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flameproof -



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In Dengfeng, you can refuse to pay the bill if chopsticks and bowls are dirty.

When you think about it deeply, it doesn't make much sense. If your tableware is dirty you
probably would ask for clean ones first, right? To finish your meal, then complain and not pay
would be a bit strange, and you would certainly not get away with it if I had a restaurant.



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liuzhou -



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some restaurants are selling "clean" pack of chopsticks and bowls. Every time you use it, you'll
be charged RMB2.

They must have seen you coming! They only cost ¥1 round here!

Anyway, it won't be long till someone gets caught selling non-sterilised "sterilised"
packs.Wrapping bowls in shrinkwrap isn't difficult.










mr.stinky -

wasn't it only recently a man in beijing was arrested for reselling disposable chopsticks
that he had repackaged....without sterilization, or even washing them?










zozzen -



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Anyway, it won't be long till someone gets caught selling non-sterilised "sterilised"
packs.Wrapping bowls in shrinkwrap isn't difficult.

Even the "sterilized" pack i bought wasn't really clean. There was a small crack in my spoon, and
in many countries that could be illegal because the rift potentially keeps dirt.

Anyone knows why these sterilized packs have been introduced? Any stories behind it?










yonglin -

imagine how much carbon dioxide and other bad things are being let out in the atmosphere when
they're transporting those bowls and chopsticks to and from the sterilization plants....










cdn_in_bj -



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Anyone knows why these sterilized packs have been introduced? Any stories behind it?

The waitress I asked said it was due to new government regulations ahead of the 08 Olympics. If
that is truly the case, then I wonder why I haven't encountered this at any other restaurants here?

I personally think it's just a way for someone/some people to make more money.










flameproof -



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There was a small crack in my spoon, and in many countries that could be illegal because the rift
potentially keeps dirt.

I had a business dinner with some Koreans a while ago. One bowl had a little porcelain chipped off
from the edge. One of the Koreans noted that this would be unthinkable for a restaurant in Korea
to serve food in a damaged plate or bowl.

We obviously have a looong way to go here in China.










zozzen -



Quote:

The waitress I asked said it was due to new government regulations ahead of the 08 Olympics. If
that is truly the case, then I wonder why I haven't encountered this at any other restaurants here?

I personally think it's just a way for someone/some people to make more money.

The waiter is possibly partly true. In most restaurants in Dengfeng, I've seen a small government
official notice that tell customers not to pay if they found dirty. It's a standard green notice,
issued by government and signed by managers of relevant restaurants.

If that were a rule really enforced and i were a restaurant manager, I would do the same to sell
sterilized pack of bowl and chopsticks to customers. If anyone complained that chopsticks are
dirty and refused to pay, I would know who I can claim loss. From what i saw, an upper market
restaurant tends to do it in my town.












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