KUALA LUMPUR: Comedian Zizan Razak who also excels as an action hero recently saved a restaurant from closing and boosted its business by merely becoming a customer.
The owner of the restaurant identified as RPC said in a TikTok video recently that his small act of kindness had a big impact on his business, as he stopped it from closing shop and "turned its fortunes around".
"The number of customers increased dramatically after a video of Zizan enjoying a meal went viral on TikTok.
"We almost decided to close this cafe several times. Unexpectedly, Zizan was the first artiste to bring his family here.
"We recorded a video of Zizan with his permission and unexpectedly it went viral on TikTok.
"After that, many customers came in, we were so delighted and moved," said the owner.
Zizan came as a regular customer who was interested in the restaurant after seeing it on TikTok.
"In the entire two years of operation, we have never had this many customers."
Netizens praised Zizan as a real life superhero whose humility, kindness and star power helped the restaurant survive and thrive.