A Vietnamese restaurant in California went viral after the proprietor’s daughter shared a video of her father ready for patrons of their empty enterprise on TikTok.
In a video, Lee data her father Vuong, who’s carrying a pink winter jacket and leaning on the counter of their empty restaurant. Vuong could be seen staring out the restaurant’s entrance door, showing to be in a tragic and pensive temper because of the lack of consumers.
“It makes me so unhappy to see my dad and mom simply wait for patrons to stroll via the door to eat at their Vietnamese restaurant,” Lee wrote within the video’s caption.
TikTok do your factor and assist assist my dad and mom’ Vietnamese restaurant. My dad and mom haven’t been having that many purchasers and been feeling burdened coping with monetary points. If you wish to test it out, they make scrumptious Vietnamese meals
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After the TikTok video went viral, Lee’s Noodle Home has acquired a rush of recent clients.
Following the overwhelming assist on social media, Lee made three extra TikTok movies to offer extra info on their restaurant, together with movies and photographs of their Vietnamese dishes.
Within the caption for a video shared on Thursday, she wrote:
The quantity of affection and responses from the TikTok group has been insane! Additionally, thanks to the purchasers who’ve been coming for years, too! The remark part has introduced my dad and mom and I to tears. We’re so grateful for all of the assist, and for everybody who’s popping out! We hope you may proceed to unfold the phrase for our small household enterprise. My dad and mom are the toughest staff I do know, and I simply need happiness and good well being for them. Please bear in mind to be affected person, as they’re the one ones working!
Explaining that he was stunned by his daughter’s video, Vuong admitted that the second she captured was one in all disappointment.
She stunned me lots. I didn’t know she did that. But it surely’s a reality. How come at nighttime no one dines in? It’s so tense. We often shut at 9, however now we shut at 7:30 as a result of you may’t afford to pay PG&E gasoline and electrical and all that and you can not wait for patrons.
The Lee household first opened their restaurant in 2003. Lee’s mother, Ha Tran, is the top chef, whereas her father additionally cooks and serves. Her older sister labored on the restaurant for years earlier than she turned a nurse.
As for the 21-year-old, she additionally labored on the household enterprise all all through highschool. The household expressed hope that they will maintain the success they’ve found via TikTok.