A recognised 'icon': Why the pandemic won't stop Bangkok's goggles-wearing street food star, Jay Fai
SHARE After decades of working anonymously in her Thai restaurant, a Bangkok woman found celebrity in her seventies . She is the wok-wielding, goggles-wearing grandma who's stunned the culinary world with her succulent Thai street food. Cooking from a basic kitchen in an old Bangkok shophouse, Supinya Junsuta, 76, is the chef of the place that became the world's first Michelin-starred street food restaurant . Now her celebrity status has been further boosted, after earning the "icon" status in the prestigious Asia’s 50 Best Restaurants awards. But fame hasn’t changed the woman known as ...
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