This is a serious post. I'm not just a heartless douchebag.
Many children die each die from drinking contaminated water. They get diarrhea and dehydrate, lose nutrients and starve. We take water for granted in our country. With the turn of a tap, you have access to municipally treated water.
You can help by donating to these charities:
Charity:water http://www.charitywater.org/
100% of proceeds are used to fund their projects. (Tax tip: This is a US registered charity, donation slips are issued but can only be used against US income. Don't not donate because of that)
1. Do you always dine at Chinese restaurant because it is so cheap?
2. Do you find that the waiters/waitresses never smile at Chinese restaurants?
3. Do you find that the washroom is filthy or located in the most conspicuous places (i.e., near the storage area, down the stairs)?
If you answered "Yes" to any of the above questions then you are at risk of getting diarrhea. Your chances double for each "Yes" answered.
Here are the reasons:
1. In order for restaurants to serve cheap food, the cost of raw ingredients must be cost-effective. Restaurants owners will shop for the cheapest possible price. It doesn't matter where they get it, as long as it is cheap, they will buy it. Trust me, I'm Asian and I think like them.
Cheaper food means lower quality. Also, the food won't be washed properly. Water used to clean vegetables cost money. A penny saved is a penny earned. When I play video games, I am cheap too. Instead of taking the taxi in Grand Theft Auto, I carjack a sports car and drive it to my destination. If this holds true, even in a virtual world, then Asians are truly cheap people.
Anyway, as I was saying, lower quality food is more prone to harvesting bacteria culture as it may not be kept at the correct temperature (lowering temperature to save energy, thus money). Owners will hire a co-op student to clean for you because you can basically treat them like slaves.You can also blame them for everything because they are co-op students. You can also get a co-op tax credit on your tax return for hiring co-ops (only for corporations though).
2. Waiter and waitresses are paid below minimum wages. Why bother filing payroll remittances to the CRA? It is a lot of administrative hassle and the restaurant has to pay their portions of the Canada Pension Plan and Employment Insurance as well. Let's save money and just pay our workers cash. If you are paid below minimum wage, will you be happy? NO! Your other Asian fellow is driving a BMW, Mercedes, has the latest smartphone. While you bike to work and use a Nokia candy bar phone. At least it has Snakes.
Here is what Chris Rock has to say about minimum wages:
If the restaurants are paying you cash, it means that you are being paid below minimum wage, thus illegal. Chinese restaurants like to break the law.
So you will be disgruntled and treat the customers like trash. You will pick your nose in the kitchen and stick your finger in the soup bowl while serving the customer.
3. The washroom, where do I even begin? Just pick a restaurant close to home so you can do your business at your leisure while using your tablet.
To answer the title, eat at fancy and expensive Chinese restaurants, make sure the waiter/waitress is smiling when they greet you and don't use the washroom in restaurants. Or just keep reading my blog and see which restaurants are banned. (The latter is easier)
Total for 7 people after tax. Not even sure if they report the HST to CRA. Chinese mentality: extra 13% in my pockets, they can't trace cash transactions. They will receive a notice for an HST audit from the CRA soon.
Food consumed:
- Minced pork and soya paste noodle
Pictures of food consumed: (Click on image to enlarge)
Stupid me, mixed the noodles before taking a picture, a blogger's biggest mistake.
Review of Restaurant: This was all the way back in June 2012 and I am blogging about it now. Kind of hard to remember what exactly happened to me stomach. I'm judging based on my stomach's reaction to this post. So far it is emotionless, therefore I can safely conclude that this restaurant did not scar my stomach. Or simply, that my stomach's memory was suppressed. Also, two other people had the same meal as me and did not complain.
What if the restaurants' owners discover my secret identity?
- Will they post pictures of me and tell their staff to be wary of me?
- Will they make me disappear?
- Will they collude together and poison me so I will stop blogging about them?
- Will I get special treatment so they appear on my safe list?
- Will they hire a hitman to take me out?
- Will they hire a Chinese spy to kidnap me, bring me to China and feed me Chinese food till I diarrhea out my instestines?
- Will they hire Bryan Mills (played by Liam Neeson)?
Time will tell. In the meantime, I can look forward to eating my next meal at Mr. Ho's house. I think I will dip all the food in alcohol for extra measure and take some Pepto-Bismol.
I never had Pepto-Bismol before. I rely on Chinese medicine. Maybe that's why it is not working.