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| The roast pig with hearts over its eyelids for the emoji age |
When you order a whole roast pig at Chinese restaurants, there is this uncomfortable tension of what to do with its eyes.
As per Chinese custom, the whole animal is presented, and even though it's dead, the chef wants to make it seem lively...
Decades ago it started with the bright red maraschino cherries held in place with toothpicks where each eye ball would have been.
Then it was upgraded to flashing red lights! The pig seemed possessed.
Fast forward to 2023, and at a Chinese restaurant in Richmond, the roast pig presentation climbed up a notch with plastic red hearts on its eyelids.
It's reminiscent of the emoji with the smiling face and two hearts for its eyes.
A roast pig for the emoji age...
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