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China eating challenges
2500sz reports that Kobayashi and Johnny Wu won their semifinal cake eating contests today and will face off in the finals tomorrow. Kobayashi finished his cake in 15 minutes and 34 seconds.
Kobayashi to compete in Chinese contest March 28/29
Kobayashi’s latest blog entry reports that qualifiers for a Chinese contest he will compete in have been held. Translated Chinese news articles from those competitions are available. The semifinals & finals Kobayashi will compete in will take place on March 28 and 29. Johnny Wu from Hong Kong, who previously competed against Sonya Thomas, is another recipient of a bye into the semifinals.
Link Buffet: September 24, 2008
- Videos and galleries of Birmingham and Memphis Krystal qualifiers available
- Brown students attempt Spike’s hot dog challenge
- Picture from eating contest held in Beijing during the Olympics
- Don Lerman gets an impostor on his own blog
- FutureFeed sees a “glass ceiling” in the fact that only 2 of the IFOCE top 50 are females (6 of the AICE top 50 are women)
Shanghai hot dog contest
A New York Times blog entry reports on a skateboarding festival that took place in Shanghai, China. A hot dog eating contest was held during that event. Not many details are provided about the competition, but a a picture of a sign says it was called the “2nd Melrose & Hormel Hot Dog Eating Championship”
New Chinese star can eat almost 1 pound of rice
ChinaDaily reports on a Chinese contest winner:
All-you-can-eat buffet restaurant owners in Changsha, Hunan Province, worry when Zheng Guangshun arrives.
Zheng, 38, can eat at least 400 g of rice in a single sitting. He became a well-known figure in Hunan’s provincial capital after he ate 21 yuanxiao (sweet dumplings made of glutinous rice flour) in two minutes, followed by 10 big zongzi in three minutes, at an eating competition in 2005.
400g is .88 pounds. (I assume they meant 4000 g)
Eating contests in “Survivor: China”
RealityTVWorld has a recap of last night’s immunity challenge in “Survivor: China” which consisted of eating contests involving Chinese foods which are generally not found in a typical Chinese restaurant in the United States:
Frosti quickly ate his 10 chicken hearts ahead of Peih-Gee, and Fei Long took a 1-0 lead. Courtney and Jaime were close as they both tried to choke down three pieces of eel — which included the heads — however Jaime was just a hair quicker opening her mouth and allowing Zhan Hu to tie the score.
Erik also won a close round against Amanda — chomping and swallowing three baby turtles and narrowly being the first to reveal an empty mouth — giving Zhan Hu a 2-1 lead. James faced Denise next and both had to eat two chicken fetuses with feathers. James tried his damndest to throw the challenge, but Denise couldn’t choke back the chicken. James put on a good show, but once he realized Denise wasn’t going to finish her dish, he solemnly ate all that was on his plate and gave Zhan Hu a 3-1 lead.
Needing only one point to win Immunity, Erik ate a 1,000-year-old egg faster than Frosti and clinched it for Zhan Hu.
Gal Sone goes to China
Xinhuanet reports that Natsuko “Gal” Sone went to Guangzhou, China to compete in an eating contest.
Grandmother is runner up in Chinese corn contest
RecordChina has a picture and article from a corn eating contest held in Wuhan, China last Saturday. A 60 year old grandmother came in second place in that event.
Tang Yuan eating contest for Chinese couples
Hello, is this President Clinton? Good! I figured if anyone knew where to get some Tang it would be you.
(From Reuters) If Homer (and Marge) Simpson had competed an eating contest for couples in Guangzhou, China, he could have had all the tang (yuan) he wanted. Tang yuan are sticky rice dumplings. The winning couple ate 204 dumplings in 5 minutes, which weighed either 2.5 kg or 4 kg.
Chinese women’s eating contest
A women’s eating contest from Chinese television can be viewed at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0j9gmk8OIBs
Shanghai eating contest
China Daily reports that the first round of an eating contest was held in Shanghai last Sunday. The 28 eaters who could finish 10 puff pastries the fastest advanced to a semifinal round this Saturday in which hot dogs will be eaten. Miyuki Iwata, runner up in the “Gluttonous Queen” competition, and Chang Wing-man, the “Glutton Lady” from Hong Kong will receive byes into the semifinal round.
Beijing noodle contest
The Northeast (China) Network reports that a noodle contest was held at a Beijing restaurant. The winner received a cash award after eating .5 kg (1.1 lb.) of fried noodles in 12 (?) seconds.
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