The Hidden Indian Community in Bangkok 🇹🇭🇮🇳

[00:00:00]When most people think of Bangkok, they think of temples, they think of street food, and they think of rooftop bars.

[00:00:05]But, this city tells a much deeper story.

[00:00:09]>> Today's journey starts just a couple of minutes from Chinatown, but it feels like we're in a completely different country.

[00:00:16]>> The change is almost immediate. The smells change, the music's change, and the writing on some of the signs change.

[00:00:22]That's because we are in Bangkok's Little India. Right, let's take one of these side streets, and the first thing that I notice is there is not any tourists here.

[00:00:31]There's not people posing for our pictures, which you'll see all across the city. People here are having lunch in local eateries, and they are doing their shopping here, and I'll show you exactly where they are doing their shopping. People here come and do their shopping in shops like these, which are full of lots of imported Indian products. Now, this isn't the typical shop that you would find a tourist in here with his elephant pants and souvenirs.

[00:00:54]These are all products that have been Hello.

[00:00:57]No photo?

[00:00:58]>> Yeah.

[00:00:58]>> Oh, okay. Sorry.

[00:01:00]Yeah, these are actually products that Indian people like to use that live here, and these are the same similar kinds of shops that you see on the streets of South Asia.

[00:01:10]>> seeing these in India, the famous bangles.

[00:01:13]Women wear these all up their sleeve, colorful dresses, colorful jewelry.

[00:01:20]Do you know what you notice straight away? You can smell the incense burning.

[00:01:24]That is something that It's just like the scent of India, and as soon as you come in the shop, you're just hit with that incense smell.

[00:01:31]>> Hello.

[00:01:32]>> Hello.

[00:01:33]>> Hi.

[00:01:33]>> Are these all incense?

[00:01:34]>> Incenses.

[00:01:35]>> Ah, these are very popular for Indian people?

[00:01:37]>> Indian people use.

[00:01:39]>> Do Thai people use also?

[00:01:40]>> Same same.

[00:01:41]>> Same same?

[00:01:42]>> like.

[00:01:42]>> Are you from Thailand or India?

[00:01:45]>> Nepal.

[00:01:46]>> You're from Nepal? And namaste.

[00:01:49]Namaste. Right, first thing I notice coming down these streets is the infamous betel nuts. You take the leaf, wrap it in and this and I think it's sort of like chewing tobacco. It turns your mouth bright bright red and people spit it all over the floor. It's very popular in certain Asian countries. You don't see very much of it in Thailand at all anywhere. But that's it right there and it is a very very very cheap stimulant. Now Shannon, as we know, this place was not built for tourists. So it's time to find out who this place actually was built for and it's the people that have been inside this building for over a century. Sikh and Punjabi settlers from India who moved to Bangkok as Bangkok was rapidly expanding out the way and this became one of Bangkok's biggest textile wholesale markets and we're going to go inside and see if it still holds any significance today as what it did when it opened hundreds of years ago.

[00:02:45]>> Now first thing I noticed is this is not as hectic as any market that you'll actually find in India. It's calm and it's quiet. And that is different to what we experienced in India, but so far as we're just walking through, it's kind of just like clothes. There's nothing significant yet.

[00:03:04]But this market's pretty big, so let's continue.

[00:03:10]Is this your shop?

[00:03:11]>> Yeah. Are you looking for something?

[00:03:13]>> We're just here like looking at really amazing. So this is where you can buy material to make into like a dress or a shirt.

[00:03:22]>> Right.

[00:03:22]>> That's incredible.

[00:03:24]>> Where does it all come from?

[00:03:26]>> It's from India, Japan, Korea, China.

[00:03:28]>> That's so cool.

[00:03:29]>> All right, Southeast Asia.

[00:03:31]>> So do people come to you and buy material for say their wedding or stuff like that?

[00:03:36]>> Yeah, yeah. They use for many purposes like for like dress, for like you know, decorations, stuff like that. All DIY.

[00:03:43]>> That's amazing.

[00:03:44]>> You have so many different variations.

[00:03:45]>> Yeah, there's a lot of things here.

[00:03:48]>> Is this like a family business for you?

[00:03:50]>> Yeah, yeah.

[00:03:51]>> How many generations have you s- >> I'm the second generation.

[00:03:53]>> Second generation?

[00:03:55]And are you from India yourself?

