For some parents, going out to dinner with a baby might be a stressful event, but for Mike Chau and his son Matthew, it's the perfect photo-op.
Chau is a popular Yelp reviewer and the Instagrammer behind @foodbabyny, an account devoted to taking pictures of delicious food.
In 2012, Chau posted his first restaurant review on Yelp, but it wasn't until 2013 — when he started including his son in the pictures — that his foodie fame began, Cosmopolitan reports.
It seems people were more interested in the cute baby in the background of the photos than the snaps of the actual meals. And it worked for Chau and his family in a big way.
Today, Chau has posted over a thousand Yelp reviews and has been approached by restaurants all over the city hoping the father-son duo will make an appearance and take a photo.
It all started when Chau posted a Yelp review of a sushi order in 2013.
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Chau's first food picture of his son occurred "almost by accident,"he told Cosmo. He was snapping a shot of a sushi take-out order for Yelp and newborn Matthew just happened to be positioned behind the table.
Since then, Chau has continued to include Matthew in his food photos.
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"Even before Food Baby became what it is, I would take pictures with him in the shot because with him in the pictures, it's funnier,"Mike told Cosmo.
His sense of humor has paid off. Today, Chau has 5,000 followers on Yelp and over 43,000 followers on Instagram.
Getting the perfect picture of both food and baby is a tricky task.
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