【HaiChuan Food Talk】Have you ever tried fish-flavored pork strips with shiitake mushroom strips and carrot strips?

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Everyone knows that there is no fish in fish-flavored pork strips, and no wife in wife cakes. Often, some netizens joke that by this logic, consumers could demand compensation from restaurants while eating. Recently, a funny incident occurred at a star-rated hotel in Chongqing. A group of guests spent over 1,000 yuan on their meal, but were only willing to pay 400, on the grounds that there were no wood ear mushrooms in the pork with fish-flavor sauce. On the day of the incident, the local police station received a call from a star-rated hotel stating that a group of guests spent over 1,000 yuan on their meal, but were only willing to pay 400 yuan. Upon receiving the report, the police rushed to the scene to conduct an investigation. After talking with them, it was discovered that this group of customers had come from Shanxi to enjoy authentic Sichuan cuisine. After eating, they felt that the fish and pork strips served at the hotel were not authentic – the strips were too short, and there were no wood ear mushrooms in the dish. The video shows a customer saying in front of the police that the Mapo Tofu they ate was not authentic. And a waiter standing nearby said that this is what fish-flavored pork strips are like; in Chongqing, fish-flavored pork strips are never made with wood ear mushrooms or shredded carrots – those ingredients are not used at all in Chongqing-style fish-flavored pork strips. Later, the customer said that before ordering the Fish Flavor Pork Strips dish, they had made it clear to the restaurant that they wanted authentic Fish Flavor Pork Strips. The customer insisted that authentic fish-flavored pork strips always contain wood ear mushrooms and shredded carrots, and he believed that the fish-flavored pork strips served at the restaurant were not authentic; as a result, he refused to pay the over 1,000 yuan fee. Ultimately, through negotiation by the police, the guests at that table agreed to pay over 1,000 yuan for the meal. Before making the payment, this customer also criticized a waiter at the restaurant, saying that as someone in the service industry, his attitude toward customers was extremely poor and his professional skills were low. After saying that, the customer told his friend next to him to pay the bill and leave. In fact, there is no definite standard to determine whether the dishes available on the market today are authentic or not. Moreover, the cuisines of different regions have evolved over hundreds or even thousands of years; each chef in each region has their own methods, resulting in flavors that vary from one place to another. It’s just that the names are more standardized; it’s not clear either which region’s version of the dish is the authentic one. In fact, there’s no need to worry about whether the dish is authentic or not; it just needs to taste good.