Chinese gourmets have been reportedly flocking to an unlikely destination – a funeral restaurant – noodle dishes served in their canteens are all the rage on social media.
This dish was found in the Elon Funeral Hall in southwestern Jizhou Province.
The cafeteria caters to the hospitality shoppers, but as the news began to spread over the noodles, hordes of diners – some pretenders – began to show up to try the food.
After that, Erlong announced that it would allow some As long as they do Don’t bother the real mourner.
The Funeral House offers a variety of noodles for breakfast and dinner times, with an average cost of RMB 10 per bowl ($1.38; £1.09).
The most popular type is reportedly the noodles are the noodles decorated with chopped pork and peanuts.
An Erlong worker told Jiupai News that they “only serve customers who come to the funeral home to handle affairs.”
But others have been sneaking in a bowl of noodles, the worker said, adding that sometimes the queues in Erlong are so long that diners sometimes have to wait for hours to get food.
“Some people pretend to be relatives of the deceased, and it’s hard to separate when they are crowded, and it’s hard to manage,” he said.
To meet the needs, Fun Funeral House has since decided to provide 50 bowls of noodles to the public for free every day – as long as “they do not affect people’s mourning”, according to local media interviews, as long as “they do not affect people’s mourning”. .
The noodle craze seems to have started earlier this month, when social media users posted information about the dish while visiting a friend in Jidao, known for its spicy and sour flavor.
“My friends said the food at this funeral home is so good,” they wrote on Xiaohongshu earlier this month, also known as Rednote. “The queue of food is longer than the queue of flowers that the dead are paved.”
“I didn’t have any noodles because my friend’s mom didn’t know anyone who was having a funeral.”
Since then, many Chinese social media users have also shared their experiences with eating noodles.
On the Chinese version of Tiktok Douyin, a user shared a photo of restaurant tickets, which seemed to be a crowd of people.
“I heard the noodles here are very good,” they wrote. “I thought about how short the lifespan is, and got another bowl.”
