A TikToker in China has recreated Mullet Review’s buffet videos so closely that the original responded with “99% accurate,” turning a viral American format inside out across the Pacific.
I Am Happy Tour has posted two videos inspired by Mullet Review’s style, including her own version of his ongoing challenge to eat at buffets until he gets food poisoning. The creator is using the same numbered plates, price checks, and recurring jokes that made Mullet Review famous.
Mullet Review’s response proves he noticed.
Mullet Review’s Format
Mullet Review built a massive following with his buffet reviews, which follow a recurring format. He checks restaurant ratings, reveals the price of each meal, works his way through numbered plates, and eventually gives each location a score.
His original challenge sees him visit Asian buffets until he gets food poisoning, documenting each stop and rating the restaurants along the way. The series has developed several recurring jokes, including his search for pizza at buffets, bathroom checks, numbered plates, and frequent references to crab rangoons.
Day One of the Foreign Restaurant Run
I Am Happy Tour’s first video is titled “eating at every foreign restaurant I can until my future husband shows up.” She says at the start of the video, “This is day one eating at every foreign restaurant until my future husband shows up.”
She runs through several elements familiar to Mullet Review viewers. She reveals that the meal cost $13.43 “for two people” and numbers each plate as she eats. She also recreates several recurring lines and jokes from his videos.
At one point, she asks, “Where is the f*cking pizza?” while inspecting the food. That line is a direct nod to Mullet Review’s own search for pizza at buffets.
Real Mullet Responds
Mullet Review himself found the video and commented, “99% accurate.” I Am Happy Tour responded, “Real mullet is here.”
One viewer commented, “This is how we unite nations.” Another wrote, “Okay, I’m absolutely following… for two people.”
The Buffet Challenge Goes to Chengdu
I Am Happy Tour followed up with an even more direct recreation, launching “day one” of “eating at every buffet in China I can until I get food poisoning.” She filmed the second video at a buffet in Chengdu, China, where she said the meal cost $12.23 for one person.
Following Mullet Review’s format, she inspected the buffet, loaded up multiple plates, and even remembered to check the restaurant’s bathroom. She repeated “Where is the f**king pizza?” and referenced his recurring crab rangoon joke by declaring, “There is no rangoon. We cannot goon today.”
The Chengdu video keeps the same structure and humor as the original, just applied to Chinese buffets instead of Asian ones.
What Makes This Work
The recreation works because Mullet Review’s format is highly structured. Here is what it takes to pull off a faithful remake:
- Numbered plates, one per dish.
- Price check at the beginning of each meal.
- Bathroom inspection during Dexerto’s review.
- Search for pizza at buffets.
- Recurring jokes like the crab rangoon reference.
I Am Happy Tour hit all five in both videos, which is why Mullet Review called it “99% accurate.” The remaining 1% is cultural context — the original’s challenge is about Asian buffets, while the recreation is about foreign restaurants and Chinese buffets.
Why This Matters
Mullet Review’s format crossed the Pacific without losing its shape. A Chinese creator took a specific American food review style and rebuilt it, joke by joke, and the original creator noticed immediately.
The response from Mullet Review — “99% accurate” — is a kind of validation. It says the format holds up, even when it is used in a completely different market.
The engagement from viewers, with comments like “This is how we unite nations,” shows the joke lands on both sides of the ocean. People recognize the pattern, even when the content changes.
This is a small story, but it is a charming one. It is a TikToker in China taking an American food review format and making it their own, with the original creator noticing and responding.
It is also a reminder that the internet moves fast. A video that gains attention in one country can be imitated in another within days, and the original creator can respond to that imitation before it fades.
The format survives the trip across the Pacific. That is a small victory for a big idea.
For anyone who follows Mullet Review, this is a fun little story about how his format traveled. For anyone who follows I Am Happy Tour, it is a story about how she took a specific style and made it her own.
It is a story about the global nature of internet culture, where a format invented in one place can be copied halfway across the world and still feel recognizable. And it is a story about how creators respond to each other. Mullet Review noticed the recreation and commented on it, which is a small but meaningful sign of recognition.
In the end, the story is simple. A TikToker in China saw a format she liked, copied it faithfully, and got a response from the original creator. The format survived the trip across the Pacific, and the joke held up.
It is a small story, but it is a funny one. And it is a reminder that the internet is full of people who watch food videos and laugh at the same jokes, no matter where they live.
Source material: “Chinese TikToker starts recreating Mullet Review videos and he’s already noticed,” Dexerto.
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