Fried silkworm vendor in Satun says sales doubled after rating as second-worst deep-fried dish


BANGKOK: A fried silkworm vendor in the southern province of Satun considers the rating of her dish as the world’s second-worst deep-fried dish to be a blessing, not a curse.

Patcharee Thongprasom, who sells fried silkworms, at the Saturday night market in Tambon Phiman in Satun’s Muang district, said that after the rating by the tasteatlas website made headlines in the country, more patrons came to buy it.

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