Old Chinese/Thai food vendor gets new lease on life thanks to the power of social media

[webfact]

 

An 83 year old seller of Krapho Pla - a Thai/Chinese fish soup - has a lot to thank social media for.

 

Last week he was facing having to close his shop in Hang Dong, Chiang Mai, after customers dwindled to 10 a day.

 

But following a social media post by Warakorn Sangsupon customers have been flooding in again.

 

Many had asked how they could support Somsak Phichitphan.

 

The old man said that he was trained in Chinese cooking during his time working in Yaowarat, Bangkok's famed Chinatown.

 

Later in life he worked in the tourism industry because he could speak Chinese but the pandemic scuppered this.

 

So nine months ago he started his own restaurant near his wife's place but the dream has foundered - until social media came to the rescue. 

 

Now he is hopeful after two days of selling all his stock.

 

He hopes to use the money gained to put new items like spring rolls on his menu. 

 

"Social media has turned my life around," he told Thai Rath reporters who went to Chiang Mai to investigate. 

 

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[swm59nj]

Nice story.  I hope he succeeds .

[RichardColeman]

1 hour ago, swm59nj said:

Nice story.  I hope he succeeds .

REally ? I think its a sad story, that a 83 year old guy has to go out to work rather than relax and enjoy his later life with enough state money in his pocket

[Sticky Rice Balls]

a nod to street food and the chefs that create it....im there for the food not the frills!

 

met quite a few BKK Chefs that are running their own small shops around CM...

[Johnnyngai]

83 years old and still have to work. 

An example of no social safety net.

Some people think that the whole world is lucky like them.  

[hotchilli]

19 hours ago, webfact said:

An 83 year old seller of Krapho Pla - a Thai/Chinese fish soup - has a lot to thank social media for

And at 83 still having to work nothing to thank Prayut for.

[Ralf001]

31 minutes ago, hotchilli said:

And at 83 still having to work nothing to thank Prayut for.

At 83 this fella hit retirement age 15 years BEFORE Prayut became prime minister, still working at 83 has zero to do with the Prayut government

[hotchilli]

23 minutes ago, Ralf001 said:

At 83 this fella hit retirement age 15 years BEFORE Prayut became prime minister, still working at 83 has zero to do with the Prayut government

8 years of no changes in the system... just as guilty as the previous regimes.

 

[Ralf001]

38 minutes ago, hotchilli said:

8 years of no changes in the system... just as guilty as the previous regimes.

 

No matter how much you cry about it it has nothing to do with Prayut.

[DezLez]

7 hours ago, Ralf001 said:

No matter how much you cry about it it has nothing to do with Prayut.

It may have nothing to do specifically to Prayut's but all Thai Government's of the last 100 years are responsible for failing to act!

 

The UK introduced their first state pension scheme in 1908!