r/interestingasfuck • u/rco888 • 1d ago

This restaurant inside a greenhouse has a unique way of serving strawberries.

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u/bennybo 1d ago

The duality of man

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u/SummertimeThrowaway2 1d ago

Somehow I agree with both

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u/BarnBurnerGus 1d ago

It's both, and really cool. I'm in the habit of criticizing the Chinese because of low quality products, but now I believe they are much more innovative than the US, and that's a shame, because I grew up in the era when we were the cutting edge of innovation. Now we are bogged down in bullshit religion and tribalism, with false Christianity and jingoism replacing science.

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u/Caspica 17h ago

To be entirely fair, this isn't something that is exactly common or widespread in China either. I'm not American nor Chinese but America has some really innovative (/gimmicky) restaurants, especially in the huge cities. It's really important to remember that one of the key difference between America (or the West really) is that we don't curate the Internet unless it actively violates laws (and often not even then..) The Chinese Internet however is incredibly curated, not just with regards to sensitive or political topics, but also with regards to culture, promotional material etc. That means that the image of China you see on the Internet isn't actually representative of China but rather a heavily curated picture. 

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u/kiasmosis 15h ago

Kind of but also not really. Because it’s very easy to literally go to China, take videos and put them online in your own country. The great firewall of China is mainly for restricting what Chinese citizens see, not so much restricting what the rest of the world sees

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u/Schoolquitproducer 1d ago

talking religion and tribalism, Does China have?

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u/MenosElLso 1d ago

Bro, what?

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u/lookielookiehi 1d ago

How are they growing them fast enough to keep up with the customers eating them?

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u/d7it23js 1d ago

For real. Kids go through berries faster than a cloud of locusts.

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u/sylanar 1d ago

My 2 year old would clear this place out in no time

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u/Thats_bumpy_buddy 1d ago

Rotating out the plants, by the looks of the background they’re at a farm that grows them.

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u/Bllq21 1d ago

I wonder how they charge you for eating them like that.

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u/Killi089 1d ago

They weigh you before and after ;)

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u/spikeinfinity 1d ago

"Every time you go to the toilet there it is vitally important to get a receipt." - Douglas Adams.

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u/BolunZ6 1d ago

Buffet price

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u/lemming_follower 1d ago

Kind of reminds me of the Friðheimar restaurant in Iceland where the dining area shares the same space inside the greenhouse where tomatoes are grown on the vine.

The tour of the greenhouse operations is fascinating, where you learn about the self-contained climate and ecosystem of such an indoor operation - right down to their own indoor beehives.

Great food, too!

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u/bestofbot4 1d ago

Been there, can attest!

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u/Oniyuki89 1d ago

Imagine being the next customers being served and only having green unripe strawberries left. Or the last customers and having nothing left but leaves.

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u/ScanTron2025 1d ago

This is actually genius. Literally from farm straight into the consumers hands.

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u/Dense-Corgi-7936 1d ago

This is so gimmicky.

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u/GryffindorKeeper 1d ago

This is actually genius. Literally from farm straight into the consumers hands.

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u/NoOneKnow5 1d ago

This is so gimmicky.

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u/raad_unofficial 1d ago

This is actually genius. Literally from farm straight into the consumers hands.

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u/_Otti 1d ago

This is so gimmicky

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u/whatsthatguysname 1d ago

This is actually genius. Literally from farm straight into the consumers hands.

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u/nournnn 1d ago

This is so gimmicky

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u/Tehgnarr 1d ago

Hold my fertilizer, I'm going...wait, fuck, wrong chain.

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u/ontour4eternity 1d ago

Where is this?

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u/rco888 1d ago

The Strawberry Theme Farm, Tangqi Town, Linping District, Hangzhou, China.

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u/Lycanthropys 1d ago

This is so gimmicky.

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u/RaineFall016 1d ago

This is actually genius. Literally from farm straight into the consumers hands.

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u/MrSpooks69 1d ago

This is so gimmicky.

