Heirs step up as Covid-19 deaths rock Bangkok's famous street-food stalls

Vendors sell food and drinks from their carts in the Chinatown area of Bangkok on Oct 7, 2021. - AFP

BANGKOK, Oct 29 (Reuters): Each morning, Adulwitch Tangsupmanee brings a cart of crispy pork belly to a run-down cinema in Bangkok's Chinatown and sets up the same street-food stall his internationally renowned father ran for nearly 50 years before dying of Covid-19 in July.

While aromatic pork broth simmers, Adulwitch carefully places a framed picture of his late father, Chanchai, on top of the stall's window display - adorned with Michelin guide accolades from 2018 to 2021.