According to Lao Dong, the Long Chat restaurant in Ho Chi Minh City (268 Hong Lac, Tan Binh District) has closed, with a signboard advertising "for rent". In front of this location, there are also thank you and apologize letters to customers.
Accordingly, the store said it had faced a serious media crisis. Many information on social networks including photos and videos that have been edited and unverified have spread at a dizzying speed, causing consequences such as many orders being placed and canceled, many comments being personal attacks. The personnel were psychologically affected and had to take a temporary leave, and their families and staff were in a state of insecurity. The 268 Hong Lac facility was forced to stop operations.
Long Chat restaurant was once noticed for a video of a 40 m long, 5.8 kg feather car (a type of feather - the young intestines of pigs).
This video later caused controversy about authenticity, many people thought it was just a trick to attract customers and suspected that this cigarette butter was pheped from the normal pig's intestines and soaked in harmful chemicals.
Previously, on May 22, Ms. Pham Khanh Phong Lan - Director of the Department of Food Safety of Ho Chi Minh City said that the Department had organized an inspection team division and made a list of establishments promoting cigarette butts for simultaneous inspection. Long Chat Quan is inspected by Team 6 in charge of Tan Binh area.
At the time of inspection, Long Chat restaurant announced that the cigarette butts were out of stock, so the authorities could not collect samples for testing. Some other inspected establishments later gave similar reasons.
