor⁵ will have to move out," he said in comments reported by the local news portal. 

 

For decades Bangkok, the most visited city in the world, has promoted itself as a key destination for the food-obsessed. Locals and foreigners dine on plastic chairs at folding tables, slurping¹¹ steaming noodles at street food eateries that stay open until dawn. 

 

Roadsides clog¹² up daily as workers rush to buy pineapple slices, fried chicken or sweet pork kebabs. Tourism, which makes up an estimated 15% of the economy, is buoyed¹³ by hundreds of street food tours through the subtropical city. 

 

For the second year running, CNN this month named Bangkok as the city with the best street food on the planet.

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