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u/nthpwr 1d ago

its a vibe, dawg

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u/t-o-m-u-s-a 1d ago

Welcome to strawberry land where strawberries fall from the skyyyyyyy

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u/Reznin 1d ago

Unwashed berries. Yum

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u/OutsideMenu6973 1d ago

You only need to wash them when you grow them near cow poop. Those are grown hydroponically

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u/ElectrostaticHotwave 1d ago

Pesticides? Fertiliser? Yum

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u/ADHthaGreat 1d ago

Indoors.. hydroponically..

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u/OutsideMenu6973 1d ago

You just use water dude. Like that stuff in the toilet. No brawndo necessary

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u/CheapSpray9428 1d ago

There was this family literally picnicking at this pick your own strawberry farms, sat down on a blanket buffet-style lol

I remember coz blocked my way trying to get out xD

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u/No_Anteater_3104 20h ago

What kind black, raspberry,or cranberry,strawberry...???

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u/Gen-Hal 1d ago

Just wait until the aunties come in.

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u/Tak_Kovacs123 20h ago

What if you only have unripe or no strawberries above you? You're kind of screwed lol

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u/linz1413 17h ago

Strawberry's are mid 🥀

Cool as video tho 🔥🔥

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u/geligniteandlilies 1d ago

That's cool but... shouldn't you wash your fruit before washing them? They might be chemical-free and organic but natural≠safe

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u/Gold-Perspective-699 1d ago

Should you wash your fruit before washing them? Probably not. That's too much washing. Also no it's safe to eat most plants from the tree just that the dirt off and eat. Animals literally do it every day lol. Also this is inside a building and there probably isn't any dirt on the side of the planters.

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u/CheapSpray9428 1d ago

I would stuff my face silly homer style lol

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u/Pitiful_Net_8971 1d ago

These seem to be grown in the basins, probably Hydroponically, so you don't need to worry about fertilizer or anything. That would be my guess.

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u/Neat-Ad-9550 1d ago

By definition, you have to use fertilizer when growing anything hydroponically.

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u/Pitiful_Net_8971 1d ago

Ig, but it's not literal shit being spread over the crops, and instead just nutrient slurry that's probably partially shit, but processed and sanitized.

Basically, cleaning the fertilizer before rather than the crops after.

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u/geligniteandlilies 18h ago

You mean hope that is processed and sanitized. Just because you eliminate the risk of soilborne diseases, we've introduced waterborne ones like salmonella, which is absolutely possible when eating unwashed fruit, most especially in hydroponic plants if that is the case here.

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u/geligniteandlilies 18h ago

Fertilizer isn't just the issue here. Hydroponic plants are still susceptible to bugs and other pests, even more so if the water is not properly maintained regularly, and judging by the plant to basin ratio I seriously doubt hydroponics is the case here.

If there are no pests, the fruit/plant must be sprayed with something, hence we're back to the washing issue.

The fact that this is in China is no-nevermind to me, but I can already sense some other people will already think otherwise

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u/Fleetwood889 1d ago

Eat some phthalates leaching from the PVC.

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u/OutsideMenu6973 1d ago

Do they use lead pipes where you live?

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u/toooldforacnh 1d ago

Without washing??? No thanks

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u/PandaCheese2016 1d ago

If they aren't sprayed with pesticides what's there to wash off?

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u/GoldenStreek 1d ago

Sir, this is Reddit. We don't use logic here.

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u/PotatoLevelTree 23h ago

Germs? Parasites? Manure is literal shit, how are you sure the fruit is clean?

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u/PandaCheese2016 15h ago

It looks like a hydroponic system, where plants are grown in nutrient rich solutions, not soil.

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u/monkeybuttsauce 1d ago

Children’s hand germs

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u/PandaCheese2016 15h ago

I’ll give you that. But If one assumes unattended children or even adults are just touching random fruits, better stay away from buffets or any kind of self-serve dining.

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u/LordRekrus 1d ago

I don’t know if this is common elsewhere, but around me fruit picking is a thing, you can pay to go pick strawberries, apples, cherries and possibly other things too. You’re allowed to eat them as you go so I guess at least some of these places the pesticides aren’t an issue?

