China’s $4 Cheap Buffet: $0.8 Fake Steaks, Dyed Salmon, Gutter Oil Hotpot and Zombie Meat

In China, budget-friendly buffet restaurants with prices as low as a few dozen yuan have gained popularity, alongside seafood buffets priced at around 100 to 200 yuan. However, insiders reveal startling truths behind these cheap offerings.
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[jules]

What kind of government allows this to happen openly with no consequences while poisoning its own citizens?

[Steve-emtb]

When I was young, I often went to China for the summer to stay with my grandparents. They explicitly forbade me from eating stuff bought at food stands and generally avoided going to restaurants or buying takeout with a few exceptions (businesses where my grandfather/grandmother knew the owner were fine). My grandfather was (and still is) an excellent cook however, and I did not question their decisions. After watching this video, I now understand the underlying reasons for their decisions.

[Synfulz]

I recently talked with an expat who lived in China. He told me about the "gutter grease". He got very ill, I mean extremely ill. He literally lost motor functions for months. He ended up in the hospital for 3 months. It took him 3 years to fully recover.

[patrickchilds]

When an employee was photographed urinating in a Tsingtao Beer vat, the CCP arrested the photographer who wrongly assumed he was doing a public service.

[Doug-rvnr]

Lived in china for 10 years. Its a culture problem.

[analogman]

A society can be judged about how they treat each other. This is a reprehensible society.

[CCP-Lies]

With food like these, you don't need poison

[elinaGadama]

People believe in Africa we don't have food but i have never eaten such crap all my life😂😂😂😂😂

[Casey]

Are people really that stupid, that they expect king crabs (the most expensive crab in the world, costing ~50 dollars per pound) is part of a cheap 4 dollar buffet?

[hitest]

When I was living in China I was told that if you are not cheating, you will fall behind those who are cheating, so cheating is acceptable as long as you are not caught. Many people feel as though they have no choice. They see capitalism as a form of cheating. You buy something for as little as possible and sell it for more than it is worth, morality aside. Having said this, I always tried to support the neighborhood "mom and pop" stores/restaurants who were proud of their product and who were aware that their livelihood depended on repeat customers. Many of the larger businesses buy their reputation and don't worry about repeat customers because there are enough people to fill the chairs. Eventually when you get found out, take the money and run then rebrand yourself, bribe the media for good reviews, count on the government to suppress negative reviews for their piece of the pie and start all over again.

[alexisle]

Every time Im on diet, this video prevents me from feeling hungry. Work like a charm

[vsgfilmgroup]

6:19 "Experts caution against eating at super-cheap buffets...."

Super-cheap buffet owner: "Better raise my prices so no one can tell the difference..."

[Michael-yimc]

Suddenly, I have more respect for McDonald’s.

[samuelross]

This reminds me of 'The Jungle' by Upton Sinclair. A period of time in the USA when companies used obnoxious and unsanitary practices in their factories. Thankfully, the FDA was formed due to that book, and safe food became common.

Theodore Roosevelt said: "No man has the right to poison the populace for his personal profit."

[ronnie]

Makes me really wonder how China is holding itself together as a nation

[mraffi]

And yet they go out of the country and talk shit about the local food in social media while their food is fake 😂

[samtr]

Same in Vietnam, when you travel there, avoid all the cheap buffet places.

[ChromaSoul]

In addition to everything in this video, I'm also really concerned about the environment in and around China... There's careless destruction of ecology and over-fishing, pushing some sea life near extinction.

There's absolutely no care, oversight, or policy to manage this :(

[BobbsVegine-egxz]

When western countries started rollin out restaurant grade systems and more food inspectors. The people that got upset the most was the Chinese restaurant owners. Also many chinese nationals started taking up jobs of being food inspectors. What do you think happen when they inspect each others.

[johnqpublic]

To be fair, an all-you-can-eat buffet that doesn't limit portions per serving/trip wouldn't last 5 minutes in many cities. If you've ever been to a buffet in China, the moment a popular item is replenished a horde descends and wipes it out. Some taking several servings beyond what they are capable of eating, as if the buffet is about to close. Many choose to completely ignore any attempt to organize a line. They tend to board trains, subways and buses in exactly the same manner.

Chinese aren't the only ones on the planet who behave like this, but it's pretty fkn bad, especially outside generally more behaved urban areas.