I’ll say it: Momofuku is overrated and overpriced. Bao buns (Gua bao) are not the best delivery system for pork belly, and in anycase, have been overdone in far too many places that have no business to be making them.

Also, Lucky Peach was a great idea until it started sucking.  And Chang’s recent hot takes on…

You're think Adrian Brody kissing Halle Berry.  Brody played a pianist in The Pianist that year.

Impossible; where would such a guy exist, even at 350K a week?

Not exactly related because no one with a sentient brain thinks Arsenal has a chance at the title next decade this year, but they once again just lost an away match to a qualitatively weaker side in the North of the England.

The same holds true for anything you purchase off Amazon: third-party sellers often can give you better deals, but make sure you know that you’re buying from them (and not Amazon) and be sure to check their feedback. I once got burned on a Chef’s Choice knife sharpener advertised on KinjaDeals/Inventory that came from…

I call shenanigans, it’s not a Japanese pizza unless it’s got sweet corn, shrimp, and kewipie mayo!

His age is definitely why he’s been driving so hard to get a deal done—including insulting the city—because it’s probably his one chance to earn big money. A four-year deal would take him through his age 27-30 seasons. After that, performance might get dicey for an undersized guard like him, even if the shooting…

In addition to being bullshit, a lot of these measurements were done when the players first came into the league. For players players like LeBron and even some of the one-and-dones, they were still not done growing when they got measured at 18 or 19.

Players like Giannis, Paul George, Jayson Tatum have all grown…

Thanks to everyone who chimed in so far! I know these figures vary widely by restaurant type and region, but it’s been really useful to learn more about the industry. Hopefully that makes for better-informed comments when tipping comes up in a future Salty column, as it inevitably will.

Sure, but I’ve never worked as a server and don’t know how to project tips based on the method you suggest. Hence why I’m crowd-sourcing some estimates.

Curious to hear how much tips servers can generally expect; could we crowd-source some figures?

Or maybe they watched some John Oliver and realized that Morey, that dope, had traded Marquese Chriss! Dude is 6'10" with a 7' wingspan who plays above the rim!

I think I might’ve saw him on the site a couple weeks ago, but I may be well wrong. Hopefully with the start of the NBA season he’ll be chiming in again.

In Tokyo, they run anywhere from about 2000 to 5000 yen a night, so roughly $20-50. They’re a neat gimmick worth doing once or if you stay out past the last train, but a good, clean hotel room can be had for about $80-100.

If it was 2000-2001, it must’ve been A.C. Green: he never liked to hand his sweaty balls to anyone.

Just temporarily. Commemorating LeBron’s support for the Chinese Communist Party and his own wallet.
“LeMao Shames”

I hear it’s part of the Uighur re-education curriculum in Xinjiang.

I guess there are just a few points where we won’t agree. I’m definitely more cynical about LeBron’s motivations based on how I’ve construed his past behavior on and off the court. And I get your frustration with the NBA for not taking a stronger stand either for/against Morey, but as a money-making entity beholden to…

Hey, I would agree that at least part of his anger is based on what he considers management’s special perogatives. Just like I assume he was annoyed that he (or some rando 19 year-old rookie) has to answer tough questions from hostile foreign media. But my point is that his primary motivator was the money he lost, and…