China bans meals served on naked women

[LilKim]

A woman lies on a table with meals spreaded
on her naked body in this file photo. China's
market regulators issued an order on May 20
to ban this practice, saying it's an insult to
human dignity.

China's State Administration of Industry and Commerce issued a notice this weekend banning meals served on naked bodies, officially canceling the service offered by a restaurant in southwestern China that served sushi on unclothed female university students, a Beijing newspaper reported Sunday.

The Saturday pronouncement forbids the service because it "insults people's moral quality," according to the Beijing Times. Serving food on women's bodies also "spreads commercial activity with poor culture," the paper said, citing the administration's notice.

In April 2004, Chinese media reported that the Hefeng Village Huaishi Cuisine Restaurant in Kunming, capital of Yunnan Province, was serving sushi and other Japanese food on two naked university students as they lay on their backs.

Customers would pay 1,000 yuan (about $120) each for the meal after making reservations up to three days in advance, media said.

Flowers, shells and rocks also adorned the women's bodies, according to a photo in the Beijing paper.

The women lay calmly as people ate, a restaurant manager told Kunming media, which said this style of dining existed in "ancient Japan."

After the reports came out in April 2004, raising questions among more conservative Kunming residents, a restaurant staff member said the service had been cancelled.

The State Administration of Industry and Commerce notice bars nudity for other dining and entertainment purposes, including "meals on breasts" served in Changsha, Hunan province, and naked models used in an art exhibit at Wuyi Mountain in southern China.

http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-05/22/content_444640.htm

[Protagoras]

1. But think of the saving on Dishes!

seriously though...I have no response to this.

[Inland]

2. Something that would have never have occurred to me, that for sure.

I'm all in favor of dinner, and all in favor of nudity, but this combo I am NOT in favor of.

[MazeRat7]

3. I like both..good food and naked women, not sure I want one "on" the other

Wow, I really am not sure what else to say about this or frankly why I actually care... (other then increasing my post count by +1) let me think on it and if I come up with something I'll get back to you. *grin

MZr7

[cvoogt]

4. and Sinatra rolls over in his grave

n/t

[Sabriel]

5. Well, there goes MY franchise idea!

Wouldn't you know...all the good ideas are taken.

BTW, only two things on that table taste like ahi, and one of them IS ahi.

[kevinmc]

6. Lousy Commies

[Spinzonner]

7. What about the opposite ?

(deletion bait)

[shockra]

8. So THAT's where they got the idea.

VH1's Surreal Life had an episode where everyone had to eat sushi off the naked body of America's Next Top Model winner Adrianne Curry, who was laying on the dinner table.

Mini-Me's eyes were popping out of his head.

[dave502d]

9. Now if you run over her with a Tank,that would be ok. n/t

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

10. I went to China several times a few years ago

Beijing, Shanghai, and Shenyang. I went there on business with a native Chinese speaker from our office. He took me into bars off the beaten tourist path where, while I can't say anything goes, things were a lot wilder than I would have thought in a communist country. There are Chinese police standing outside these bars and they arrange the fees for any girls from these establishments a gentleman might select for the night.

[tigereye]

11. for once

I am in agreement with the Chinese government. That's pretty sad.

[oasis]

12. The Dept. of Health would have shut 'em down sooner or later.