Efexeye posted:

it's telling how there are so few 'after' pictures of the deliciously-carpaccio-seeming meat actually cooked. it's waterlogged, skinny sliced beef with all the fat rendered out. the plate i posted? each piece results in one bite.

the promise is



the reality is

Efexeye posted:

at least at the one i ate at, you got individual pots of water, they said health code wouldn't allow one big pot for everyone to marinate their chopsticks and poo poo in, maybe that's the difference

bring back old gbs posted:

idk what the hell i thought it was now. I honestly thought it was a cast iron pan over a heat source with a suuuuuper shallow layer of oil and u barely touch the meat to the oil to cook it, just for like a second.


but the google image pics are like:

and u soak the stuff in it and it doesnt even look hot enough to cook ur stuff, though im sure it is

hakimashou posted:

I don't think I ever had bad hot pot, but the best hot pot I ever had was donkey meat hot pot at the donkey restaurant.

They also made donkey blood rice in a stone pot, both were phenomenal.

天上龙肉
地上驴肉

P-Mack posted:

天上龍拳
地上馿拳

The New York Times posted:

BEIJING — For weeks, the mixed martial arts fighter Xu Xiaodong had been taunting masters of the traditional Chinese martial arts, dismissing them as overly commercialized frauds, and challenging them to put up or shut up.

After one of them — Wei Lei, a practitioner of the “thunder style” of tai chi — accepted the challenge, Mr. Xu flattened him in about 10 seconds.

Mr. Xu may have proved his point, but he was unprepared for the ensuing outrage.

When video of the drubbing went viral, many Chinese were deeply offended by what they saw as an insult to a cornerstone of traditional Chinese culture.

The state-run Chinese Wushu Association posted a statement on its website saying the fight “violates the morals of martial arts.” The Chinese Boxing Association issued similar criticism. Continue reading the main story

An article by Xinhua, the state news agency, called Mr. Xu a “crazy guy,” saying that the fight had caused people to question whether Chinese martial arts were of any use and even to ask, “What exactly are traditional Chinese martial arts?”

The reaction has been so furious that Mr. Xu has gone into hiding.
“I’ve lost everything, my career and everything,” he said in a message circulating online. “I think many people misunderstand me. I’m fighting fraudulence, but now I’ve become the target.”

Many people around the world assumed that this debate had long been settled. Mixed martial arts fighters have for years held exhibition fights against practitioners of traditional martial arts — kung fu, karate and judo among them. The old ways, for all their balletic grace, lost decisively.

Known broadly as wushu, traditional Chinese martial arts include such disparate disciplines as qigong, categorized as an “internal” practice that is mostly spiritual, and kung fu, an “external” art that is practiced by the monks of the Shaolin Temple and was popularized around the world by Bruce Lee. There are hundreds of styles of wushu in China, and many overlap.

Tai chi, while a martial art, is viewed by many today as a spiritual breathing and balance exercise enjoyed by people of all ages, usually performed in slow motion in a quiet park instead of a fight ring.

Mixed martial arts, or M.M.A., is a “no-holds-barred” fighting style developed over the last century from fighting styles around the world. It began to gain popularity in the United States in the 1980s. While it is violent, it does have rules — including no biting, spitting or gouging.

The fight between Mr. Xu and Mr. Wei was brutal. As Mr. Wei circled slowly, arms outstretched in a calm tai chi defense, Mr. Xu lunged, jabbed him to the floor, then used a “ground and pound” technique to subdue him. It was all over in about 10 seconds.

Mr. Xu did not respond to a request for an interview sent to his personal Weibo account a few days after the fight on April 27. Shortly afterward, his account was taken down as the authorities rushed to try to tamp down the controversy.
A woman reached by telephone at the Battle Club in southeast Beijing, where Mr. Xu works, said he was not giving interviews. She declined to give her name.

On Wednesday morning, the door of the Battle Club, in the dingy basement of a high-rise, was locked. Photographs of Mr. Xu and other M.M.A. fighters decorated the walls of the stairwell.

An electrician lingering by a cigarette shop at the top of the stairs said he practiced wushu and had come to check out the club after hearing about the controversy. He said that Mr. Xu had been right to pose his challenge, even though it had infuriated people.

“No one can avoid fighting,’’ said the man, who gave only his surname, Lian, and a social media username, Ruyi.

He said defenders of the traditional martial arts were incensed that Mr. Xu had dared to say that they staged impressive performances but were ineffective fighters and that, by doing so, he had threatened their livelihoods.
Yet Mr. Xu’s ultra-aggressive assault on his tai chi rival had missed an important point, Mr. Lian added.

“The key difference between what Mr. Xu does and martial arts is that martial arts isn’t a competitive sport,’’ he said. “It’s not about really hurting. It’s about giving your opponent ‘face.’ And Mr. Xu’s style is about beating your opponent to near death.”

Fojar38 posted:

saying that the fight had caused people to question whether Chinese martial arts were of any use and even to ask, “What exactly are traditional Chinese martial arts?” 

Efexeye posted:

i live in the LA area and had a buddy who I took for revolving sushi and korean bbq so he thought we'd try his favorite, shabu-shabu. I'm with Haier, man, $95 for dinner for 3 people and you walk out still hungry?

guess it's different in china

Grand Fromage posted:

Shabu shabu in Korea is like $15 a person for a really expensive one. And you're so stuffed you can't move afterwards.

quote:

“The key difference between what Mr. Xu does and martial arts is that martial arts isn’t a competitive sport,’’ he said. “It’s not about really hurting. It’s about giving your opponent ‘face.’ And Mr. Xu’s style is about beating your opponent to near death.”

Outrail posted:

Why are people getting so worked up about something that's pretty obvious? Martial arts are cool but not so great in an actual fight.

Fojar38 posted:

being ineffective at things is an integral part of chinese culture

Tupperwarez posted:

Also, I saw a river crab once, such harmonious creatures.

quote:

He said defenders of the traditional Chinese hot pot were incensed that goons had dared to say that hot pot shops staged impressive displays of ingredients but were ineffective as food and that, by doing so, he had threatened their immersion.
Yet Haier's ultra-aggressive assault on his hot pot rivals had missed an important point, goons added.

“The key difference between what Haier calls food and hot pot is that hot pot isn’t something you're supposed to taste,’’ he said. “It’s not about really eating. It’s about sitting with people, and Mr. Haier's style is about being satisfied with the food you eat.”

Moonshine Rhyme posted:

A definitive quote

BONGHITZ posted:

Do you drink the boiling water?

hakimashou posted:

http://www.gq.com/story/donald-trump-exercise

""He considers exercise misguided, arguing that a person, like a battery, is born with a finite amount of energy.""

He really is the First Chinese President.

hakimashou posted:

http://www.gq.com/story/donald-trump-exercise

""He considers exercise misguided, arguing that a person, like a battery, is born with a finite amount of energy.""

He really is the First Chinese President.

LentThem posted:

didnt neil armstrong say a similar thing about heartbeats

though he did have blocked coronary arteries and died at 82

Pirate Radar posted:

Imagine how long he would have lived though if he had avoided exciting activities like flying to the loving moon in a giant rocket

Fojar38 posted:

LentThem posted:

didnt neil armstrong say a similar thing about heartbeats

though he did have blocked coronary arteries and died at 82

Devils Affricate posted:

Do you guys remember how back in the 70s and 80s people thought pro wrestling was real? Traditional martial arts is China's WWE and over there it is still the 80s.

Outrail posted:

Why are people getting so worked up about something that's pretty obvious? Martial arts are cool but not so great in an actual fight.