Takeaway overwhelmed with demand after going viral with 'outrageous' £20 share box

The owners of a Chinese takeaway in Old Trafford say they have been selling out of one of their popular menu items every day since going viral for an ‘absolutely outrageous’ box of food on social media earlier this month.

Gemini, on Seymour Grove, has been overwhelmed with orders after a customer took to X to share their order of a huge box of food containing fried rice, chips, prawn toast, salt and pepper chicken, salt and pepper chicken wings, BBQ ribs, crispy chilli shredded chicken, mini spring rolls, fried rice, chips and prawn toast for just £20.50.

Owner Hua, who opened Gemini last year, said the Chinese takeaway has sold more than 500 of the boxes since the post was made on October 19. The post from Bobbi Hadgraft, which has been liked more than 14,000 times and viewed more than three million times, said: “Just got this Chinese share box for 20 quid. Absolutely outrageous.”

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“Perfection," one follower replied. Another wrote: "The way it’s called a “Share box” but I know for a fact I’d scran that whole thing on my own."

Speaking about demand since the viral post, Hua said they have been swept off their feet. “It has been so crazy,” she told the M.E.N. “We had to stop taking orders on Friday and Saturday because we had too many orders.

“Everything is made fresh so when it is sold out, it is sold out. But we have received such nice messages from people about the food - lots of people tell us how good it is and I think it is very generous and good value for money.”

In fact, Hua says that they have had people trying to order