I finally ate at Kung Fu Fast Food – Literature

First, western fast food joints in China aren't cheap. In America, when you eat the crap that fast food places serve up you at least don't have to spend much money. That can't be said for China.

I post this due to an own recent experience here and to raise your attention. Food quality in China is a big issue. The fairly recent scandal that broke out over poisonous pet food being exported to America is not an isolated case, at least not within the borders of China. If you are living in China, you must be careful about the food. A Huge Problem in China: Fake Food.

This is long overdue but finally they are taking steps to curb food safety and supervision here in China. They talked about it before but it finally went into effect.

After a long time fighting food shortages, China has been self-sufficient in food since 1995. But in the Action Plan on Food Safety published by China’s Ministry of Health (MOH) on August 14th 2003, the government classes the following current risks relevant to food safety in China as “very serious”:

Recently the two famous American fast food companies KFC and McDonalds slept into food scandal in China and became the subject of feverish speculation.

Chinese people like food, Cantonese people like food even more, but Hong Kong people are the most crazy about food. They talk about food from dawn til dusk, they show pictures of food from their Facebook to food review websites, they pick food as if picking their spouse. So What’s the food culture in Hong Kong?

How picky Hong Kong people are?
Why Hong Kong people have dinner at 10?

Fast food's popularity in China is no secret. In this day and age, consuming junk food on a daily basis is becoming the norm, not the exception. But why is junk food so popular in China?

Mainland same-store sales at KFC and Pizza Hut are down. Why that's a troubling sign for Western fast food. Yum! Brands (YUM) has done remarkably well in the battle to win Chinese hearts and bellies, but some investors are now wondering whether the fast-food giant is faltering. Fears that Chinese tastes may be shifting away from Yum's KFC and Pizza Hut chains have hobbled the company's shares.

As a long-time KFC Chinese customer, I have some confession to make: I passed over the warnings implied by Fast Food Nation, and accepted the way your suppliers treat those poor chicks; and ignored the fact that your employees liked to use dishwasher as bathtub after work...that's all because you always gave out coupons in a generious way.