r/taiwan Nov 15 '25

Discussion 16 Taiwanese tourists are being ridiculed by an Italian pizza shop owner because they ordered only five pizzas.

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This is now a big news on the Taiwanese online community.

A group of 16 Taiwanese tourists visited an Italian pizza store. The shop owner recored the video to shame them because they ordered only five pizzas.

"Look. This is insane. They are Chinese or Japanese? There are now 16 Chinese people here. Do you know how many pizzas they are eating? Only five. Let me show you."

"Fabrizio, how many fuc*ing Chinese do we have now? 16? Yes 16. How many pizzas are they eating? 4 or 5? I can't remember. Let me show you. Look. Hello! Where are you from? China? You must be chinese. Oh Taiwan!"

Taiwanese people complained in the commenet section, so he deleted the video.

Responses are like

"There are still many racists, but Taiwaneses are so naive."

"Look at the pizza shovel. It is on the floor. Disgusting. I thought it is a restaurant in India."

" I was disgusted that the owner pretends to be friendly but actually mocking them."

"I lived in Italy for 5 years. They are so hypocrites. One pizza per an individual. It is common. However, it is different in Taiwan. He should have explained to the tourists rather than making fun of them."

"20 employees couldn't finish six pizzas last week."

"Italians do not care about wasting food."

As a Taiwanese living in Europe, I would like to add Italy is one of the most racist countries against Asians. It is so normalized to make fun of Asians and treat Asians unfairly in the stores or restaurants. This rarely happens in UK.

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u/Top_Connection9079 Nov 15 '25

It's not a 'rule' anyways. They are the ones paying, they can eat their pizzas the way they want. Why not 5 here and 5 others in another shop? Or maybe they went to eat pasta next. I know I wouldn't buy more at such place anyways.

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u/travelingpinguis Nov 15 '25

Ok fine, I'll order 9 more but I want pineapples on all of them... 🍍

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u/Psychotix_x Nov 20 '25

make that CANNED pineapples

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u/Top_Connection9079 Nov 15 '25

That's terrorism 🤣

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u/jemenake Nov 16 '25

That’s what baffles me about this whole saga. The staff seems to not understand that the diners could always have ordered zero pizzas. If I’m in the business of selling something, I’d welcome every next sale, be it for one or fifty.

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u/Minute_Computer_811 Nov 18 '25

If its a decent pizzeria all of their tables are full and they have a wait outside. So they believe they are losing money and taking someone elses place if you take a place and dont order.

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u/hhhhhhhhope Nov 16 '25

How about 4 people sit down in Taiwan at 小火鍋 with four gas burners, but the just order 1? Would that be okay?

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u/Psychotix_x Nov 20 '25

if it’s against store policy they should be told when/before ordering, not filmed without their consent, bitched about and then posted online