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Tom — Sun, 09 Oct 2011 05:20:13 -0000

Im hongkie and I brought my white mates so to speak, to HKBF, we were served kyat like any other customers. Their food is awesome, just like HK.

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Anna — Sun, 19 Jun 2011 22:38:16 -0000

i have been to hong kong best food like 13 times with my brother and various friends and family members ( i am white) and we have never been asked if we wanted chop sticks ever they just automatically give us a fork and chopsticks.
Also have always waited around 10 minutes or sometimes longer depending on what we ordered. a lot of the things that many of the chinese people order often alone are meals that are very very quick to make.
there is not racial profiling at this restaurant at all.
maybe they were just busy that night? or you ordered something that took a while? or maybe they just messed up your order?
happens all the time in the hospitality industry

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Bingo Babe — Mon, 02 May 2011 22:30:55 -0000

Thanks for the post Duncan.!

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Jess999 — Thu, 24 Mar 2011 09:46:06 -0000

Stop this racist comment. If you have money, you can move anywhere you want.

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theboxunderthebed — Sat, 19 Mar 2011 01:49:40 -0000

People need to relax a bit, different cultures are great, you can really learn a lot if you are willing too

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Alex — Wed, 16 Mar 2011 16:20:48 -0000

I know exactly what you're trying to say. eg. Carlton, Fawkner, Thomastown are populated mainly by Italians. What I'm trying to say is that Box Hill, where I lived and worked for several years, was very multicultural and this has appeared to have changed very quickly. I am trying to understand why the Chinese people picked this particular area to settle.

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Ha_ru2010 — Tue, 15 Mar 2011 08:43:33 -0000

Man you're so racist. Looser!

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Benson — Tue, 15 Mar 2011 08:41:24 -0000

Melbourne is a diverse city and if you are here long enough there are areas populated by Greek, Turkish, American, Canadian, Chinese, Indian, etc. Not only Box Hill.

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PK — Tue, 15 Mar 2011 08:40:43 -0000

Are you sure? so far as I know there are lots of White people in Hong Kong Best Food Boxy. It is a Chinese restaurant in Asian populated area, of course there are lots of Asian people in there. I believe it's just the culture difference and not racism. I suggest you go to Hong Kong, and you'll understand. Every restaurant offers different experience. If you want to feel the authenticity of the food and the culture I suggest you go to Hong Kong Best Food or similar places. Otherwise you can always try those Asian restaurants catered for White people. Just take it easy.

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Zeke_uta — Sun, 13 Mar 2011 21:51:28 -0000

the health dept has had its issues here over the years, resulting in fines - I've even had a Jewish lecturer bagging it out (glicks) to the class. 'everything' bagels are the best. only bagels and chulla (?pron) bread is safe. i hope!

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Alex — Sat, 26 Feb 2011 15:56:18 -0000

Bloody hell!!!!! What the hell has happened to Box Hill? I moved back to my country of origin 20 years ago and have only recently been able to see and read about the sad transformation Box Hill has gone through during this period.
I worked at VACC Insurance at 1013 Whitehorse Road (which has since moved) till 1990 and I used to go to Box Hill Central (I see it's changed name) to have lunch there. There was only one Chinese take-away inside the place and I used to get my lunch there most days. I can't believe how or why such a flood of Chinese people could have taken place without a Council intervention. Looking at Street View on Google Maps absolutely shocked me. Just about every shop has become Chinese. This isn't integration, it's an invasion. Please, someone let me know what happened to the place.

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aman — Thu, 24 Feb 2011 07:14:40 -0000

I too am white australian, married to a hk hubby. went to best food gallery with bub. they realised she was half asian and got many smiles (she is cute). but i understand - me being given fork and spoon is insulting. give me what you give everyone, and if i need something different i will ask. Having said that, being married for 10 yrs, i'm used to the art of getting attention. If our meal is not there whithin 15mins my hubby is half standing to get attention. I have learned from this (would never do this in a western place tho).

maybe you could/should be a bit "asian" and stand up from you seat (or make a point of getting wait staffs' attention) and ask where your meal is. I feel really uncomfortable doing this, but it seems to be the asian way.

fyi, but my hubby and i feel like BFG has "lost the love" in their food. there used to be more care and flavour. now we don't go there cos there's no taste.

