On: How Chinese Ingenuity Destroyed Salad Bars at Pizza Hut

[stuartk]

I remember when I was a kid, my dad used to line the edge of the bowl with cucumber so he could pile the salad a bit higher. But this is a whole new level.

I doubt that everyone in China was doing this. I imagine you'd be standing at the salad bar a long time making a master piece like that.

[brg → stuartk]

It is actually a very common practice. Usually one family member will compose the plate, but everyone will share it.

It is amazing that the corporation did not take the simple route of removing the single serving limit instead of the route of removing the salad bar all together.