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Cook kills himself, five others by making rat poison dumplings

Hubei Province, China, security officials said the poisoning deaths of six people were the result of a highly toxic rat poison being misused: a “chef” mistook rat poison for flour and mixed it into the dough he was using to make rice dumplings.
Two elderly people died within 20 minutes of eating the dumplings and six others were hospitalized soon after with symptoms of poisoning. The mistake was made by Chen Ruyan, who died too.
China is in the middle of a major crackdown on food and product safety in order to safeguard the health of its citizens and to prevent any further damage to its export reputation.
In a chinese restaurant, before starting to eat wait and see at the near table if they are feeling well…

A diner in the capital of Taiwan is attracting clients with toilet humour: a chain of 12 restaurants with a toilet theme has opened in Taiwan. Seats in the Modern Toilet restaurants are toilet-shaped and napkins are dispensed from toilet rolls on tables. Enthusiastic customers get the opportunity to eat from mini plastic toilet bowls and wipe their hands and mouths using toilet rolls hung above their tables.

“Every detail tells you it’s a bathroom, not a restaurant. But it’s fun to eat here,” said one diner at a Taipei city outlet. Well, hoping the food will be better than the location…

John “Johnny Liar” Graham won the annual competition of tall tales, after telling a tale about a German World War II submarine invading Britain to capture digital television decoders. The 69-year-old claimed he stumbled across the U-boat as it prepared a raid on the nearby town of Whitehaven, which has become the first in Britain to switch from analogue to digital television. Continue Reading…