[00:03:58]You were born in Thailand. That's amazing.

[00:04:03]That's so cool. What actually in combination?

[00:04:08]We are from Scotland.

[00:04:10]Yeah. So, we've actually been to India as well. When we heard there was a little India here, I've never really heard anyone in India speak about it like little India.

[00:04:19]We were like we have to come and see.

[00:04:20]>> Cuz everyone's like Chinatown Chinatown like nothing's here.

[00:04:24]>> I know.

[00:04:27]>> It's not really much tourism here either. It's just more like local life.

[00:04:31]>> So, if you were to buy material for say a skirt, what's like the cost?

[00:04:47]Okay.

[00:04:49]Like a thicker?

[00:04:53]Wow, that's incredible.

[00:04:57]So, if you wanted to buy material here, is there people in the area that could custom make something for you?

[00:05:05]Or is it more for like wholesaler?

[00:05:09]More wholesaler. Okay. How do you even find the things at the back?

[00:05:13]>> [laughter] >> Organized mess.

[00:05:18]>> [laughter] >> Thank you for your time. Thank you.

[00:05:23]>> Now you can see here all the materials being used to make these gorgeous pieces of clothing. We've got the the sort of beads on the side. We saw them in the market. You've got these gorgeous gorgeous Swarovski crystals.

[00:05:37]And then loads of pieces of material joined together to make these gorgeous dresses.

[00:05:50]>> Are these materials from India?

[00:05:53]>> From Korea.

[00:05:54]>> From Ko- >> From Korea.

[00:05:55]>> From Korea? These are Oh, okay, interesting. And people from India come to buy these or people from China, everywhere?

[00:06:02]>> Oh.

[00:06:03]>> From all over Interesting. And >> From Australia, from Malaysia.

[00:06:08]>> Amazing. And people come buy these for things like weddings?

[00:06:12]>> Yeah, for weddings.

[00:06:13]>> So, they would buy typically a few rolls and take it back to India and get it made in India or can you get it made in Bangkok?

[00:06:20]>> No.

[00:06:21]>> They take it away.

[00:06:22]>> So, you go Oh, okay. So, you buy wholesale, take home, and then they create this into an outfit.

[00:06:28]>> Yeah.

[00:06:28]>> Interesting.

[00:06:30]>> What's the sort of cost per >> This one, 150 per 1 m.

[00:06:34]>> Per meter? Okay.

[00:06:35]>> This one, expensive one, this one 800.

[00:06:38]>> Yeah, that's very expensive.

[00:06:39]>> Expensive one, 800.

[00:06:40]>> The detail.

[00:06:42]That'll be like hand-stitched?

[00:06:43]>> All this is no, >> From machine?

[00:06:46]>> Yeah.

[00:06:47]>> It's incredible. Thank you so much. I am not sure if this is just me, but I taste everything before I travel. Passport there.

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[00:07:49]But, this community right here, which we are exploring, has only really expanded in the last century when lots of Indian traders settled here.

[00:07:56]And when they settled here, the area expanded. There was schools, communities opened up, and also places of worship, which is what we're standing in right now. Here is the name of the temple. I'm not going to try it on this board, but this temple itself is the biggest Sikh temple in Southeast Asia.

[00:08:12]>> Now, we are dressed for Thailand, not for a Sikh temple, but lovely gentleman outside told us that we are able to go in, and we should be given um the appropriate clothing to wear.

[00:08:25]Thank you.

[00:08:26]>> Thank you very much.

[00:08:38]Okay.

[00:08:45]>> Hello.

[00:08:45]>> You look good.

[00:08:46]>> Here we go.

[00:08:47]>> Here we go.

[00:08:54]So, what is this?

[00:08:55]>> We call it the blessing of the gods.

[00:08:57]It's made of like wheat and sugar.

[00:08:59]>> So, it's wheat and sugar?

[00:09:01]>> Yes.

[00:09:01]>> Okay, I'll try.

[00:09:03]>> Morning sweet stuff.

[00:09:05]>> Wow, this is Can you put it in my hand?

[00:09:06]In my hand?

[00:09:07]>> Yes.

[00:09:07]>> Okay.

[00:09:09]Yeah, yeah.

[00:09:11]Just a small piece. Okay, thank you. I just >> Yes, please.

[00:09:14]>> I'll open try. So, this is wheat and sugar.

