Group of 7 eats 300 crabs, 80 desserts, 50 boxes of durians at buffet, says overeating gets money’s worth but Chinese social media chews lot out in disgust
- The diners in their 20s gorging on copious dishes at an all-you-can-eat buffet in China face backlash online after video of the spectacle appeared online
- One of them tells local news media that his friends have big appetites and claims eating large amounts of food is normal at their age
A group of diners in China has caused a stir online after going to a restaurant and consuming more than 300 crabs, 80 cups of desserts, 50 boxes of durian flesh and countless prawns and salmon pieces in one sitting.
Mainland news site Bailu Video reported that the six men and one woman, all aged in their 20s, went to the buffet-style restaurant in Qingdao in China’s eastern Shandong province at 5pm on May 3 and stayed till closing at 9.30pm.
A video posted on mainland social media by one group member showed the party gorging on seemingly endless dishes with hundreds of crab shells and empty cups used to serve mango sago desserts lying on tables nearby.
Another group member, surnamed Zhang, told Bailu Video that he and his friends all have big appetites and claimed that people generally ate excessive amounts of food at their age.
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Chinese diners eat 300 crabs and 50 boxes of durians at buffet
“The seafood this season is still expensive. But we all wanted to eat seafood so we chose a seafood buffet restaurant,” Zhang said, adding that they each paid 160 yuan (US$23) for their meals.