Bangkok street food stall ban a worry for this noodle seller

A man carries a dish at his street food stall the Pratunam district of Bangkok on April 18, 2017. Photos: AFP/Lillian Suwanrumpha

For three decades everyone from cops and builders, to street cleaners and partying rich kids have gorged on noodles at Uncle Pan's streetside stall in Bangkok's chic-est neighbourhood.

But now it is the 67-year-old food vendor who is no longer welcome at his pavement spot, a victim of a purge of food stalls by Bangkok's governor who says they are cluttering the capital's curbs.