Buns return to dinner table

Chinanews, Beijing, July 20 - "Tonight I can sleep tight," said Wang, the owner of a baozi (steamed stuffed bun) restaurant on the Zhaodengyu Road in Beijing. He looked very tired, for he really had difficulties these days, when a TV program claimed that the fillings of many buns sold in Beijing were made from the mixture of cardboard and grilled meat.
Before people had a chance to confirm the authenticity of the news, the business of nearly all the bun restaurants in Beijing, particuarly small ones, were driven into a fix. Luckily, the news was found to be fake on July 18.
"My business still sags. In the past 3 days, I have used 25 kg of flour, while in the past, I needed 75 kg of flour every day," said Wang. "I bought good-quality meat to make the fillings, but none of my customers would trust me after the broadcast of the news."
However, Qingfeng, a bun chain restaurant of long-standing originality, has had a much better time, for its good credit. Our reporter saw that that all its shops have been very crowded during the lunch hours, even after the news broadcast.
"In fact, our business has been better," said Luo, the manager of Qingfeng. "The customers of the bun stalls have started to dine in our restaurants, too."
After the broadcast of the news, local industrial and commercial administration sent special teams to check the quality of buns in the market. Though no "cardboard filling buns" were found, many disqualified bun sellers were expelled in the checks. It can be estimated that it will only be a matter of time for buns to return to dinner tables in Beijing.