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It’s fried price if you can’t speak Chinese: restaurant charging English speakers 10 per cent extra per dish
IT’S the Shanghai shuffle, the fried price — a Mandarin restaurant in Sydney’s CBD is charging English-speaking patrons more than 10 per cent extra per dish than their Chinese-speaking counterparts.
A serving of fried rice costs $2 more on the English menu than for people who order from the Chinese menu — *effectively a 12.7 per cent fee on English-speakers.
Yin Li Sichuan restaurant owner Diana suggested it was meant to be a secret among Asian customers.
The Daily Telegraph pointed out the discrepancy in prices to a staff member at the Dixon St restaurant on Thursday night.
“The English menu is new, that’s why it’s more expensive,” she said. Both menus, however, appeared equally worn and dated.
A serving of fried rice with lettuce and beef is $17.80 on the English menu but only $15.80 for Chinese speaking customers. Mapo tofu ($16.80) and dried spicy bean ($17.80) are both $1 more if you can’t read Chinese.
The Daily Telegraph could not find any examples of cheaper dishes for English-speaking customers. The double standards have drawn the ire of the online community, with one customer labelling the restaurant “racist” in a review last year.
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If true, and not happy, there's a simple solution, ... dine elsewhere.
'Shanghai shuffle'? 'fried price'?
Racist?
There oughta be a law!
Hmmm, maybe there is.
The govt man's trading licence dept might like to have a close look at this.
It’s fried price if you can’t speak Chinese: restaurant charging English speakers 10 per cent extra per dish
IT’S the Shanghai shuffle, the fried price — a Mandarin restaurant in Sydney’s CBD is charging English-speaking patrons more than 10 per cent extra per dish than their Chinese-speaking counterparts.
A serving of fried rice costs $2 more on the English menu than for people who order from the Chinese menu — *effectively a 12.7 per cent fee on English-speakers.
Yin Li Sichuan restaurant owner Diana suggested it was meant to be a secret among Asian customers.
The Daily Telegraph pointed out the discrepancy in prices to a staff member at the Dixon St restaurant on Thursday night.
“The English menu is new, that’s why it’s more expensive,” she said. Both menus, however, appeared equally worn and dated.
A serving of fried rice with lettuce and beef is $17.80 on the English menu but only $15.80 for Chinese speaking customers. Mapo tofu ($16.80) and dried spicy bean ($17.80) are both $1 more if you can’t read Chinese.
The Daily Telegraph could not find any examples of cheaper dishes for English-speaking customers. The double standards have drawn the ire of the online community, with one customer labelling the restaurant “racist” in a review last year.
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If true, and not happy, there's a simple solution, ... dine elsewhere.
'Shanghai shuffle'? 'fried price'?
Racist?
There oughta be a law!
Hmmm, maybe there is.
The govt man's trading licence dept might like to have a close look at this.
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