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I like Japanese customer service where they do your best not to interact with you at all. Order on touch screen, food comes on a little train.
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Thailand tends to fall onto the "ignore you with effort" side of things. This is mostly fine except for when you actually need something. Then it's super loving annoying. Taiwan was the best because they'll ignore you, but the beer fridge is on the customer side of the dining area so you can just go grab a bunch of bottles and the restaurant will tally them at the end of the night.
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BrigadierSensible posted:
Alberta is very close to certain aspects of the US, and being from Ontario, I found it odd how forced the faux friendly was in some places. When I was working at a private school in Calgary we'd often go out Friday afternoons for a few drinks after work. My one co-teacher always suggested "Original Joe's" because he was sure this one waitress was into him. She was a walking "tip magnet" stereotype (for guys). Close-talking small talk Laughing at everything the customer said Calling everyone sweetie/sugar Soooo much shoulder touching Mega-pushup bra + low v-necks Outright faux flirting, prolonged eye contact, biting bottom lip, Never giving your table more than three minutes of privacy. I found the place to be very annoying to be in. It was like the Stepford Wives of bars, as everyone working there had this very obvious veneer of phony interest/affection. Although I would be surprised if that waitress didn't make at least $200 a shift in tips alone given the number of hapless guys who fell for the act.
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I'unno, seems less 'hapless' and more 'starved for attention' to me.
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thetoughestbean posted:I like having small talk with customers when I work. It’s nice to have a small human connection, if only for a moment haha nerd
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Atlas Hugged posted:Thailand tends to fall onto the "ignore you with effort" side of things. This is mostly fine except for when you actually need something. Then it's super loving annoying. Vietnam is just everyone yelling at everyone. You yell at the waiter to come over. They yell your order to someone near the kitchen. That person yells it back into the kitchen. In Laos I've had meals where not a single word was exchanged by anyone in the restaurant. Everyone is just too drat laid back to talk. Some Chinese dining can be very service-oriented, though there's no chitchat. High-end Chiuchow restaurants in Hong Kong have your table swarmed with staff keeping your tea filled, placing all sorts of little dishes like a synchronized swimming team, etc. I don't think most people get exposure to that side of the cuisine, though, because it's like $200/head and tends to feature, uh, exotic delicacies. In the Philippines, it's fast food and the word 'sir' a lot.
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Smeef posted:Some Chinese dining can be very service-oriented, though there's no chitchat. High-end Chiuchow restaurants in Hong Kong have your table swarmed with staff keeping your tea filled, placing all sorts of little dishes like a synchronized swimming team, etc. I don't think most people get exposure to that side of the cuisine, though, because it's like $200/head and tends to feature, uh, exotic delicacies. with Din Tai Fung you can get a budget version of this
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Rinkles posted:from what I read from security tech people i trust, it was BS, that never should've been published Chinese state actor spotted
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Cadmiel posted:I was told that a common scam was in shaokao, where the lamb starts real and then becomes rat (or whatever else is cheaper than lamb) once you're drunk enough you can't tell the difference. I only did shaokao at carts where I was choosing my own skewers though, so I never cared. drat, now I really miss shaokao in Sichuan. He threw his head back laughing and said something to the effect of "when have you ever seen any sheep on all of the rolling countryside around here." 2 From then on I learned to not ask too many questions as to the origins of what I was eating but just try to enjoy them.
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mikerock posted:Chinese state actor spotted It was indeed a very real thing. It wasn't Chinese manufacturers installing chips on legit boards, the whole things were knockoffs with spyware/back doors built in. This has been a thing with telephony servers for a long while, but the headlines were because they were being sold as relatively high end cisco hardware.
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Vesi posted:with Din Tai Fung you can get a budget version of this very overrated imo Has Dim Dim Sum expanded into the US yet? I love that place and was so happy they opened one in my city.
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ninjoatse.cx posted:It was indeed a very real thing. It wasn't Chinese manufacturers installing chips on legit boards, the whole things were knockoffs with spyware/back doors built in. This has been a thing with telephony servers for a long while, but the headlines were because they were being sold as relatively high end cisco hardware. Then the articles probably should have said that, instead of going on about phantom chip insertion.
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GoutPatrol posted:very overrated imo Did you eat at the Xinyi Din Tai Fung? The quality seemed to vary a lot by location just in Taipei, the original location was the one to go to. I tried them all in Taipei just to be sure, lucky I lived walking distance to the best one. No idea how the quality is in other cities with the global expansion.
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if you're not calling everyone pretty girl, handsome guy, boss lady, etc at a yum cha place then you're doing it wrong
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Smeef posted:Some Chinese dining can be very service-oriented, though there's no chitchat. High-end Chiuchow restaurants in Hong Kong have your table swarmed with staff keeping your tea filled, placing all sorts of little dishes like a synchronized swimming team, etc. I don't think most people get exposure to that side of the cuisine, though, because it's like $200/head and tends to feature, uh, exotic delicacies. the most exotic thing i've had in hk was birds nest and shark fin, p standard stuff. drunken chicken is where it at, i miss drunk chicken
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Horatius Bonar posted:Did you eat at the Xinyi Din Tai Fung? The quality seemed to vary a lot by location just in Taipei, the original location was the one to go to. I tried them all in Taipei just to be sure, lucky I lived walking distance to the best one. No idea how the quality is in other cities with the global expansion. I've eaten at the one in Mitsukoshi in Taipei and Top City in Taichung. I just could not get the hype.
