00:00Yeah, I'd like to place an order.
00:01What do you like?
00:02Yeah, I'd like three orders of garlic chicken.
00:05And then?
00:07How much do you like Chinese food?
00:10I'd bet not as much as David Chan.
00:12A lawyer by profession in Los Angeles, he has visited over 6,000 restaurants in his lifetime.
00:18And he's not even close to being satisfied.
00:21Thus far, the 64-year-old has eaten at exactly 6,297 Chinese joints
00:26and has documented his experiences and opinions at each restaurant in a detailed Excel spreadsheet.
00:32On top of being a legal expert, Chan has become somewhat of a dining authority.
00:36Food critics commonly ask him for advice on Twitter regarding where to eat.
00:41Restaurant chefs and workers carefully watch nervously as he takes a bite at any establishment,
00:46signifying the value of Chan's judgment.
00:48The top of the spreadsheet dates back to 1955, detailing a Chinese restaurant in Los Angeles.
00:54China has an amazingly diverse cuisine, with its history dating back thousands of years.
01:00Take for instance the pufferfish, considered a delicacy in China.
01:04It also happens to be one of the most poisonous vertebrates on this planet.
01:08They contain tetroditoxin, which, according to National Geographic,
01:12can be 1,200 times more poisonous than cyanide.
01:16Only licensed chefs who know how to remove the toxin can serve a pufferfish.
01:24However, that is a great place in the UK, which there is no way of doing many things not to tear up the puzzle.
01:25The most poisonous vertebrates are a large footprint behind the wall.
01:25The most poisonous vertebrates that are not to tear up the puzzle.
01:27The most poisonous vertebrate the skin, with its history of the U.S.
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