Chawadee Nualkhair (Thai: เชาวดี นวลแข; RTGS: Chaowadi Nuankhae) is a Thai-American food writer and journalist specializing in Thailand's street food culture, based in Bangkok, Thailand.[1][2][3][4][5] Born to Thai parents and raised in Pittsburgh, Nualkhair attended Bryn Mawr College, and moved to Bangkok in 1995. Previously a financial reporter for Reuters, Nualkhair covered the South Thailand insurgency, sustainable tourism, and regional cuisine.[6][7][8][9][10] She publishes the Bangkok Glutton blog, is a contributor to the Michelin Guide Thailand, and is author of two Thai street food guidebooks and a Thai cookbook.[11][12][13][14][15]
Nualkhair has commented extensively on the role informal street vendors play in the Thai economy.[16][17][18][19] She criticized the 2017 Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) campaign to clear street food vendors from Bangkok's sidewalks, suggesting that more stringent zoning would diminish the creativity and innovation of the city's food culture.[20][21][22] Citing the negative impact of COVID-19 on vendors, Nualkhair has predicted that reduced choices for consumers would diminish social cohesion and increase corporate consolidation of the food industry.[23][24]
Nualkhair appeared as a guide in the Bangkok episodes of Street Food Volume 1: Asia and Somebody Feed Phil, and the "Sweet" episode of Confucius Was a Foodie, exploring desserts in Bangkok's Chinatown.[25][26][27]
Books
editFilmography
edit| Year | Title | Subject | Credit | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Poh's Kitchen[31] | Tastes of Thailand | Guest interviewee | |
| 2017 | Dateline | Goodbye Pad Thai | Food writer[32] | |
| 2018 | Confucius Was a Foodie | Sweet | Guide[33] | |
| 2018 | Somebody Feed Phil | Bangkok | Guest interviewee | Netflix series |
| 2019 | Street Food | Bangkok | Guest interviewee | Netflix series |
References
edit- ^ "FOOD FOR THE SOUL: EP25: "เสน่ห์สตรีทฟู้ดไทย" (The Charming of Thai's Street Food) casual talk กับ คุณชาวดี นวลแข on Apple Podcasts". Apple Podcasts. Retrieved 2024-03-08.
- ^ "Food neighbourhoods 10: Bangkok, Banglamphu, The Menu - Radio". Monocle. Retrieved 2024-03-07.
- ^ "The queen of Thai street food - Lifestyle". The Jakarta Post. Retrieved 2024-03-07.
- ^ "Witness History: The disputed history of pad Thai on Apple Podcasts". Apple Podcasts. Retrieved 2024-03-08.
- ^ "As the West jeers, durian mania rises in Asia". The World from PRX. 9 January 2019. Retrieved 2024-03-07.
- ^ "A latte and a credit card, please". Australian Financial Review. 2003-09-03. Retrieved 2024-03-08.
- ^ "Thai insurgents announce ceasefire". www.ft.com. Retrieved 2024-03-08.
- ^ Nualkhair, Chawadee (September 30, 2008). "Thai film delves into murky Muslim insurgency". Reuters.
- ^ Nualkhair, Chawadee (January 1, 2009). "Thailand's luxury tropical getaways getting greener". Reuters.
- ^ Nualkhair, Chawadee (December 9, 2008). "Mee krob anyone? Thais try to revive ailing cuisine". Reuters.
- ^ "Arrival of the MICHELIN Guide Thailand - A Bangkok Glutton's Observations". MICHELIN Guide. Retrieved 2024-03-07.
- ^ Bangkok, 14 April 2023, retrieved 2024-03-07
- ^ "Bangkok street vendors: From Michelin star to fighting eviction". Bangkok Post. Reuters. 17 September 2018. Retrieved 2024-03-07.
- ^ Roasa, Dustin (August 10, 2012). "The return of Bangkok's Old Town". The Washington Post.
- ^ "The truth about pad Thai". www.bbc.com. Retrieved 2024-03-07.
- ^ Nualkhair, Chawadee (2017-02-12). "Bangkok's street food under threat from gentrification". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2024-03-07.
- ^ "Netflix's 'Street Food' Reveals a Thriving and Threatened Food Culture". Bloomberg.com. 2019-05-22. Retrieved 2024-03-07.
- ^ Bemma, Adam. "Is it the end of cheap Pad Thai in Bangkok?". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 2024-03-07.
- ^ Gross, Matt (2018-04-09). "Where to Find Bangkok's Best Street Food While You Can". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2024-03-07.
- ^ Dunlop, Nic (2017-08-27). "Will Bangkok's street food ban hold?". The Observer. ISSN 0029-7712. Retrieved 2024-03-07.
- ^ Holmes, Oliver (2017-04-18). "The best street food on the planet, but Bangkok bans its roadside stalls". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2024-03-07.
- ^ McLaughlan, Tess (2020-05-14). "Street Food: Netflix series is a televisual tonic amid postponed travel plans". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2024-03-07.
- ^ Tanakasempipat, Patpicha (October 29, 2021). "Heirs step up as COVID deaths rock Bangkok's famous street-food stalls". Reuters.
- ^ Chandran, Rina (September 17, 2018). "Bangkok street vendors: from Michelin star to fighting eviction". Reuters.
- ^ "Chawadee Nualkhair". IMDb. Retrieved 2024-03-07.
- ^ "สตีมมิ่งเจ้าดัง ฉายสารคดี "อาหารริมทาง" ผู้บรรยายสะใภ้ตระกูลดัง โยงการเมือง ซัด ไร้ ปชต.- ยุคมืด เปิดผลงานฉาวพ่อตาอดีตบิ๊กกรุงไทยคุก 18ปี". tnews (in Thai). 2019-05-14. Retrieved 2024-03-07.
- ^ Confucius Was a Foodie—S1: Ep8: Sweet Teaser, 5 April 2019, retrieved 2024-03-07
- ^ Nualkhair, Chawadee (Jan 1, 2011). Bangkok's Top 50 Street Food Stalls. Wordplay. ISBN 978-9744960832.
- ^ Nualkhair, Chawadee (2021). Thailand's best street food (Revised and updated ed.). North Clarendon, VT: Tuttle Publishing. ISBN 978-0-8048-5335-4. OCLC 1302338948.
- ^ Nualkhair, Chawadee; Taylor, Lauren Lulu (May 16, 2023). Real Thai Cooking: Recipes and Stories from a Thai Food Expert. Tuttle Publishing. ISBN 978-0804855587.
- ^ "Tastes of Thailand - Season 2 Guests - About - Poh's Kitchen". www.abc.net.au. Retrieved 2024-03-07.
- ^ "Dateline" Goodbye Pad Thai (TV Episode 2017) - IMDb, retrieved 2024-03-07
- ^ Kowall-Shipp, Theresa (2018-02-10), Sweet, Confucius Was a Foodie, Irwin Adam, Sean Chen, Nontawan Chitwattanagorn, retrieved 2024-03-07