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Monday March 12, 2001 Wok and roll with the King and I
 Diner at Manchester Thai restaurant are getting all shook up when their host takes top the floor to entertain them with her rendition of Elvis Presley's hits. After cooking up a feast of rice and noodles, Peanporn Beddard (Wendy) - the owner of the Thai E-sarn in Didsbury serves up a feast of musical hits from her Memphis idol. Peanporn, 41, better known to her customers as Wendy, has been serenading her customers ever since leaving Thailand to set up shop in Manchester.
"I dress as Shirley Bassey, not Elvis because I tried being Elvis once and I think a Thai woman looks funny. It is the song that are important, the emotion, that I want to recreate." Wendy's favourite number is Are you lonesome tonight which, she says, reminds her of how her heart was once broken. |
"I love Elvis and I want to sing like him to make my guests happy and show love to them," she said from her restaurant in Burton road. "If they ask me, or if there is a party, I come out and I sing my favourites for them. Then they can sing for me."