Hotel Pullman Bangkok King Tower got the shock of its 5-star hotel life when Chinese tourists became so unruly over a supposedly "fine dining" buffet dinner. Netizens likewise blasted such poor fine dining etiquette of Chinese tourists.
In the Youtube video, Chinese tourists were seen using their plates to get as many prawns as they can in a dinner buffet. This bad behavior earned the ire of netizens as there are more than 2 million views and bad comments for such bad behavior at Shanghaiist.
Each shrimp costs 38 yuan in Qingdao, China as reported in the news last year. In the news, a Nanjing customer ordered a dish of "ocean-caught large prawns," clearly marked on the menu as costing 38 yuan. He was served a platter of 40 prawns stir-fried in garlic. The customer was shocked to see that the total for the meal came up to 2,700 yuan with the shrimp costing 1,520 yuan alone and it turned out that the cost is 38 yuan (almost 6 USD) per prawn. This could have been the reason why Chinese tourists find crustaceans, shrimp, prawn and other seafood as luxurious food, hence, the deep excitement and "sheer" greed to hoard and devour them even if they cannot actually finish eating everything.
Facebook user Paul Bart commented on the many shares of this viral video on Facebook user Tom Ainscough post, "Thailand will soon be a no-go destination for most people - only those who don't mind mainland Chinese (the vast minority) will venture here. The rest will go where the Chinese don't go. It's a sad reality they put others off with their lack of manners. I see Bangkok, my home city, changing totally as now I have to think twice as to where I want to go out unless I want my family and I surrounded by people we would rather not be close to. It sounds harsh but it's a reality of the changing world. The trick is to not sell your soul to China but Thailand has down that already politically, economically and now culturally... It is a slippery slope but greed has prevailed over sense yet again in Thailand!"