[00:09:18]Interesting.

[00:09:22]Mhm.

[00:09:24]It's exactly like Weetabix and sugar.

[00:09:26]Exactly the same. Yeah.

[00:09:28]>> And people eat this every day?

[00:09:30]>> Yes, yes.

[00:09:30]>> Every single day is for good luck?

[00:09:32]>> Sorry?

[00:09:32]>> Is this for good luck? Like what what does this mean?

[00:09:36]>> Blessing of God.

[00:09:36]>> It's a blessing of God?

[00:09:37]>> Blessing of >> Oh, thank you very much.

[00:09:39]How many people per day come to this temple?

[00:09:42]>> Around 100 to 150.

[00:09:44]>> 100 to 150 people per day.

[00:09:45]>> In the morning.

[00:09:46]>> In the morning.

[00:09:47]Is there set time for prayer?

[00:09:49]>> Yes, 7:00 every day same time.

[00:09:51]>> Yeah.

[00:09:52]What's the time at?

[00:09:54]>> 7:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m.

[00:09:55]>> 7:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m.

[00:09:56]>> Yes.

[00:09:58]>> Do the people come here to eat?

[00:10:00]>> Yes, there is a kitchen.

[00:10:03]One second, please.

[00:10:04]>> Is this free food for people?

[00:10:06]>> Yeah.

[00:10:08]We went to Golden Temple in Amritsar and they feed so many people.

[00:10:13]Yeah, same idea.

[00:10:16]It's time to get into the most exciting part here about Little India and that is the food. Let us go and see what tasty Indian food we can get and straight away we found ourselves at a samosa stand.

[00:10:30]This is literally a little cart here just on the side of the main road.

[00:10:36]Let's see what we've got.

[00:10:38]Here they are cooking away there. We've got samosas and maybe some pakora.

[00:10:43]>> Let's go for samosas.

[00:10:45]>> Yeah, you can get five samosas for 80 baht. I don't think I need that many. Do you think we can just buy singular? Or will we just get it?

[00:10:53]>> We'll just get it.

[00:10:54]>> We'll just get it. Ah, there we are. So, we've got samosas, tikka, and pakora.

[00:11:00]As you can see here, this is the samosa mix that we've got. So, it's like potato >> Potato.

[00:11:04]>> potato here with some spices. So, it's like a little cone with a pastry.

[00:11:09]She just scoops in the potato mixture and then just folds it over until you get that iconic samosa shape.

[00:11:16]>> How many times do you think it would take us to try that?

[00:11:19]>> [laughter] >> To one, get it in the shape and then to two, fold >> Can we have a one bag of samosa?

[00:11:25]One bag.

[00:11:27]>> Samosa.

[00:11:44]>> Well, I can already tell this is a popular spot. There must have been about 15 people stopping here to get samosas just as we were standing there.

[00:11:52]I'll even get that bag opened.

[00:11:54]>> And I actually think the coolest thing about the people that were waiting at that samosa stand was a very large majority of them were actually Thai people. It's not all just Indians or tourists like us wanting a taste of these samosas. Everybody that's watching this video probably knows what a samosa is, probably has ate a samosa before, but we'll show you a samosa as a deep fried dough triangle full of potatoes, peas, cumin, coriander.

[00:12:21]>> It's roasted now. We're going to need to leave it for like a couple couple minutes. All right, let's take a look at this filling.

[00:12:27]There we go. So, we've got potatoes, chili, and that nice crispy coating on the outside.

[00:12:35]What a perfect snack to pick up on the side of the road.

[00:12:38]Did I ever think you'd find these in Thailand? Absolutely not.

[00:12:42]Let's go have a taste.

[00:12:47]Mhm, really good.

[00:12:53]Do you know what? I'm really impressed.

[00:12:54]They are not oily at all. Completely crispy on the outside and then that potato filling on the inside.

[00:13:01]It's just like that taste of Indian Indian food. There's no Thai seasoning.

[00:13:07]And we're right in the heart of Bangkok.

[00:13:09]How amazing.

[00:13:10]>> So, they cost 80 baht, which is about £2 for five samosas. Now, if you were to buy them on the street in India, they would be about 10% of the price of that. And samosas are fantastic grab-and-go food. It's not gourmet food.

