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I feel bad for the Chinese place next door

  1. 2019-12-08 at 11:18 PM UTC
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    Ghost Black Hole
    I never see anyone in there, it's always empty but there are always Uber eats couriers. We order from them over an app and just pick it up but I feel bad

    In the future restaurants wont exist it will just be kitchens making things for delivery, probably by robots



    https://www.newyorker.com/culture/annals-of-gastronomy/are-delivery-apps-killing-restaurants
  2. 2019-12-08 at 11:28 PM UTC
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    aldra JIDF Controlled Opposition
    "annals of gastronomy" is possibly the worst name for anything ever
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  3. 2019-12-09 at 12:35 AM UTC
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    MexicanMasterRace Black Hole
    Is the food good? What do you get?
  4. 2019-12-09 at 1:21 AM UTC
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    the man who put it in my hood Black Hole [miraculously counterclaim my golf]
    It's pretty good, they make big ass soup with huge slices of beef and tripe and shit

    We got kung pow chicken, low mein and pork buns. I like their wonton soup as well
  5. 2019-12-09 at 6:16 AM UTC
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    MexicanMasterRace Black Hole
    Originally posted by the man who put it in my hood It's pretty good, they make big ass soup with huge slices of beef and tripe and shit

    We got kung pow chicken, low mein and pork buns. I like their wonton soup as well

    Mmm beef noodle.

    I go to a taiwanese place that puts crispy intestine in it. That's the good stuff.
  6. 2019-12-09 at 6:24 AM UTC
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    The Self Taught Man Black Hole
    Originally posted by aldra "annals of gastronomy" is possibly the worst name for anything ever

    Lol
  7. 2019-12-10 at 12:39 AM UTC
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    The Self Taught Man Black Hole
    Originally posted by MexicanMasterRace Mmm beef noodle.

    I go to a taiwanese place that puts crispy intestine in it. That's the good stuff.

    You and those damn intestines...
  8. 2019-12-10 at 1:56 AM UTC
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    STER0S Space Nigga [the disappointingly unanticipated slab]
    yo nigga how's their chow mein?
  9. 2019-12-10 at 2:09 AM UTC
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    the man who put it in my hood Black Hole [miraculously counterclaim my golf]
    It was good they put whole Chilis and gave us a bunch of chili sauce
  10. 2019-12-10 at 4:50 AM UTC
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    MexicanMasterRace Black Hole
    Originally posted by Solstice You and those damn intestines…

    It's full of flavor and has a great firm texture. Just like my penis.
  11. 2019-12-10 at 6:24 AM UTC
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    Ghost Black Hole
    I just remembered how good those pork buns were
  12. 2019-12-10 at 12:07 PM UTC
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    AngryIVer African Astronaut [my jade controlled morrigan]
    Why? They make the same amount of money and don't have to pander to anyone within the store. They're saving hella money not having to wash a shit load of plates, clean tables constantly, et cetera.


    That's like this Chinese place in Red Wing, Minnesota. NEVER see anyone there, the decor is straight out of the 80s/early 90s, but the food is amazing and you can call the order in for pickup, and the lady is VERY good with faces so she'll remember your name after a few times. I always wondered how they stayed open until I realized it's probably 70% called in orders, 20% lunch buffet (It's only like 1-3pm M-F), and 10% actual sit down orders.
  13. 2019-12-10 at 2:31 PM UTC
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    the man who put it in my hood Black Hole [miraculously counterclaim my golf]
    I dunno I just feel like it would suck to want to open a restaurant in the early 2000s and have it be really popular and hire people and be busy and then 20 years later all you do is bag takeout orders and sit there on your phone checking Facebook or whatever

    I imagine I would get amazing service if i went there to eat but since it's next door I don't see the point unless they wanna give me a good deal on drinks or something
  14. 2019-12-10 at 3:07 PM UTC
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    MexicanMasterRace Black Hole
    Originally posted by the man who put it in my hood I dunno I just feel like it would suck to want to open a restaurant in the early 2000s and have it be really popular and hire people and be busy and then 20 years later all you do is bag takeout orders and sit there on your phone checking Facebook or whatever

    I imagine I would get amazing service if i went there to eat but since it's next door I don't see the point unless they wanna give me a good deal on drinks or something

    Don't feel too bad, most of those are operated through the Chinese state, who send people over to open and work at Chinese restaurants. Ask them where they're from and I guarantee you'll find a lot of people from Fujian and the Hangzhou/Shanghai area where they recruit people for this. That's why Chinese places seemingly always have the same generic names and same exact Canton style shit on the menu.

    The Taiwanese place I go to actually has, you know, actual Taiwanese food on the menu. The double sausage with that distinct sweet chilli sauce, tea eggs, crispy fried chicken skin, rice towers. The owners are from Taiwan. You'd think these Chinese places would have more regional stuff with China being such a massive place. But its always the same greasy generic shit.
  15. 2019-12-10 at 3:23 PM UTC
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    the man who put it in my hood Black Hole [miraculously counterclaim my golf]
    Yes I know chinese food restaurants aren't authentic Chinese food and taco bells isn't real mexican cuisine
  16. 2019-12-10 at 3:35 PM UTC
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    -SpectraL coward [the spuriously bluish-lilac bushman]
    Sometimes that happens when they get caught selling cat meat.
  17. 2019-12-10 at 8:32 PM UTC
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    MexicanMasterRace Black Hole
    Originally posted by the man who put it in my hood Yes I know chinese food restaurants aren't authentic Chinese food and taco bells isn't real mexican cuisine

    Not even what I was saying retard. I'm saying don't feel bad about a CCP owned restaurant going under.
  18. 2019-12-10 at 8:37 PM UTC
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    stl1 Cum Lickin' Fagit
    Originally posted by the man who put it in my hood Yes I know chinese food restaurants aren't authentic Chinese food and taco bells isn't real mexican cuisine



    Say it ain't so!

    lol
  19. 2019-12-10 at 9:39 PM UTC
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    Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country Dark Matter [my scoffingly uncritical tinning]
    Originally posted by MexicanMasterRace Not even what I was saying retard. I'm saying don't feel bad about a CCP owned restaurant going under.

    §m£ÂgØL thinks that Chinese restaurant owners are communist spies.
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  20. 2019-12-16 at 12:37 PM UTC
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    AngryIVer African Astronaut [my jade controlled morrigan]
    Originally posted by the man who put it in my hood I dunno I just feel like it would suck to want to open a restaurant in the early 2000s and have it be really popular and hire people and be busy and then 20 years later all you do is bag takeout orders and sit there on your phone checking Facebook or whatever

    I imagine I would get amazing service if i went there to eat but since it's next door I don't see the point unless they wanna give me a good deal on drinks or something

    See, I think that's the dream. You go from having to bust ass and please people to getting paid simply because your food is the best. No more bussing tables, no more fake smiling at the Karen on table 3, et cetera. Like the good Chinese place in Red Wing is ran by a husband and wife, that's it. No additional staff. I've done work on their house, and it's not a cracker-box by any means, and is in a better part of town, plus they take month long trips every year, so I know they gotta be doing okay basically selling nothing but takeout.
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