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u/eliz1bef 1d ago

I want this. It does make me want to have a washing station for them, though.

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u/HollowPomegranate 1d ago

You would have to shoot me with a tranquilizer gun and drag me out of here

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u/Sonofabiscuit26 1d ago

That's very cool... And fresh

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u/Shot-Ad7209 1d ago

Ugh, I want this

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u/beanedjibe 1d ago

Whenever I see settings like this, i almost always wonder how long it will take before it gets fkd by "influencers".

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u/My_balls_touch_water 1d ago

As cool as this is, I don't trust people enough to not do something shitty to the fruit/grow tray.

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u/johnnyblaze1999 1d ago

If your table is running out of strawberry because previous customers already pick it off, then too bad.

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u/MuricasOneBrainCell 1d ago

I dunno. It is like a futuristic feeding trough. No more long containers. It just comes down from the sky now.

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u/archerV34 1d ago

Imagine some fatass eats up all the strawberries in a spot and you're the next guy.

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u/Gadi-susheel 23h ago

I have tasted berries and they are nothing comparable to proper mangoes.

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u/surpris_dingue 22h ago

spiders included

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u/PandaCheese2016 15h ago

Could be a hydroponic system, so no dirt involved.

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u/aguaDragon8118 1d ago

Back to the future 2 anyone?

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u/grampaspace 1d ago

Yay, let's eat strawberries full of spiders😍

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u/IButterz420 1d ago

Protein

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u/These-Growth-9202 1d ago

If I eat a spider on a strawberry, and don’t taste or notice it, did I really eat a spider?

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u/RealisticBat616 1d ago

I've grown up eating wild and farm grown strawberries my entire life. Ive never once bit into a spider. Tf you talkin bout dawg?

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u/OldWhiteGuyNotCreepy 1d ago

Never bit into a spider ... that you know of. What do you think a spider that lives off strawberries tastes like?

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u/alchn 1d ago

Strawberryly?

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u/grampaspace 1d ago

Look it up

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u/st_rdt 1d ago

Tell me you have never visited a farm without telling me you have never visited a farm.

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u/RSFGman22 1d ago

Nah I've been to farms, bugs were everywhere. I'm out on this too.

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u/PryingMollusk 1d ago

Bruh humans eat decomposing corpses. But a spider is too much.

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u/effersquinn 1d ago

I don't think the meat considered edible is "decomposing," it would be considered rotting if it's being broken down by something like mold or insects.

But sure, meat as a concept is gross, you don't have to be a vegan to admit that. BUT who would place a living creature as LESS gross? Like it sounds like you're saying eating a living insect shouldn't be considered gross compared to a grilled steak, which is wild. It's a moot point if the spider is so tiny you don't notice, but like a full body of a living, moving organism versus a slice of grilled meat free of blood or other odd bits? You've lost me!

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u/PryingMollusk 1d ago

The first part of your comment has hurt my head too much so I am going to iggy it. Also, I’m not vegan. I like my meat. But it is gross, imo. It isn’t going to stop me from eating it though. If I accidentally swallow a fly - I’m not going to throw up or rush to the emergency department either.

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u/effersquinn 1d ago

🤔 well ok I agree? But an entire living, moving body seems SO obviously worse than some normal cooked meat that we both actively choose to eat. If someone tried to make me eat a whole worm or spider I might vomit. If it's small and I do it accidentally and realize after the fact ... idk maybe I would also vomit if I thought about it too hard but it's not that big of a deal, I agree lol

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u/let-it-B-today 1d ago

Other places … people would be filling their purses, coat pockets , etc…

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u/anihc3 1d ago

This place would shut down within a week in the Balkans lmao Cant have shit here

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u/PuzzledExaminer 1d ago

That's pretty cool. All you can eat?

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u/trn- 1d ago

id wash those first. Pesticide or bugs doesn’t sound yummy

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u/SaddenedSpork 1d ago

Wash them first :(

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u/AlternativeTop7959 1d ago

Fuck China.