Vietnamese police summon noodle seller who imitated Salt Bae

Bui Tuan Lam’s video came days after minister was filmed eating Turkish chef’s golden steak

Police in Vietnam have summoned a beef noodle seller who filmed himself imitating Nusret Gökçe, or “Salt Bae”, days after a top Vietnamese official was caught on camera eating gold-encrusted steak at the Turkish celebrity chef’s London restaurant.

Bui Tuan Lam, 38, from the central city of Danang, said his intention in making the video, which shows him ceremoniously slicing boiled beef and flamboyantly sprinkling green onions into a bowl of noodle soup, was not to mock any particular individual.

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Source: The Guardian