Wednesday, April 21, 2010

Shanghai Hooters

Well, we got our first real taste of American dining at its best when we decided to try Hooters Shanghai (jealous Morgan?). Zhu asked Denny when he dropped him off what the English word was for 'chases mice'. Obviously Zhu has never ventured into this joint and Denny informed him 'owl' and decided to leave out the rest.

Very similar to the ones back home (without the surgical enhancements), these girls have picked up English pretty well since they seem to be catering to many expat males. It is also a little reminiscent of Joe's Crab Shack as the lights start flashing, all the girls stop what they are doing to put on a choreographed dance routine to some American classic. Their enthusiasm seems to scare some away. One women walked in, looked around, grabbed her husband by the arm and escorted him out. Apparently, this routine was a little much for her.



They also scream 'Hello welcome to Hooters' (punctuation omitted intentionally) as soon as you come in the door. There also seemed to be a waitress for almost every table. The menu was very similar to the ones back home except we were disappointed not to find the fried pickles. The place has a nice feel of home including a Hooters, Novi, MI t-shirt on display. I was quite surprised when they started to sing "Dos a Beer" (a Ricks happy hour favorite) to a table full of men. I can only imagine some drunken state fan probably taught them that as you can't download that on iTunes! For a Tuesday night this place was jammed and probably does better business than most ones back home. This self proclaimed 'soon to be famous in China' joint seems to already have succeeded with expats and locals.

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