Service at a restaurant by hooiluangoh
This is a common expenrience shared by many foreigners in Kunming's chinese restaurants: the rice does not come in time.You may order 5 dishes, with steamed white rice as the staple. The dishes are served accordingly, but they make you wait for the rice, which is served when you have almost finished all the dishes out of hunger.
The restaurant could be filled with an awful lot of waiters, standing by the door greeting, by the table waiting. However, when you need something, you will see everybody is blind to your signal, however hard you wave your arms. They have gone day-dreaming away, and you may have to tap their shoulders to wake them up from the hypnotis.Ask for the "fapiao" when you pay (if you spend more than 10 yuan). Fapiao is a government issued invoice, to ensure the business pay their service tax. To encourage patrons to claim this invoice, there is a "scratch and win" section on the invoice. You may win an instant RMB 5 (which is the most common), or get some exciting moments at least, scratching it.