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5. Hang out with Thai-Chinese octogenarians as they argue, gamble, smoke, play mahjong, smoke, drink coffee, spit and smoke

Iae Sae coffee shop on Chinatown's Padsai Road has been straining java for 60 years.

The coffee's actually nothing special, but the lively, loud clientele will entertain for hours.

Raise a glass to the gaffer at the next table and he might regale you with wild tales of a time when the area was accessed by dirt paths and tram lines.

42 Padsai Road, Yaowarat, Samphantawong

8/15/176:25 PM

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5. Hang out with Thai-Chinese octogenarians as they argue, gamble, smoke, play mahjong, smoke, drink coffee, spit and smoke

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