The hashtag 'White People Food' is Chinese social media's latest trend, as citizens living abroad 'learn what it feels like to be dead' courtesy of bland Western lunches
Poking fun at the flavourless lunchboxes found across Europe and the United States, the trend sweeping China's heavily censored internet takes aim at a variety of staples including microwaved soup, boiled eggs, carrot sticks and crackers.
With one internet user describing the trend as a means of “learn what it feels like to be dead”, the mocking continues to sweep a number of microblogging platforms including Weibo. The trend is believed to have started on Chinese lifestyle app Xiaohongshu when a passenger on a Swiss train was captured putting mustard onto lettuce leaves before pairing with cold cuts of meat.Posted by graduate Huang Jinglan, the video was accompanied by the caption “white people food” and led to the term being adopted by thousands of Chinese social media users living abroad.
Huang, 29, told the Washington Post: “Having too much of it can drain the soul and human warmth out of you”. Highlighting the necessity of hot sauce to liven up bland lunches, she mockingly notes an unspoken rule that dictates “white people food” should not be shared “because we shall not punish others with our self-torture”.
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