Fuchsia Dunlop: evaluation

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…Same here. We have gotten around proving that we can eat sea cucumbers and stuff on many occasions. It’s quite understandable because I think a lot of foreigners have a habit of ordering something that they can’t handle, and then being rude and obnoxious and just complaining. They think that there’s a bone in the chicken, so that’s a problem. It’s not a problem; it’s meant to be like that. I think that Chinese waiting staff, particularly in the West but also in China, are a little wary of upsetting foreigners, and also, they just want people to have a nice time. You have to battle against that stereotype if you really want to eat the good food. I think things are changing, but just looking at what other people are eating is incredibly useful. Then also showing your appreciation when you do eat something unusual because I should imagine that all the restaurants where I’ve been with groups of foreigners eating unusual things with gusto, that afterwards they thought, “Well, it is possible for foreigners to eat something.” What is it then that you can’t eat? Put aside the illegal, where you just say, “No, I’m not going to have that.”…

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