Owner with phobia for popularity and millions of online fans warns diners their life ‘will become hard’ if they promote his restaurant
2-MIN READ2-MIN ListenFran Luin BeijingPublished: 2:00pm, 13 Apr 2026A Chinese diner has gone viral after its owner rejected the trappings of popularity, mirroring a so-called lying flat attitude adopted by many youngsters in the country.
The chicken pot restaurant in Foshan, Guangdong province, southern China recently attracted unprecedented traffic. It once had over 200 groups of customers waiting for more than three hours.
The diner specialises in combining chicken pot with Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) herbs, but that is not why it went viral.
The main reason was the owner’s peculiar rejection of popularity.
Surnamed Mo, the eatery boss tried his best to stop vloggers promoting his business.
