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'Tsunami' has sensitive South African restaurant patrons cheesed off JOHANNESBURG, Tuesday (AFP) Sensitive South African restaurant patrons have found the use of the word "tsunami" by local eateries a bit hard to swallow, accusing it of cashing in on the Asian wave disaster, a report said Tuesday. Offended because of the devastating waves which killed more than 150,000 people, several complaints have been lodged at two Johannesburg eateries, one a chain of breakfast restaurants that sells a "Tsunami chicken burger", the other a sushi bar named after the killer wave. But the restaurants hit back, saying they used the word "tsunami" long before the disaster struck the southeastern Asian coast, The Star newspaper reported. "Long before the gigantic waves wreaked havoc in southeast Asia and East Africa South African diners were devouring the Tsunami chicken burger sold at the Mug Bean restaurants," the paper said. "But since December 26 the name of this once-popular chicken burger has left a bitter taste in the mouths of many patrons - especially those who spotted it for the first time," it added. |
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