BANGKOK -- On a street off Silom Road, a business district by day and one of Bangkok's most vibrant entertainment spots by night, people form meandering queues at the many food stalls festooning the sidewalk. Huge vats of oil bubble away ready to receive freshly battered chicken, while steel cauldrons brimming with broth belch clouds of steam.
Wearing a crisp white shirt, Wanich Areeromna, 60, sits on a stool at one of the nearby metal tables and ladles a spoonful of each of the spicy, sweet and sour condiments in containers on the table into his seafood soup.
