250px, Plaeng Nam in 2022 Plaeng Nam (, ) is a name of a road off from Charoen Krung to

Yaowarat Yaowarat Road (, , ; ) in Samphanthawong District is the main artery of Bangkok's Chinatown. Modern Chinatown now covers a large area around Yaowarat and Charoen Krung Road. It has been the main centre for trading by the Chinese community si ...

Roads in the area of

Bangkok's Chinatown Bangkok's Chinatown is one of the largest Chinatowns in the world. It was founded in 1782 when the city was established as the capital of the Rattanakosin Kingdom, and served as the home of the mainly Teochew immigrant Chinese population, wh ...

, includes also eponymous

four-way intersection An intersection or an at-grade junction is a junction where two or more roads converge, diverge, meet or cross at the same height, as opposed to an interchange, which uses bridges or tunnels to separate different roads. Major intersections are ...

where it meets Charoen Krung and Phlapphla Chai roads, which is regarded as the starting of Phlappha Chai, while the next intersection on Charoen Krung side is Mo Mi. Plaeng Nam is about long. In the past, it was a place for garbage dumping of locals because it was close to the wet market. Therefore had a foul and dirty condition even the name was called ''Trok Pacha Ma Nao'' (ตรอกป่าช้าหมาเน่า; lit: "lane of carrion graveyard"). Until the reign of King

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(Rama VII), he improved the conditions of the city, including various utilities. So, he gave the official name ''Plaeng Nam'' for auspiciousness, which can be literally translated that "renaming". Today, in this alley on both sides is a small two-story

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, which are eateries such as noodles, pork stomach and duck porridge,

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à la carte In restaurants, ''à la carte'' (; ; ) is the practice of ordering individual dishes from a menu in a restaurant, as opposed to ''table d'hôte'', where a set menu is offered. It is an early 19th century loan from French meaning "according to ...

cafés A coffeehouse, coffee shop, or café (), is an establishment that serves various types of coffee, espresso, latte, americano and cappuccino, among other hot beverages. Many coffeehouses in West Asia offer ''shisha'' (actually called ''nargile ...

shark fin soup Shark's fin soup is a soup or stewed dish served in parts of China, Taiwan, and Southeast Asia. The shark fins provide texture, while the taste comes from the other ingredients. It is commonly served at special occasions such as weddings and ba ...

and

bird's nest soup Edible bird's nests, also known as swallow nests ( zh, c=燕窝, p=yànwō), are bird nests created from solidified saliva by edible-nest swiftlets, Indian swiftlets and other swiftlets of the genera ''Aerodramus'', '' Hydrochous'', '' Schout ...

shumai ''Shumai'' ( zh, s=烧卖, t=燒賣, p=shāomài, cy=sīu-máai, poj=sio-māi) is a type of traditional Chinese dumpling made of ground pork. In Cantonese cuisine, it is usually served as a dim sum snack. In addition to accompanying the Chin ...

stall,

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. And there is Vietnamese temple named "Wat Mongkol Samakhom ()", including an antique tin

kerosene lamp A kerosene lamp (also known as a paraffin lamp in some countries) is a type of lighting device that uses kerosene as a fuel. Kerosene lamps have a wick or mantle as light source, protected by a glass chimney or globe; lamps may be used on a t ...

and traditional

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shops. As of 2024, every weekend, Friday, Saturday and Sunday from 4.00 pm to 9.00 pm, it will be full of colour and liveliness at night as a walking street. At the entrance of the alley on Charoen Krung side is a Wat Mangkon Station (BL29) located, the extension

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. This station built with Sino-Portuguese in order to harmonize with the surrounding buildings which is a historic area.

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