[00:13:25]It's not going to be the best thing you eat all day, but if you see where that stand was, it's on the edge of the road. People are stopped, they grab bites, it's a couple of pints, it's full of carbs, you quickly eat it, and you're on the go.

[00:13:37]But, that's just a quick warm-up for us.

[00:13:39]Ready for course two?

[00:13:42]Well, Bangkok has one of the most vibrant street food cultures in the entire world, where you can pick up an incredible meal for as little as $1.

[00:13:50]This does not, mean however, that you should overlook its restaurant culture.

[00:13:54]We have stopped by one of the best Indian restaurants, not only in Little India, but in all of Bangkok.

[00:14:02]So, what are you going to do?

[00:14:03]>> Perfect.

[00:14:04]>> Thank you very much.

[00:14:06]Perfect.

[00:14:08]Thank you. So, this is a chicken biryani. Now, if you've ever been to an Indian restaurant or read the menu from an Indian restaurant, you will have read the words chicken biryani, but you might actually not know what it was because for how popular this dish is, especially back home in the UK, not a lot of people actually eat it. So, what is a chicken biryani? Chicken biryani is lots and lots of layers of fragrant basmati rice layered with lots of herbs, spices, and marinated meat, and it's cooked slowly for hours just to make sure every single grain of this rice soaks up a little bit of flavor, and the flavor as you go through it is all completely different.

[00:14:47]And look, as you'll see in the layers here, there's some of that chicken. And the way that this is cooked, the rice stays nice and fluffy and airy.

[00:14:55]Perfect. Thank you very much.

[00:14:57]And the that marinated meat just gets to go so tender cuz it's cooked so slowly.

[00:15:01]So, give this a taste. And hopefully, it's not too hot.

[00:15:06]Mhm.

[00:15:07]There is literally 20 different flavors going on in that, but they're all so subtle, nothing's too overpowering, and it's nowhere near spicy, which is exactly what I'm after cuz it's about 35° out there, so we're not looking for spicy food today. This is just all about those deep flavors and that slowly cooked meat. And if we're going to go full Indian style, you've got to just pick this up and eat it with your hands and go. I love the little chicken drumstick here. This is just going to fall off the bone.

[00:15:35]Mhm.

[00:15:38]>> Oh my god.

[00:15:39]The napkins are so far away.

[00:15:44]Oh.

[00:15:46]>> Thank you.

[00:15:49]That meat is just so juicy and so tender. I was bagging right. This has been slow cooked for hours. This has been a labor of love.

[00:15:56]>> Now, the second dish that we have is a complete contrast to this chicken biryani. This is almost like a liquid sauce. This is dal fry, probably one of India's most home comfort meals. In this dish, we have fried lentils with lots of herbs and spices, garlic, and you see here at the top cooking.

[00:16:20]We have a little sort of oil and this is ghee. So, across Thailand, you probably wouldn't have these traditional ingredients due to >> Okay.

[00:16:30]>> import costs making it very high. But here, we are in a very traditional North Indian restaurant. So, I'm hoping that this is going to be exactly like you would taste in India. And as you can see, the lentils are very They're like pulsed down almost to like a liquid. Let's try it.

[00:16:53]Mhm.

[00:16:54]It's almost got like a kind of sweet flavor. It's not too spicy, but it's very deep and aromatic.

[00:17:01]Traditionally, this is found on roadside restaurants in India, and people will eat it with a roti. So, let's try that.

[00:17:12]>> So, you're allowed to just tear it with your hands. It doesn't come cut.

[00:17:15]>> Yeah, tear it with your hands and >> Oh, yeah. in. So, you literally just scoop it up?

[00:17:20]>> Yeah, there we go.

[00:17:21]>> So, look at that. So, we've got You've literally just scooped it up inside the bread like a little almost sandwich.

[00:17:28]>> Personally, I think that is a far better dish eating with this roti.

[00:17:33]You kind of get like the bread flavor from the roti and that lentil just kind of soaks straight into the bread. It's just such an interesting texture and flavor.

[00:17:44]>> Delicious. Thank you very much.

[00:17:46]I am stuffed.

[00:17:47]We pay through here?

[00:17:50]Hello. That was delicious. Thank you.

[00:17:53]Very tasty.

[00:17:55]>> Pay on the corner.

[00:17:56]>> [music] >> Is this restaurant famous with Indians or Thai people?

[00:18:01]Or Both Lots of people like to come?

[00:18:04]>> Both of Thai people come.

