The Chaopraya Antique Café, in Nonthaburi, near Bangkok, has customers flocking to it to enjoy tasty food as murky brown floodwater laps at their tables
A flood-hit riverside restaurant in Thailand has become an unlikely dining hotspot after fun-loving foodies began flocking to its water-logged deck to eat amid the lapping tide. Welcome to Chaopraya Antique Café, which is full as ever, offering an experience the canny owner calls “hot-pot surfing.” AFP
Owner Titiporn Jutimanon was convinced the bout of flooding in Thailand could be the end of a business already struggling from the pandemic. But with the rising tide of the Chao Phraya river came an unexpected opportunity. And she’s glad she was able to cash in on it. AFP
Customers revel in shin-deep dining, and the thrill of avoiding the waves created by passing…
