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· Ziye Wang
Thai Restaurant Owner Hilariously Lets Customers Know They’re Open During Ice Storm
Crazy weather conditions may be wreaking havoc on businesses up and down the East Coast, but one resilient little Thai restaurant made it known that a bit of ice and cold wouldn’t be sputtering their engine anytime soon. Despite a dangerous ice storm that forced many schools and…
· Ziye Wang
San Mateo Restaurant Owner Refuses to Serve Customers With MAGA Hats, Sparks Debate
A San Mateo restaurant owner who announced that he would not serve customers wearing a “Make America Great Again” hat has apologized and rescinded his comments after a flurry of controversy. Kenji López-Alt, a celebrated cookbook author who runs Wursthall Restaurant & Beerhaus,…
· Carl Samson
Gordon Ramsay to Open an ‘Authentic Asian’ Restaurant Led By a Non-Asian Chef
Gordon Ramsay will open an “authentic Asian” restaurant in London this summer. “Lucky Cat,” located in Grosvenor Square, Mayfair claims to be an “authentic Asian Eating House,” according to the British celebrity chef’s restaurant group.
· Khier Casino
Japanese Restaurant in Canada Put on Blast for Bizarre Height Policy
An all-you-can-eat Japanese restaurant in Ontario, Canada is in hot water after a customer took to Facebook to complain that her 12-year-old cousin had to pay adult pricing due to her height. Liz McCarthy recalled the night she and her family members went to Tokyo Maki Sushi…
· Bryan Ke
A Pho Restaurant Just Became the First OC Restaurant Awarded with the James Beard Award
Pho 79, a Vietnamese restaurant in Garden Grove, California best known for its oxtail soup, is the first restaurant in Orange County to be awarded the prestigious James Beard Foundation. The restaurant was one of the five winners of this year’s America’s Classics Award,…
· Bryan Ke
New Zealand Restaurant With Racist Menu Closes Down After Being Exposed by the Media
Bamboozle Oriental Kitchen, which earned notoriety last year for its incredibly racist menu item names, is one of several restaurants in the Christchurch area in New Zealand that are closing down. Bamboozle oriential Kitchen in Christchurch, NZ. Another example of casual racism…
· Ryan General
Meet the Children of Immigrants Who Grew Up in Their Parents’ Chinese Restaurants
A fascinating new feature by BBC Stories sheds light on the children of Chinese immigrants from Hong Kong who moved to the United Kingdom in the 1950s to begin a new life. Many of them started small restaurants for their livelihood, creating a generation, or two, of kids who…
· Bryan Ke
Third Victim in New York Buffet Restaurant Hammer Attack Dies
A third victim in the gruesome hammer attack that took place at a Brooklyn restaurant in New York earlier this month has reportedly died. Council member for the 48th District of the New York City Council, Chaim Deutsch, confirmed the death of the third victim on…
· Bryan Ke
Japanese Restaurant Unleashes 3-Pound, 6,000-Calorie Sushi Pizza
A Japanese restaurant has just released a limited-time ehomaki (luxury sushi roll) that is definitely not what you would expect – it has pizza as a topping. This ehomaki, called Akuma no Ehomaki or “Devil’s Ehomaki,” is being served at the restaurant chain Amataro and is only…
· Jin Hyun
White-Owned Pho Restaurant That Tried to Trademark The Word ‘Pho’ Under Fire For ‘Vegan Pho’
A pho restaurant chain owned by Stephen and Juliette Wall in the U.K. went viral in 2013 for trademarking the word “pho” and attempting to sue a smaller Vietnamese business who used the word in their name. Recently, the White-owned Vietnamese restaurant has come under fire again…
· Bryan Ke
Banana Nutella Xiao Long Bao is a Thing at a Restaurant in NYC
Xiao long bao, also known as XLB or soup dumplings, typically holds soup and meat wrapped in white dough, but a restaurant in Queens has turned the traditional dumpling into a dessert. Kung Fu Xiao Long Bao, a Chinese restaurant located in the neighborhood of Flushing in Queens,…
· Khier Casino
French-Vietnamese Restaurant Forced to Remove ‘Offensive’ ‘Pho Keene Great’ Sign
A city in New Hampshire is not too keen on the name of a new pho restaurant that is intended to be a play on words. Pho Keene Great had displayed a small sign featuring its name, which is a play on both the Vietnamese dish pho and the name of the town, Kron 4 reported.
· Carl Samson
Waiters Must Be ‘Ivy League’ Graduates to Make $29,000 a Year at This Hot Pot Restaurant
A new hot pot restaurant in eastern China requires waiters to hold degrees from the country’s “Ivy League” universities. In its announcement, the restaurant specifies that it seeks 10 waiters who are graduates of “985” schools — top-tier institutions such as Peking, Tsinghua and…
· Bryan Ke
‘Bizarre Foods’ Host Fired After Calling Chinese Restaurants in the Midwest ‘Horsesh*t’
Andrew Zimmern, a celebrity chef and host of “Bizarre Foods” on the Travel Channel, has reportedly been fired following calling Midwest Chinese-American restaurants “horsesh*t.” Sources close to the matter confirmed to Page Six that filming on “Bizarre Foods” and its sister…
· Carl Samson
Suspected Thief Gets Stuck in Bay Area Chinese Restaurant’s Grease Vent for 2 Days
A man suspected of trying to break into a Chinese restaurant in San Lorenzo, California ended up stuck in its grease vent for two days. The man, standing 5 feet and 9 inches (175.26 centimeters), stripped off his jacket and slid down the vent, which immobilized him into a…
· Carl Samson
NYC Restaurant Accused of Cultural Appropriation With ‘American Food’ Dumplings
A restaurant in Brooklyn has been accused of cultural appropriation for serving dim sum based on American diner classics. Brooklyn Chop House, located at 150 Nassau St., offers cheeseburger shumai, pastrami dumplings, and French onion soup dumplings, to name a few.
· Bryan Ke
‘Bizarre Foods’ Host Apologizes After Calling Midwest Chinese Restaurants ‘Horsesh*t’
The host of American television food show “Bizarre Foods” publicly apologized after he described Chinese restaurants in the Midwestern United States as “horsesh*t.” While promoting his restaurant Lucky Cricket in Minneapolis, Minnesota, Andrew Zimmern discussed cultural…
· Carl Samson
Comedian Sparks Outrage After Claiming to Find a Skinned ‘Cat’ Behind Chinese Restaurant
An internet comedian has come under fire after posting a racist joke that shows him finding a skinned “cat” at the back of a Chinese restaurant. The comedian, who goes by the username @marvinbarrycomedy, posted the disturbing video on Instagram ahead of Thanksgiving.
· Ryan General
Instagrammer Mocks Chinese Restaurant Owners With Racist Jokes About Eating Cats
An aspiring comedian from Baltimore sparked outrage on social media after posting two videos showing him mocking two Chinese restaurant owners. Anthony Williams, who calls himself “Cool Ant,” recorded two shop owners on video while asking if they were selling cats on their menu.
· Ryan General
Malaysian Restaurant Charges Extra to Rude Customers and Tourists
A Malaysian restaurant’s no-nonsense approach to rude customers has earned respect from netizens after images of its posters went viral online. For starters, this eatery “Piao Xing Claypot Chicken Rice” in Johor Bahru, Malaysia, adds an extra 10 Malaysian Ringgit ($2.50) fee on…