Odd restaurant policies?!?

[jmc]

Is this in bad taste?

 

[Industrial Toys]

They forgot "Good Slections Flea Collar, Sell Cheap"

 

[JethroB]

I recently watched an old Hill Street Blues episode (early 80s) where they raided a Chinese restaurant kitchen. A puzzled Belker holding empty collars while the dining room was packed with cops. Hilarious. :laughing:

 

[JethroB]

In the early 90s after China became a world player the demand for chicken feet & paws, as they are called, skyrocketed. Considered a delicacy in China and cooked in a variety of ways. We went from selling them to pet food companies for a few cents a pound up to $1 to exporters. Disgusting stuff.

 

[Oaktree]

Buffets here are, but with this covid we don't go, but will go to a cafeteria.
Some buffets are like a zoo, kids scooping up food, etc.

Not sure what you mean by cafeteria. Never heard of a cafeteria restaurant before.
For whatever reason, buffet restaurants (other than Chinese) don't seem to exist here in New England. I don't know if they're too expensive to run, or if no one wants to go there. The Chinese ones seem to do well. Not every entree is Chinese though...I've seen mac & cheese, fries and (not very good) pizza at "Chinese" buffets.
Can't think of any issues with ill-behaved children at any of the ones I've been to.

Most of the Chinese ones offer takeout only now, though there is one in Vt. that has a buffet with limited selection. I hope they reopen again...the wife and I enjoy going every now and then.

Then I called the health department. Lady said "I'll check it out and call you in a few days". I never heard back! So I called her. She stammered " uh...everything was ok...not to worry".
We drove by the restaurant...it was closed.

I put that solidly in the "urban myth" category. From what I've read, cat is pretty tough and stringy...you'd have to be really hungry to want to eat it. They do eat dog in the Orient though...

 

[Industrial Toys]

Saw a documentary of the Rat harvesting industry. Guy riding his bike with cages piled high with rats. At the end, some students are enjoying the rats on a sidewalk patio.

Meanwhile in Korea, a mother is lovingly preparing a dog dish for her children. Often the dogs are tortured prior to death to make the meat sweeter! No myths!

It's all about programming and belief systems.

 

[CobyRupert]

I put that solidly in the "urban myth" category. From what I've read, cat is pretty tough and stringy...you'd have to be really hungry to want to eat it. They do eat dog in the Orient though...

I agree that a lot of the cat jokes probably fall into the urban myth category and frankly are racist....but one should never order the meow mein.

 

[JethroB]

Not sure what you mean by cafeteria. Never heard of a cafeteria restaurant before.
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Like many schools or hospitals have. You take a tray, walk down the line and as you point they dip then hand the plate to you. Pay at the end of the serving line then find yourself a table. Often you bus your own table & tray as you leave.

 

[2LaneCruzer]

I agree that a lot of the cat jokes probably fall into the urban myth category and frankly are racist....but one should never order the meow mein.

Laugh if you will; I'll tell you a true story. Many years when I was working for the state, I was working a case where some individuals were running an illegal salvage operation. I was having lunch with a couple of the local county reps, at a restaurant they had chosen, and I assume inspected from time to time. As sometimes happened, our conversation jokingly turned to unconventional foods...like cats and dogs...served at unconventional restaurants. One of the participants said that he had actually eaten "cat" at a restaurant. When he said he was serious, I asked him how he knew they had it for sale, and he said "You just have to ask for the special menu". I didn't ask when or where, or even any more questions after that, but I truly believed him.

 

[Industrial Toys]

I thought that was for the live monkey brains. Saw a video of that once!