While a large number of patrons still frequent the famed restaurants on Soi Texas (located a few hundred metres into Yaowarat Road), the crowds start to fade and eventually disappear the further you get from the main thoroughfares.

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In the past, that person you had an interesting conversation with at the business conference across the country might fade into the oblivion of your memory within weeks or months.

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Top it off with a soft-boiled egg and a few cilantro sprigs, and you've got a meal that takes a mere 25 minutes and makes the slog of winter fade into distant memory.

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