Noodle vendor who parodied Salt Bae jailed in Vietnam for ‘anti-state propaganda’
by Agence France-Presse from World news | The Guardian on (#6BX4P)
Peter Lam Bui posted his video after a Vietnamese official visited the celebrity chef's London steakhouse
A Vietnam court has jailed a noodle seller who went viral for impersonating celebrity chef Salt Bae, after the restaurateur served a gold-leaf steak to a powerful official, his lawyer said.
In 2021, Peter Lam Bui posted a parody video impersonating Salt Bae - Nusret Gokce, a Turkish chef who parlayed his meme stardom into high-end eateries - by sprinkling herbs on noodle soup and calling himself Green Onion Bae".
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