Wang Lang Market
Riverside street-food market on historic royal grounds, next to Thailand's oldest hospital.
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This guide to Wang Lang Market in Bangkok traces how a royal palace on the Thonburi bank became the city's oldest girls' school, then gave way to Siriraj Hospital next door. From there it follows the vendors who have fed the hospital's nurses and doctors since 1975, and the food that built the market's reputation. Listen for how the stalls' hours still run on hospital shifts rather than tourist schedules.
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