China: Man Banned From All-You-Can-Eat Restaurant For Eating Too Much; Calls Eatery 'Discriminatory'

A man in China was banned from an all-you-can-eat restaurant after being accused by the owner of eating too much.

The food live-streamer, known as Mr Kang, was recently banned from the Handadi Seafood BBQ Buffet in central China¡¯s Changsha city after repeatedly eating obscene amounts of food at the venue, BBC reported.

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On his first visit to Changsha City¡¯s Handadi Seafood BBQ Buffet alone, Kang reportedly consumed 1.5kg of pork trotters, he told the Chinese news station Hunan TV, according to BBC.

Mr. Kang has accused the Handadi Seafood BBQ Buffet in Changsha of discriminating against people with big appetites

"I can eat a lot," he told the TV station. "Is that a fault?"

The restaurant owner says he had no choice but to ban Mr. Kang because of how much food he was eating.

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"Every time he comes here, I lose a few hundred yuan," he said.

"Even when he drinks soy milk, he can drink 20 or 30 bottles. When he eats the pork trotters, he consumes the whole tray of them. And for prawns, usually, people use tongs to pick them up, he uses a tray to take them all."

The restaurant has reportedly banned all food streamers from its all-you-can-eat menu.

The dispute has people up in arms on Chinese social media, where it¡¯s gone viral on the platform Weibo, as per BBC. People have been left divided ¡ª some pity the owner and others believe the restaurant does not deserve to call itself ¡°all you can eat.¡±

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It comes amid a broader crackdown by the Chinese government after President Xi Jinping last year called on people to fight against food waste.

¡°Waste is shameful and thriftiness is honourable,¡± President Xi said in a speech last August, The Guardian reported.

Under its campaign named ¡°Operation Empty Plate¡±, local authorities last year introduced measures to reduce waste, including encouraging food outlets to limit the number of dishes to one less than the number of diners in the group.

In April, China officially adopted new laws against food waste, banning excessive leftovers and mukbang videos ¨C a popular genre of video, originally from Korea, which often involves binge-eating.

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