Yaowarat Road in Bangkok's Chinatown is the city's most theatrical street-food strip after dark, with grilled seafood, noodle counters and dim sum carts from 18:00 to 02:00.
Tip: Start at Soi Texas (Phadungdao) corner for grilled prawns; Nai Mong Hoi Tod and Lek and Rut are the canonical seafood stalls.
Address: Yaowarat Road, Samphanthawong, Bangkok 10100
Boat Noodle Alley off Victory Monument in Bangkok serves 50-baht bowls of kuay teow ruea (boat noodles) in pork or beef broth from a row of canal-side stalls since the 1980s.
Try: Boat noodles (kuay teow ruea) in pork or beef broth
Tip: Order three or four small bowls and rotate flavours; the pork broth at Boat Noodle Heaven and the beef at Boat Noodle Avenue are the local picks.
Or Tor Kor in Bangkok's Chatuchak is the agricultural market with the cleanest food court in the city, som tam stalls, grilled-chicken counters and seasonal-fruit vendors.
Try: Som tam, grilled chicken, curry plates
Tip: The som tam pla ra stall in the back corner is the canonical order; the durian and mangosteen vendors at the front are seasonal.
Sukhumvit Soi 38 in Bangkok was the city's canonical late-night noodle alley, with pork noodle counters and stir-fry stalls feeding the Thonglor and Ekkamai crowd until 02:00.
Try: Pork noodles, kuay teow stalls, satay
Tip: The remaining stalls cluster near the Thonglor BTS end of Soi 38. Late-night queues from 22:00; cash only, bring small notes.
Pa Aor in Bangkok's Pom Prap Sattru Phai is the Bib Gourmand tom yum noodle stall, a bowl built on river prawn and chilli paste with evaporated milk over kuay teow.
Try: Tom yum noodles with whole river prawn
Tip: Cash only. Queue from 11:30 onwards; closed Sundays. Order the tom yum goong with the whole river prawn and egg-yolk float.
Guay Jub Mr Joe in Bangkok's Yaowarat is the late-night kuay jab cart at the corner of Soi 11, peppery pork-offal broth and rolled rice noodles cooked to order until 02:00.
Try: Rolled rice noodles in pork-offal broth (kuay jab)
Tip: Cash only. Stall is on the kerb; eat at the plastic stools opposite. Order with extra crispy pork belly.
Nai Mong Hoi Tod in Bangkok's Chinatown is the Bib Gourmand oyster-pancake stall on Phlap Phla Chai, hoi tod and ohrlua crispy mussel pancakes since the 1960s.
Try: Crispy oyster pancake (hoi tod)
Tip: Cash only. Closed Tuesdays. The hoi tod with extra oyster is the order; eat at the small plastic stools on the kerb.