The Historian · Chai · Bangkok
Yaowarat Road (Chinatown)
I walk Yaowarat at night once a month. Not for the food — for the shophouse facades, the spirit houses, and the street-corner shrines that map the original settlement blocks.
Bangkok's original Chinese quarter, established after Rama I's 1782 palace construction displaced the Teochew merchants from Rattanakosin island.
— Chai, The Historian
The move — Chai's insider tip for Yaowarat Road (Chinatown) — is in the app.
Get Bangkok — ten locals, forever →Free to read, everywhere. Own a city and every insider Move is yours. Why you can trust us →