[00:18:05]>> Yeah, so it's not just Indians or tourists. It's lots of locals as well.

[00:18:10]This is really cool. How many years is this restaurant >> 25 years.

[00:18:14]>> 25?

[00:18:16]Oh my gosh. Very, very good food. This is famous restaurant in Bangkok?

[00:18:21]Fantastic. Pay with card or cash?

[00:18:23]>> Cash or local transfer.

[00:18:24]>> Okay.

[00:18:27]What's the most popular dish served here?

[00:18:29]What's the most popular dish?

[00:18:31]>> Butter chicken.

[00:18:32]>> Butter chicken?

[00:18:34]>> Is that your favorite?

[00:18:35]>> Yes.

[00:18:36]>> Yeah. We need to come back then.

[00:18:38]>> We tried a chicken biryani.

[00:18:41]Very good.

[00:18:43]>> Thank you.

[00:18:43]>> Thank you. Thank you so much. Bye.

[00:18:55]>> [music] >> Ooh, that Indian food. I am absolutely knackered after that meal.

[00:19:01]>> I know, that's right. I'm not even joking. I don't know if it's because when you go into an Indian restaurant you eat like way more food than you eat everywhere else, but I swear when you always leave an Indian restaurant when are ready for your bed. But, unfortunately, it is not bed time, Shannon. We have still got one more stop to do on this Little India, Bangkok adventure.

[00:19:20]Now, the last stop on our Little India food journey, we're going to show you part of the Indian food scene that if you've never stepped foot in India, you might not know it exists.

[00:19:44]Right, here we go. This is what I'm talking about, the Indian sweet treats and desserts. Now, if you didn't know, Indians and South Asians have probably the biggest sweet tooth on the entire planet, and I'll try and run through and see if I can spot any of these. I think these are gulab jamun. This is like deep-fried syrup. We tried these a couple of times in India. I wasn't a fan, but let's look at this entire cabinet. There is just >> See that?

[00:20:10]Gulab jamun, is that how you call it?

[00:20:13]>> Can't remember. Should we ask?

[00:20:15]Hello.

[00:20:16]Which is the most popular?

[00:20:20]Which one?

[00:20:21]This one down here?

[00:20:23]Is this ras malai?

[00:20:24]Okay, I've tried ras malai before.

[00:20:27]Should we try You have something chocolatey?

[00:20:30]Chocolate?

[00:20:30]>> Chocolate.

[00:20:31]>> Is this nuts?

[00:20:33]Beside the strawberry?

[00:20:34]>> No, it's not chocolate. It's cashew.

[00:20:36]>> Cashew? Do you want to try cashew?

[00:20:37]>> This one is chocolate.

[00:20:40]>> This one's chocolate. Okay, can I try one of these, please?

[00:20:43]Thank you very much.

[00:20:44]>> I'll try the cashew.

[00:20:46]>> Oh, wow, they have like all the way around here, also.

[00:20:48]>> Oh.

[00:20:49]I'm sorry.

[00:20:53]>> The colors are so bright.

[00:20:54]>> Yeah, it's the first >> Are these freshly made in store?

[00:20:59]Do you make Do you make these in store?

[00:21:01]>> Yeah.

[00:21:01]>> Yeah? Every day? Wow.

[00:21:03]>> Every day.

[00:21:04]>> What time do you get up to start cooking or start baking?

[00:21:07]>> Morning.

[00:21:08]>> In the morning?

[00:21:09]>> Morning, 6:00 a.m.

[00:21:10]>> 6:00 a.m.?

[00:21:11]>> 6:00 a.m.

[00:21:11]>> For a couple of hours?

[00:21:13]Yeah.

[00:21:15]>> Anything else?

[00:21:16]>> That's okay for now. Thank you.

[00:21:19]>> So, um this one is like milk with cake sponge.

[00:21:24]Um milk and almond milk here.

[00:21:26]>> Okay, perfect. Thank you very much. The kind young man who owns this store has actually let us try this. This is ras malai.

[00:21:33]Now, if I remember rightly, I tried ras malai in Lahore in Pakistan about 2 years ago.

[00:21:41]And I think it is like basically a big ball of cottage cheese with milk.

[00:21:48]I think this is cow's milk, he said. I think when we tried it in Lahore, it was buffalo milk. Buffalo milk's got a much sweeter and creamier flavor. The spoon just goes straight through that little bit of cottage cheese.

