Youtuber Stanley Chen fooled hundreds of foodies to queue for hours outside a five-star ramen restaurant in Sydney’s Surry Hills. There was just one problem… [Video]

01:46 EDT 07 Aug 2024, updated 02:41 EDT 07 Aug 2024

Hundreds of foodies and influencers who lined up for hours to experience a five-star ramen noodle restaurant’s ‘unique’ food soon discovered the whole enterprise was fake.

Youtuber Stanley Chen, 23, from Sydney, set up the experiment after a bad experience he had doing social media for a restaurant that claimed its food was fresh but was instead made a week earlier.

Mr Chen told Daily Mail Australia when he asked to film the chef preparing the dishes, he was told the meals that cost $30-$40 weren’t even made on site. 

‘I get if it was somewhere like Maccas – you get what you pay for,’ he said. 

‘But when it is $30- $40 a plate, it is pretty much a scam.

‘I wanted to see if I can replicate that and make it sound fancy, posh and bougie.

‘And make the point that this is ridiculous.’

Mr Chen said although …