Customer notices something strange on Chinese takeout bag

After eating at Chinese restaurant Royal Highness Zhu, a customer posted a viral video reading the comments on her takeout bag.

Kelly Meng (@kellymengg) has reached over 417,900 views and 69,000 likes on her TikTok. In her caption, she tagged @royalhighnesszhu and asked: “who hurt you.”

To begin her video, Meng says she had just eaten at Royal Highness Zhu, but her meal was “surplus food,” so she took the rest home to take out.

As she pulls out a takeout bag, Meng says, “Let’s look at some of the comments in there.” »

For reference, Meng says Royal Altesse Zhu serves “authentic, regional Chinese cuisine.” She explains that the food is “very spicy and very seasoned.”

“It’s not bland in any form,” she adds.

Meng notices something strange

There are lots of quotes and comments printed on the takeout bag, probably from customers who left bad reviews about the restaurant. Some comments said: “So spicy”, “small portion” and “delicious but too small”.

“Why is this your bag?” » asks Meng before continuing to read the comments.

“It was absolutely disgusting; I gave it to my dog,” says another quote.

Other comments on the bag include “Too salty,” “Overseasoned” and “Why didn’t this store close?” »

Before ending her video, Meng said the food she received from Royal Highness Zhu “was really good.”

“This bag is satirical at best,” she says.

“That’s how I know the food will be good and very authentic!” » said one viewer in the comments section. “It’s a badge of honor for them.”

Another added: “This bag is the best advertisement, however, I know their food will be good.” Now I want to eat there.

One of them said: “That’s what I call confidence. »

@kellymengg who hurt you @Royalhighnesszhu ♬ original sound – Kelly Meng

If the food is good, why so many bad reviews?

Another viewer in the comments section told Meng that Royal Highness Zhu knows “who their target audience is and these people know who left these comments.”

“They really said haters are my biggest motivators,” another added.

Meng told the Daily Dot via email that the takeout bag, “while silly and satirical, makes sense in the grand scheme of Asian cuisine available in the United States.”

She says “full-bodied, flavorful foods” are often celebrated by being “packed with aromatics and chili peppers that bring all the flavor to edible foods.” This is not very often presented properly in many parts of America.

Perhaps this is why the Royal Highness Zhu bag has received several negative reviews that the food is “too spicy” and “overseasoned.”

Food Fire Knives states that authentic Chinese cuisine “often uses a more complex combination of flavors.” On the other hand, generic Chinese cuisine “relies on a simpler blend of flavors.”

“Indeed, authentic Chinese cuisine often uses a more diverse range of ingredients. Generic Chinese cuisine often uses fewer ingredients,” the site continues.

“I’m glad they stick to the authenticity of current cuisine and accept criticism instead of watering down tradition,” adds Meng.

Royal Highness Zhu isn’t the only restaurant where negative reviews are celebrated. In another viral video, a server turned a 1-star review she received from an unhappy customer into a T-shirt to wear to work.

The Daily Dot contacted Royal Highness Zhu via direct message on Instagram.

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Grace Fowler

Grace Fowler is a summer reporter and media researcher at the Daily Dot. She is a recent graduate of Texas State University, where she studied mass communications.

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