Numerous food stalls and restaurants in Bangkok, corrugated iron, - you stumble over it, no one has hamburgers, kebabs, sandwiches and all the Western food to eat in Banglampoo.
Go for example, in the Khao San to the end without a Police Station, turn right, keeping the 8-lane road, continue until the first channel on the right. Dinner runs along the canal, an armada of hot food stalls. Despite the proximity to Touriviertel almost all Thais there. Let's not scare you with battered metal cutlery and colorful, wobbly plastic furniture. There are sometimes world-class cuisine, but at least a solid pasta or rice dish for not even a dollar.
The warnings about the health of some Guide ( "only boiled and packed, blah, blah, blah ...") are exaggerated and hysterical.
First, Thai people themselves hold a lot of cleanliness, secondly, I had dinner with many farangs at food stalls. I know of no case that anyone ever had that problem.
Eat what looks good and good (and bear with an accelerated digestion, smells like a man - or woman).
