Chinese Restaurant Operator Uses Opium To Get More Customers (No MSG)

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[nickcarraway]

I guess they learned this from the Britsh?

[BipolarBob]

So, uh, where’s this restaurant?

[Spirit of Liberty]

Guangxi Province, China.

I’m wondering about that snail powder, myself...

[Blurb2350]

The Chinese are a merchant race; this is just what they do. They added melamine to petfood (for export) and propylene glycol to baby formula (ditto) for the very same reason.

[corkoman]

First off - opium tastes like hell. If there was enough to absorb and make one feel something it would ruin the dish. And its not cheap inside China where they hang people for opium/heroin running.

But it sounds like a brilliant marketing strategy - if there was none to be found in the kitchen. If he is making all this up its super good subliminal / suggestive advertising! Unless they hang him.

[nickcarraway]

Unless they hang him.

That would being in even more business?

[Mr. Blond]

So THAT’S why you crave more after 20 minutes.

[M Kehoe]

Coca Cola.

5.56mm

[faithhopecharity]

if there’s no MSG it must be OK!

[dfwgator]

The problem is two hours later, they want more.

[PROCON]

The worst part about going to a Chinese restaurant is waiting to be seated.

[Karliner]

Awesome! Does he do take out? Pipes included?

[Gamecock]

The spicy chicken tho!

[ifinnegan]

“I guess they learned this from the British?”

British didn’t surreptitiously cause people to ingest it.

[ifinnegan]

You make good observations.

If there’s not enough to taste and people don’t notice getting high there’s not enough to cause addiction.

I think these restaurateurs doping the food are just morons.

[Gamecock]

[nickcarraway]

I wouldn’t be so sure. The British fought two wars for the ability to continue to be a drug cartel in China.

[ifinnegan]

“I wouldn’t be so sure. The British fought two wars for the ability to continue to be a drug cartel in China.”

Yes. But there was a market. They did not secretly dope people with it.

They off-loaded it in bulk at the docks.

The Chinese clientele took it from there.

[CondoleezzaProtege]

That’s how police ended up making a surprise visit to the noodle shop in question, where they took a packet of snail powder which tested positive for morphine.

Um 😐

[Larry Lucido]