I'm not sure the new style of Rickshaw is a good idea though.

If you have a high-class place you can always cash that reputation in and go trashy.

You can't do it the other way round though.

Luga is an evil munchkin.

I want to put him in a cage for a few days without water till he tells me where to find his pot of gold.

Hey, all I know is that he has always been a lot more friendly and hospitable than any of those tools from The Rickshaw group.

Those guys just want to use Chinese people and keep them down as their lackies and servants for sh*t pay while they reap the real dough. So who can blame Luga for getting out and getting paid?

Is he supposed to be The Rickshaw monkey for the rest of his life?

None of those recipes are copyrighted or protected by law, so screw them, I say.

Go Luga!

how can it be a mexican standoff when one party has had to move onto another type of cuisine?

panda yay!

"Stole" a burrito recipe? Give me a break. We're not exactly talking technology here. It's wrapping fkn beef in a tortilla, like whats been doing in Mexico for hundreds of years.

Can you imagine how ridiculous it'd sound if one chinese restaurant accused another of stealing their gongbaojiding recipe?

But he's not in the Saddle. He's still over on Houjie. I would have appreciated something like

"Chad says Luga (of Luga's) 'treats him like a pinata.'"

or even

"Holy frijoles! Burrito boys butt heads again in their endless he-said/he-said SLT drama."

or perhaps

"Chad calls Luga a 'dangerous megalomaniac.' Luga denies claim."

or

"Chad still doesn't understand how business is done in China, blames Luga for all his problems."

or

"Chad whines like a little girl, Luga says 'Shut up, fat man.'"

or

"Chad's jealous outrage at Luga owning twice as many restaurants as he causes yet another resentful outburst."

or

"Chad cries like a big gay baby, no one cares, but here's the story anyway."

or

"Slow news day and general lack of professionalism leads TBJ staff to treat gossip like news."

No, but they are f-ing hilarious. I laughed at every single one of them when I read through them after posting. Be honest, I won't be offended: did you laugh at all?

When did I accuse anyone of writing anything? I said you were trating it like news. Do you ever get tired of being wrong? Seriously, it's like every month I have to point out how you've put your foot in your mouth again. I can see why you do it, though; if you took your foot out of your mouth you'd have to eat your words.

But here's the edited version, just for you:

"Slow news day and general lack of professionalism leads TBJ staff to treat gossip like news, by stealing gossip columns originally published on other websites."

Sucka!

So? The puns are lame, at least my headlines are funny. You can change the name. Use Ryan or Ma Whatshisname instead of Chad.

Nah, it's just bad humorless writing. Don't get upset, though. I understand why bad writers end up in China. People who can't hack it in a real market come over here where they can feel like they're somebody.

I'm not at the very top of my profession either. I'm a gigolo, kinda like that guy in Spread. But I'm not good looing enough to do this in LA or New York, so I came our here where I can clean up.

Ah, sorry admin. I was just having a rant. I don't blame you personally for the lack of quality in TBJ. I know it's not all your fault; you just hapen to be the one here to talk/complain to about it. I really do like the title you chose; it's concise and probably the most interesting and accurate title possible for this non-story.

You say that like it's an indictment.

No. But I do believe they have a copyright on stinking like sewage and having low-class clientele.

I've said that dozens of times.

seabreeze, where did you meet that girl?