Food blogger in China blacklisted by buffet restaurant for 'overeating'

A Chinese food vlogger has said he was blacklisted from a grill buffet restaurant for "eating too much", reports BBC.

The man, known only as Mr Kang, told Hunan TV that he was banned from the Handadi Seafood BBQ Buffet in Changsha city, capital of Hunan Province, after a series of binge eating sessions.

He claimed to have eaten 1.5kg of pork trotters during his first visit and 3.5kg to 4kg of prawn on another visit, he said.

Mr Kang said the restaurant is "discriminatory" against people who can "eat a lot".

"I can eat a lot - is that a fault?" he said, adding that he didn't waste any morsel.

However, the BBQ restaurant owner told the reporter that Mr Kang was putting him out of business by his eating spree.

"Every time he comes here, I lose a few hundred yuan," he told the Hunan TV reporter.

"Even when he drinks soy milk, he can drink 20 or 30 bottles. When he eats the pork trotters, he consumes the whole tray of them. And for prawns, usually people use tongs to pick them up, he uses a tray to take them all."

He added that he is banning all live-streamers from the restaurant, the BBC report said.

The story has been trending on Chinese social media and has racked up more than 250 million views on Weibo, with polar opposite opinions.

Some have claimed that the restaurant should not be an "all-you-can-eat" buffet if they can't afford it, while others felt sorry for the owner.

Last year, the Chinese government started cracking down on "eating influencers", and such videos may be banned altogether in the country, reports BBC.

It came after President Xi Jinping called on people to "fight against food waste" amid rising concerns over food shortages.