Social Media Is Freaking Out At Salt Bae Dropping Meat Into Diner's Mouth
By Anna Gallegos
March 12, 2021
Salt Bae is at it again.
Turkish restaurateur Nusret Gökçe can still be found at his newly opened downtown Dallas restaurant. The Instagram star has gone from carving and salting steaks to dropping slices of meat in his diners mouths, and the internet can't handle it.
Twitter user @YouAdoreeShay uploaded a video taken at the Dallas eatery of Salt Bae feeding her a piece of lamb. "I waited my whole life for the moment," she wrote.
i waited my whole life for this moment 😂😍 pic.twitter.com/5DAL6VKJnZ
— 👸🏽🥀🔥 (@YouAdoreeShay) March 12, 2021
Social media users have not stopped commenting about the side eye from the man sitting next to her.
pain pic.twitter.com/rhODr0C2UV
— NBA $NIPES🦍 (@hunchosnipes) March 12, 2021
He can’t believe what he just saw 😂😂😂 pic.twitter.com/IsxG62SooF
— 🥁 (@SolooDoloDomo) March 12, 2021
When salt bae does the elbow trick vs when salt bae puts the meat in her mouth pic.twitter.com/p1Zav9GOFS
— Ev (@ev_stiles) March 12, 2021
Even Uber Eats got in on the fun.
This doesn’t happen when you order in. Just saying.
— Uber Eats #EatLocal (@UberEats) March 12, 2021
Some social media users have commented on how they think what happened was "disrespectful."
Son that Salt Bae dude kinda disrespectful ...
— Ed Fernandez (@Ed_Mosports) March 12, 2021
It's part of Salt Bae's schtick, and he doesn't discriminate when it comes to gender. He was even caught on video dropping feeding MMA fighter Conor McGregor.
Nusr-Et Steakhouse is less about what's on the plate and more about the experience. As Brian Reinhart of the Dallas Observer noted:
The whole chain is built on the premise that there is a guy who does a thing, and you can Instagram a picture of the guy doing the thing. The thing is putting salt on food in a flamboyant manner. The guy is Nusret Gökçe, nicknamed Salt Bae, a Turkish chef and butcher who became a meme for his salting technique and has been cashing in ever since.
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