\u201cMy mum\u2019s Chinese restaurant is dying,\u201d Scottish-born Chinese actor Lisa He says, recording herself speaking as she walks down a street in Edinburgh. \u201cAnd I have three months to save it.\u201d<\/p>\n
He posted the video to her social media account in April 2026, detailing the problems that have plagued her family\u2019s restaurant, from the uninviting exterior to the colossal, outdated menu. The post has been viewed more than 16 million times on Instagram and TikTok.<\/p>\n
After her video went viral, comments flooded in, with viewers offering advice to slim down the menu and update the ordering system.<\/p>\n
It was not long before customers came to visit, including major food influencers such as Eating with Tod<\/a>, flying in from around the UK to promote the business.<\/p>\n \u201cI could see how hard my mum was working and I wanted to do anything to help,\u201d says He, who had been living in London for the past five years. \u201cI posted out of desperation, but I never expected it to blow up in the way it did. I\u2019m just figuring it out as I go along.\u201d<\/p>\n Feeding a family