[00:21:59]And the young man said this is the most popular thing that he sells.

[00:22:03]See if it's worth it.

[00:22:13]That is cottage cheese. It's very, very spongy, you'll see.

[00:22:18]It does look like like a little sponge.

[00:22:19]It's soaking up all that cow's milk. And the cow's milk is very, very sweet. Now, to be 100% honest, I do not eat dairy at all. I do not like milk.

[00:22:30]So, I'm going to just leave that one as it is. It was very kind of him to let us try it, but I am not going to make myself feel sick for the rest of the afternoon.

[00:22:38]Well, this is what we actually want to try. Have a look at this little cake.

[00:22:44]All across South Asia, Pakistan, India, Bangladesh, you're going to see bakeries look exactly like this. Much, much, much bigger, but they sell bright colored cakes and they love their sugary snacks.

[00:22:57]Oh, it's quite hard.

[00:22:59]You know what? That's got such a similar flavor to that ras malai. It's got that milkiness to it and I'm guessing that's what most of this is made up of. There was cow's milk, condensed milk and that, but it's very, very sweet and there's a fine little bit of chocolate on top of that.

[00:23:14]This is a guilty pleasure. You couldn't eat this all day. I do not have a sweet tooth, but it's nice to come here and to finish off with something just a little bit like this.

[00:23:23]>> I love how that's chocolate one and there's like the tiniest layer.

[00:23:29]>> Well, what have you got, Shannon? Your's looks interesting.

[00:23:31]>> I am very full after that dinner, so I didn't really want anything too sweet or thick. So, this is cashew nut, is it? It's got a very red color and it's quite sticky.

[00:23:45]Um, you can see literally when I'm touching it, it's folding apart and there's a little green hair on the top of that. I'm not sure what that is, but let's try this.

[00:23:59]Oh.

[00:24:03]I'm tasting It's a kind of sticky, but it's reminding me of like uh raisins or like sultanas. That's what of family. It's very sticky and sweet.

[00:24:23]And it's just sticking to all those cashew nuts, which looks like they've been beat down in a little chunks.

[00:24:32]It's a good snack. Pretty messy.

[00:24:35]But, pretty tasty.

[00:24:36]>> These little bakeries are such a massive part of the culture in South Asia and they don't just have sweets like this with nothing. You'll have heard of the word chai. They drink tea all the time.

[00:24:46]They have very, very sugary tea and a sugary snack. This is literally part of daily life for people that live in these communities in Thailand and outside of Thailand.

[00:24:57]And as we've been walking through this area, we've seen how many shacks and 10, 15, 20 degrees. And we're only in what, a couple of backstreets.

[00:25:04]>> Yeah, we've literally just been in this one small area. And actually sitting here right now, I do kind of feel like I'm in India.

[00:25:11]Like this does not feel like a restaurant in Bangkok city center. It's It is pretty amazing how they've got the full feel of India. Like it literally is Little India.

[00:25:22]>> How many years has this shop been open?

[00:25:26]>> 5 years.

[00:25:27]>> 5 years?

[00:25:28]>> 5 years.

[00:25:29]>> Are you from India?

[00:25:31]>> No.

[00:25:31]>> Were you born in Thailand?

[00:25:32]>> Myanmar.

[00:25:33]>> Myanmar, nice.

[00:25:34]>> Where abouts in Myanmar?

[00:25:35]>> Myanmar, Chin State.

[00:25:37]>> Uh, we've been to Yangon.

[00:25:40]2 years ago. We took 2024, we went Yangon.

[00:25:44]It's good place, good people. Thank you very much.

[00:25:47]>> Thank you so much for your time.

[00:25:48]>> At the start of that video, I noticed that that neighborhood in Bangkok wasn't full of tourists taking pictures, posing at temples. It was full of life and people that actually live inside there, which is a lot different to many other social enclaves that we've visited around the world.

[00:26:05]This one feels actually lived in, rather than just a tourist attraction.

[00:26:09]>> It's easy to think of Bangkok as one culture, but cities aren't built off of one story. They're built by thousands of people that arrive, and stay, build families, and quietly shape what the city becomes. Little India isn't hidden because it's unimportant. It's hidden because most of us don't look and follow it.

[00:26:27]And that is exactly why we have started this series. See you in the next one.