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Filomenahan — Wed, 02 Feb 2011 00:18:32 -0000

Ah, funny. I am a white woman married to a Chinese man. We go to many many Chinese restaurants, and if we have to wait more than 5-10 for our food, we never go back! It is just not the done thing in a Chinese restaurant. Unfortunate for the restaurant, because I truly believe mismanagement or miscommunication is the cause for bad service rather than blatant racism.

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cc — Mon, 31 Jan 2011 04:05:55 -0000

bet ur asian u cant spell

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Rc airplane — Wed, 01 Dec 2010 04:59:42 -0000

Time can change most of things,but not all of things.

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guest — Wed, 17 Nov 2010 18:06:41 -0000

i agree maybe you should just get over it

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A Person — Sun, 19 Sep 2010 12:52:49 -0000

Every human on Earth likes to be considerd special and individual, We can all miss the mark on accation. It is the act of a person we truly dont like. That night its sounds like the service did take longer than what it should, given the statement based on others being seated afterwards and served faster. However having eaten at many of Boxhills restraunts i would imagine this is rare. I have had similar experiences at what are supose to be 5 star top notch places around melbourne only to find my self waiting 45 minutes because the football crowds kept the bar extra busy that night. The food was delayed due to staff busyness....... Well we are all human, waiters will always make mistakes and customers will always be kept waiting . In saying all of that, let there be no mistake! Australia does suffer from an extreme racist undercurrent. Not everyone is racist but the ones that are do spoil life. I am sure that the above story was not written by a man who is racist because he clearly likes to visit other cultures restraunts and loves it! Read the words and see the thinking. These words are from a man who just wanted the same deal as those around him.

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alan — Sun, 01 Aug 2010 08:12:33 -0000

the service/food quality is inconsistent. Im from HK. I had been there a few times. The first two times were good.
When it is not busy. It'd be a bit better. However when it is busy or lack of staff like the third time I went there. I had to wait, push a bit and wait...After that I got a lousy dish.
I didn't go there again too because in general it takes a bit long time for a dish.

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Vibrators — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 02:51:05 -0000

hope every people in this world respect each others for peace and unity.

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Shazb.94 — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 21:01:04 -0000

I am a white Australian person and I have been visiting Hong Kong Best Food in Box Hill for years now. I have organised large dinners there with white and ethnic friends. Never once, ever, have I or my friends felt racially profiled or discriminated against. I highly doubt that the restaurant, which is vying for customers in Box Hill's extremely competitive restaurant scene, would purposely exclude white customers. I have always found the food to be delicious and the service exemplary - however, every restaurant is prone to mistakes, and the undercooked meat and bad service you encountered was probably the product of rare miscommunication. I urge you to visit Hong Kong Best Food again and see if you have the same experience; if you do, then you may have a case for racism.

P.S. Knowing that many white Australians cannot use chopsticks (myself included), the restaurant asks for your cutlery preference to save you having to ask. They were simply being helpful and understanding that people from different cultures often have different methods of eating food.

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White Folks — Wed, 26 May 2010 14:14:59 -0000

you are really sick people...bad service is just bad service, not racism! Why you get mad when they asked you whether you want chopstick? What's wrong with that question? They just want to be polite...if you are expert with chopstick, just respect their question and say that you want chopstick. Don't show your condescending tone in your answer and they will respect you back as human being, not as white-Asian etc. In your writing above, the only racism behavior I can detect is coming from you.

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Adult Toys — Wed, 12 May 2010 01:40:12 -0000

I don't know why their are people who discriminate other color I hate that.

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annuity — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 05:30:26 -0000

yah, discrimination or no trust after all.

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name227 — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 20:31:11 -0000

I am of Chinese descent, and I think like my Jewish friend above, I dont think the rudeness and bad service is racism. If you've ever been to HK, in general, that's how it is.

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Suhendra — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 21:24:49 -0000

Don't think much about it, it's just bad service. As a chinese-Indonesian myself we are used to meet rude waiter/waitresses once in a while in some chinese restaurants . Longer wait for food, throwing plates/chopsticks on the table, saying "JUST WAIT" loudly when we ask for service are just part of the culture of some staffs who knows that they are never short of customers. Just last week my dad made a big scene at www.goldendragonpalace.com.au for very rude services until the manager promised to sack the senior waiter (the one usually in black suit).
A word of wisdom: If you guys want to complain, just make sure to do it after you have finished your meals and about to leave the restaurant, coz they might do something with the foods/drinks if they hate you.