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A transgender girl in HCMC “Singing and pounding” sells 600kg papaya salad/per day
With the form of selling food with entertainment services, Ty Thy’s papaya salad shop (living in Ho Chi Minh City) is always full of customers.
“I invite you to eat while enjoying my song,” said Ty Thy, holding the microphone, with the other hand scrolling through the phone to find the lyrics. Around 16:00, the ground floor area of the restaurant was almost full, guests came in and out continuously.
Ty Thy talks almost all the time, she chats with customers, greets livestream followers. At one point, she stopped for about 15 minutes to sing to the customers sitting in the bar. After finishing work, Ty Thy returned to the kitchen to pound papaya to make salad.
Ty Thy (34 years old), a native of Cambodia, once emerged as an online phenomenon through the video “just pounding the salad and chatting” in 2019. The funny, charming and honest way of talking made the transgender girl receive much attention. Only a few months later, with the support of customers, Ty Thy opened the first salad shop.
After many conversions, Ty Thy restaurant in District 6, Ho Chi Minh City is a place that attracts many diners, reaching 600kg of papaya salad a day, up to 1 quintal during peak times. The papaya salad is made in Thai style, including shredded green papaya, combined with three aspects, dried shrimp, added laksa leaves, peanuts… Notably, Thai sauce has a sour and sweet taste. Spicy creates harmony for the dish.
This dish requires the ingredients to soak up the spices evenly, forcing Ty Thy to pound her hands evenly. She almost had to stand for 10 hours to manipulate the ingredients in the mortar. When brought out to diners, the papaya is soaked in the sauce but not crushed.
Currently, the menu has been expanded from 20-30 snacks such as burnt rice, seasoned fish sauce, pickled ca na, chicken feet, shrimp with Thai sauce… However, papaya salad is still the featured dish of choice. Most.
This restaurant is not for people who do not like noise. Customers coming to the shop for the first time will be “bounced” by the music from the speakers that are always on at full capacity, almost unable to hear what the person next to them is saying.
When the music stops, Ty Thy will hold the microphone to chat and interact with customers. She constantly makes jokes, greeting people to keep the atmosphere lively. The form of a restaurant combined with serving entertainment for guests is popular in Thailand.
Even some restaurants in the center of Bangkok also recruit handsome male waiters, wearing unique costumes to sing, take pictures and perform music for guests.
Similarly, at the restaurant, Ty Thy always creates a lively atmosphere through music and conversation. At the same time, she also regularly livestreams, recording scenes of enjoying dishes such as vermicelli, boiled snails, chicken curry, fried beef balls… The transgender girl describes each taste and deliciousness in detail. of food for diners.
Mr. Duc Tien (29 years old, living in District 8, Ho Chi Minh City) came to the shop for the second time. He said the salad restaurant has a good taste, the sweetness is quite obvious, different from Thailand, mainly sour and spicy. At the same time, the shop is also quite cheap, about 60,000 to 100,000 VND, depending on the dish that the customer chooses.($1=24,000 VND)
“Many people enter the shop to want to take pictures with Ty Thy. However, for diners who just want to eat, drink and chat with each other, this is not a good choice. Because, the shop is quite noisy, difficult to exchange. with the person next to you,” he said.
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