Huay Khwang, and Chinese-Thai Food Past, Present, and Future with @ChineseCookingDemystified

Posted on: March 1, 2023 March 1, 2023
Categories: Fujian cuisine
Tags: Bangkok, ccd, chinatown, chinese cooking demystified, chinese food, huai khwang, huai kwang, huay khwang, hwai kwang, malatang, otr, real chinatown, Thai Chinese food, thai food, Thailand, yunnan food

With help from Steph and Chris from Chinese Cooking Demystified, we visited Huay Khwang, a neighborhood in North Bangkok that’s a Mandarin-speaking, baijiu-pounding, incredible-food-eating enclave of immigrants from China. Despite the hype around Yarowat, better known as “Chinatown”, it’s actually here that- for the first time since leaving- brought me back to the eleven years I spent living, cooking, and most of all, eating in China.

In this video, we rediscover old favorites like Lanzhou Noodles and Malatang, try to understand the rise-and-fall of immigrant communities, and explore the next phase of migration to Huay Khwang through an all-time feast at a restaurant run by members of the Wa Ethnic Group.

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0:00 – Introduction
2:00 – Malatang
3:24 – Lunch in Huay Khwang
5:48 – The Story of Huay Khwang
7:43 – Chinese Immigrant Food
8:46 – Exploring with Steph
11:21 – Understanding Modern Chinese Food
14:43 – What Comes Next
17:01 – Hill Tribes and Ethnic Minorities
18:38 – Wa Celebration Feast
22:33 – Throwback

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Video Credits:

Pickled Greens and Beans (Guizhou classic)