The noodle shop in the movie Mai was so crowded that it had to close 4 hours early.

Giai Ky noodle shop (District 5, Ho Chi Minh City) appeared in the movie 'Mai' just reopened after Tet holiday and was crowded with customers, many TikTokers came to film videos, customers waited for quite a long time for the food. The shop is open from 4 pm to 3 am but on the first day had to close 4 hours early because it was out of stock.

At 4:00 p.m. on February 21, 2024 (January 11), Giai Ky noodle shop (451 Tran Phu Street, District 5, Ho Chi Minh City) had just reopened after the Lunar New Year holiday and was packed with customers. This is the Chinese noodle shop that appeared in Tran Thanh's movie Mai, chosen by the two characters Mai and Sau for a late-night meal.

*The mixed noodle dish that makes the audience watching the movie Mai... crave*

In real life, this is also a rare noodle shop that opens all night in District 5, from 4pm to 3am the next morning, and is often visited by Tran Thanh, Anh Duc, and Vu Linh, according to the shop owner. The strong effect from the movie not only attracts the curiosity of diners, but many young people who own culinary channels on TikTok cannot ignore this place.

*The actual space of the restaurant is quite small compared to the image filmed in Mai movie.*

The noodle shop impresses with its two main dishes: mixed dry noodle and fresh wonton. That is, the owner will make wontons as customers order. These are also two dishes introduced in the movie Mai. Most customers who come here also order these two dishes with a bottle of sarsaparilla, which is the right thing to do. The small shop can only accommodate about 4 dining tables inside, and the 4 siblings in the family work tirelessly but still cannot keep up with the sudden increase in customers. As the evening progresses, more and more customers arrive, and the owner has to arrange cars for customers without having time to catch his breath.

*The owner has been working non-stop since opening at 4 p.m.*

The owner said that since the second day of Tet this year, after the movie premiered, the restaurant has been flooded with regular and new customers coming to support. Before that, in the middle of last year, the film crew contacted Mr. Cuong's family to come and film.

*Customers flocked to the restaurant on the first day it reopened.*

Ms. Huynh Boi Tran (71 years old), Cuong's mother, said that this restaurant was opened by her husband and wife nearly 40 years ago, then left to their son to inherit for nearly 10 years now. Among the many supportive customers, Tran Thanh is one of the restaurant's regular customers, and is also one of the reasons why the restaurant has the opportunity to appear in this film. A bowl of dry noodle soup costs 45,000 VND, the taste is not too different from other Chinese noodle soup restaurants, however, perhaps because it is open all night and the price is reasonable, the restaurant has long been a familiar choice for many people. On the first day of reopening after Tet, due to the large number of customers, by 12:30 pm the restaurant had almost finished cleaning up and stopped accepting customers.

Normally the shop opens until 3-4am, thanks to the effect of Tran Thanh's movie Mai, at 12:30pm the shop owner cleared away the tables and chairs, stopping accepting customers on the first day of reopening.

Many people who came to eat late at night were disappointed and left after receiving a shake of the head from the owner. It is predicted that in the coming days, the restaurant will continue to be crowded with customers as content creators continuously come to share images and information about the restaurant on social networks.

Thanhnien.vn

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