The man who ate at 6,297 Chinese restaurants

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http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-chinese-eater-20130422-dto,0,6902048.htmlstory

6,297 Chinese restaurants and hungry for more
David Chan, an L.A. attorney, will try any Chinese restaurant once and has the spreadsheet to prove it. He has become a go-to expert for critics.
By Frank Shyong, Los Angeles Times

The television cameras roll as Los Angeles attorney David Chan places the first forkful of cashew chicken in his mouth.

The crowd at Leong's Asian Diner in Springfield, Mo., falls silent as he chews and squints in the glare of the lights.

Springfield Cashew Chicken — a deep-fried, gravy-drenched version of the popular buffet item — is a local specialty and David Leong, the dish's 92-year-old inventor, was watching expectantly from across the table.

Chan kept chewing. The silence grew uncomfortable.

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1. How is he still alive? Chinese restaurants are horribly unhealthy.

Not just because of all the fat, salt, sugar, cholesterol. But because Chinese restaurants, on the average, have the worst inspection records.

My guess is that he spent a significant number of evenings on the toilet.

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2. How did he remain so thin?

Wherever we go Chinese, most of the clientèle are pushing Obese.

I don't gain any weight from it because I have to go straight home for a pit stop. It's like drinking Mineral Oil.