Comments on: Hooters: A place for bird lovers, III http://www.beijingboyce.com/2007/09/12/hooters-a-place-for-bird-lovers-iii/ A Somewhat Young China Hand on the Local Drinking Scene Fri, 03 Feb 2012 08:20:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: boyce http://www.beijingboyce.com/2007/09/12/hooters-a-place-for-bird-lovers-iii/#comment-56147 boyce Tue, 06 May 2008 07:04:50 +0000 http://www.beijingboyce.com/2007/09/hooters-a-place-for-bird-lovers-iii/#comment-56147 @ joel, I have no idea, I've never gotten into the "nudge, nudge, wink, wink" Hooters thing. On my visits, I've seen a lot of families and couples - if anything, the Hooter's girls seem to be cheerleaders to those patrons. Cheers, Boyce @ joel,

I have no idea, I’ve never gotten into the “nudge, nudge, wink, wink” Hooters thing. On my visits, I’ve seen a lot of families and couples – if anything, the Hooter’s girls seem to be cheerleaders to those patrons.

Cheers, Boyce

]]> By: joel http://www.beijingboyce.com/2007/09/12/hooters-a-place-for-bird-lovers-iii/#comment-56106 joel Sun, 04 May 2008 20:25:24 +0000 http://www.beijingboyce.com/2007/09/hooters-a-place-for-bird-lovers-iii/#comment-56106 Actually, when I visited the Beijing Hooters recently I saw that the majority of Hooters girls there had nice-sized boobs. Either I'm better at spotting the nice-looking boobs, or Paul is a big light in the loafers! Actually, when I visited the Beijing Hooters recently I saw that the majority of Hooters girls there had nice-sized boobs. Either I’m better at spotting the nice-looking boobs, or Paul is a big light in the loafers!

]]> By: Beijing Boyce » Hooters: The video http://www.beijingboyce.com/2007/09/12/hooters-a-place-for-bird-lovers-iii/#comment-23400 Beijing Boyce » Hooters: The video Tue, 25 Sep 2007 04:02:56 +0000 http://www.beijingboyce.com/2007/09/hooters-a-place-for-bird-lovers-iii/#comment-23400 [...] read about it, now you can see what all the fuss is about. Thomas Crampton’s blog includes this [...] [...] read about it, now you can see what all the fuss is about. Thomas Crampton’s blog includes this [...]

]]> By: Paul http://www.beijingboyce.com/2007/09/12/hooters-a-place-for-bird-lovers-iii/#comment-21497 Paul Fri, 14 Sep 2007 01:51:52 +0000 http://www.beijingboyce.com/2007/09/hooters-a-place-for-bird-lovers-iii/#comment-21497 In the interests of sociological research, I dragged myself and my Chinese friend to see Hooters for ourselves last night. We got there about 8pm, which was clearly a bad idea. Although we were seated straight away, that's all that happened for several minutes. Finally we were asked for our drinks (and food) orders, after which the young lady serving us seemed to forget that we were in her territory. It took three requests and 15 minutes to get the drinks, which arrived just after the fish and chips that we had ordered. I don't recall Fish and Chips being an American cuisine item, but I have to say, the fish was excellent. the chips were ordinary, and the cutlery fancy but difficult to use. They need to hire a Brit, just to cook the chips properly. I took the precaution of ordering the second drink before finishing my first, but to no avail. It turned up just as we were thinking of leaving. We also had Miss Hooters 2006 drop by our table for about 90 seconds (she seemed to spend more time at tables inhabited entirely by blokes.) A plastic and weary smile made us look twice at the photos on the flier - it seemed they were too different girls. So to pass the time away while waiting for drinks, there is the scenery to take in. Of course I am referring to the TVs planted strategically so that every punter can see the replays of the EPL football. One can also study the decor, with the new trend of wrapped and painted ceilings and lots of timber colours blended with a pinky/orange trim. Ok I have teased you long enough. The girls? Well, yes, one or maybe two could possibly get a job in an American Hooters. But that Hooters would probably be in Salt Lake City. They were dressed identically, down to the same brand of sneaker and white sox. They yelled out to each other, and screeched when supposed to be singing. But, short of some very padded bras, simply don't fit the template. So the manager hired them for their personality? Then he needs to brush up on his personality testing skills. And if that is really the case, why then do they insist on every other feature of the place being identical to their US cousins. For goodness sake, this is the ONLY feature of the place that we DO want them to replicate. Cheers, Paul. In the interests of sociological research, I dragged myself and my Chinese friend to see Hooters for ourselves last night. We got there about 8pm, which was clearly a bad idea. Although we were seated straight away, that’s all that happened for several minutes. Finally we were asked for our drinks (and food) orders, after which the young lady serving us seemed to forget that we were in her territory. It took three requests and 15 minutes to get the drinks, which arrived just after the fish and chips that we had ordered.

I don’t recall Fish and Chips being an American cuisine item, but I have to say, the fish was excellent. the chips were ordinary, and the cutlery fancy but difficult to use. They need to hire a Brit, just to cook the chips properly.

I took the precaution of ordering the second drink before finishing my first, but to no avail. It turned up just as we were thinking of leaving.

We also had Miss Hooters 2006 drop by our table for about 90 seconds (she seemed to spend more time at tables inhabited entirely by blokes.) A plastic and weary smile made us look twice at the photos on the flier – it seemed they were too different girls.

So to pass the time away while waiting for drinks, there is the scenery to take in. Of course I am referring to the TVs planted strategically so that every punter can see the replays of the EPL football. One can also study the decor, with the new trend of wrapped and painted ceilings and lots of timber colours blended with a pinky/orange trim.

Ok I have teased you long enough. The girls? Well, yes, one or maybe two could possibly get a job in an American Hooters. But that Hooters would probably be in Salt Lake City. They were dressed identically, down to the same brand of sneaker and white sox. They yelled out to each other, and screeched when supposed to be singing. But, short of some very padded bras, simply don’t fit the template.

So the manager hired them for their personality? Then he needs to brush up on his personality testing skills. And if that is really the case, why then do they insist on every other feature of the place being identical to their US cousins. For goodness sake, this is the ONLY feature of the place that we DO want them to replicate.

Cheers,

Paul.

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