Obsessed: This Guy Has Eaten at Over 7,000 Chinese Restaurants
David R. Chan isn’t your typical Chinese food enthusiast. He can’t speak Chinese, he doesn’t use chopsticks, and he grew up barely eating anything Chinese. But the Los Angeles native has over his adult life, obsessively eaten at over 7,000 Chinese restaurants, mostly in America, and has them all methodically logged in an Excel spreadsheet. This is his story.
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Do you ask for a fork at Chinese restaurants?
He ate 7000 times and still thin…what you at USA ?
man he walks like such a Chinese guy
This guy is funny he only ate white rice and soy sauce with a fork. Man's like the most American man I have ever heard. If he was wearing a cowboy hat and boots that would be cool.
He is very Americanized, if I just listened to his voice, I wouldn’t think he is Chinese
How come when Asians are thin as a rail they don’t get the anorexic look thing about them and any other race there’s something wrong with them like they’re on drugs or somethings wrong with them if so thin
Did you go to Uncle Chen’s Dynasty in downtown Portland , Oregon ?
where can I buy a copy of your Excel spreadsheet of Chinese restaurants please ?
The only place to look for a Chinese restaurant has to be The Yellow Pages.
When Excel sheet is involved, you know he is the real one. Respect to this gentleman.
Great that he has just popped up on a BBC article.
So much of Chinese culture, heritage and actual daily life is defined by food, and so David's story is so intrinsic to life as an American born Chinese person. He enjoys food so clearly and also would be the ideal dining companion on a roadtrip stateside, would be great if he holidayed in the UK and sampled what is available over here which I suspect is far inferior to what he has been accustomed to lol.
THE GOAT
How could he be so thin after eaten at over 7440 restaurant?..LOL
All of it to be led to a youtube video to commemorate his feat, worth it not
I miss good Chinese food. Born and raised in NY I never realized how lucky I was until moving to NH. The worst Chinese and pizza one could imagine.
So skinny he is!
He says favorite restaurant @9:00
Can't use chopsticks! Many white people can use chopsticks. Get real, old man.
Is there somewhere we can find the entire (preferably up-to-date) list of all the restaurants he’s visited? It would be neat if we could search our area for establishments he’s visited.
Let's find this man's Yelp Page, let's go internet!
i wanna see him eat rice out of that small bowl. that fork is too big bro!
A legend
can you imagine the amount of MSG and lard this person consumed from all these chinese restaurants?!
David is highly likable! Would be cool to catch him at a Chinese restaurant
He should have tried different cuisines.
Bruh?
Fucking legend.
As much as I love Chinese food, some restaurants just use WAYYYY too much salt or msg.
I like it how the lady at the restaurant pushes a cart and the patrons get to pick a delicacy from it. That's the kind of Chinese restaurant I like. Haven't been to one like that in a long time.
I'm sorry, but I can't really here David talking over the music. Please either lower the background music or turn up the audio.