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Vesi posted:with Din Tai Fung you can get a budget version of this Might be true from the service standpoint, but as I recall, Din Tai Fung is Shanghainese food, not Chiuchow cuisine. It's been like 10 years since I've been to one, though. Booty Pageant posted:the most exotic thing i've had in hk was birds nest and shark fin, p standard stuff. drunken chicken is where it at, i miss drunk chicken Those are at least user friendly dishes with mild flavors and textures despite the origins. I feel like half the Cantonese delicacies involve using chopsticks to somehow unlock a lubed-up barnacle containing a tiny thread of leather pig urethra and a rare mushroom that looks like a hairy mole (and may in fact be one).
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Vesi posted:with Din Tai Fung you can get a budget version of this lol where is din tai fung budget???
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Ailumao posted:lol where is din tai fung budget??? It's not street food, but it's budget compared to the 'this' he was responding to. The set menu at Tin Lung Heen in Hong Kong is close to $300 (USD) per person, excluding wine. Sun Tung Lok has individual dishes that cost $500-$1500. Haute cuisine is loving insane.
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tin lung heen has three kinds of caviar on the menu lol
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BrigadierSensible posted:Not to start the whole "tipping" derail. But I have found what you describe to be an American phenomenon. To be honest, the places I went to weren't even performatively polite I thought - it was more that even at checkout in a store people tried to make jokes or comment on your purchases or otherwise had something like a normal, albeit short conversation which was super rare in China. The exception was restaurants where servers always made sure to come by and "check that everything was all right" while you had your mouth full, THAT was excessive. Go away, I'm eating, it's fine, I'll say something if I need something. I've been told the US has its own regional differences though - apparently New England tends more towards silent service as well?
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9PSg0sQyfs e: There's a Chinese restaurant near the market that's mostly known for the cook/waiter/whatever being really angry all the time. I'd be, too.
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BrigadierSensible posted:Not to start the whole "tipping" derail. But I have found what you describe to be an American phenomenon. Man, I moved to the south last year after living in Chicagoland (and also China) all of my life, and it's much worse down here. Folksy small talk during every interaction/transaction but I can't really get mad at people because they mean well. I miss the no bullshit or "briefly make fun of me then no bullshit" attitude common in China.
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I've had bad food poisoning twice in SEA. Once was from politely tasting a dried meat product I really should have known better than (when I got back to Australia my doctor was all "wow, where'd you find this bacterium?"), one waa from letting a doorman take me up stairs to a restaurant with no-one else in it. Both had warning signs I ignored. Street food was fine.
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Sundried pork and beef loving rule. Only times I've been like really ill in Thailand was when I ate at a newly opened Sunrise Tacos. Never had a problem at other locations, but that one I'll never return to even though it's the most convenient. I'll just make my own tacos. The other time wasn't food poisoning per se, but it's likely the same root cause of food poisoning. I was very drunk and at a bar. I dropped my phone in the toilet. I dried it off and was mostly amazed that it still worked. I kept drinking and forgot about it. I was deathly ill for three days and it wasn't until like the second day that I made the connection.
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From reddit:quote:New Chinese toilet paper dispenser requires you to watch a 30 second ad before it gives you toilet paper, and it only gives you about 3 per ad. Spotted in Guangdong province.
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Megillah Gorilla posted:From reddit: Jesus that’s dystopic
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Yeah, those are all over the ritzy malls in China. You have to log in using WeChat and then you get like maybe five sheets, tops
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jesus there's a capitalism gap and we're losing
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Megillah Gorilla posted:From reddit: Communism at its finest. 
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Megillah Gorilla posted:From reddit: Fuckin lol.
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You know that data is being tracked and Tencent knows how much toilet paper you use per session
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Herstory Begins Now posted:jesus there's a capitalism gap and we're losing It's endlessly hilarious when leftists are licking China's boots. I have never been anywhere more powerfully libertarian capitalist than China. The US looks like Denmark in comparison. It's incredible.
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Forceholy posted:Yeah, those are all over the ritzy malls in China. You have to log in using WeChat and then you get like maybe five sheets, tops hey, can I borrow your phone charger? I'm gonna need to take a poo poo later
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Kevin DuBrow posted:You know that data is being tracked and Tencent knows how much toilet paper you use per session It affects your social credit score.
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Megillah Gorilla posted:From reddit: wow how could america do this
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Megillah Gorilla posted:From reddit: Re: toilet paper in China. I learned very quickly to always carry at least one of the little packets of tissues with me every where I went, because you could never assume that a toilet would have paper. And that is anywhere, from the shittiest of street sqauttters, to the fancy ones in shopping centres/hotels, 75-80% of them would not have toilet paper. The carrying around of a pack of tissues habit is a thing that proves useful in most of the parts of Asia that I have lived/visited.
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Always carry wet wipes for double duty. And I got in the habit of having a little bottle of liquid soap because you won the loving lottery if you find soap in a bathroom in China. Don't even get to jerk off the soap like in Korea.
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Megillah Gorilla posted:From reddit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OrWcEGDXOUg&t=79s Nothing a swift kick to the machine wont help, minus 20 social credit score!
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Kevin DuBrow posted:You know that data is being tracked and Tencent knows how much toilet paper you use per session You are absolutely on camera too, and after you watch the ad the machine whirrs and sounds like it is dispensing tp but nothing comes out.
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