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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 …