People pretend to hold services in Chinese funeral home simply to try their canteen's rice noodles dish

A small Chinese funeral home gained a lot of popularity after a local blogger shared his amazing dining experience there online, particularly highlighting the delicious rice noodles, a South China Morning Post report said.

The canteen of Erlong Funeral Home in Kaili, situated in the Guizhou province, has seen a huge footfall of visitors in recent weeks, who came to try their famous noodle dish, the publication added quoting another Chinese media.

The report further mentioned that the canteen is not open to the public, and many people posed as friends of the families who were holding funeral services there, just to try the delicacy and enjoy the food there.

The rice noodles are available in the canteen daily from 6 am to 8 am, and 10 pm to 10:30 pm, however due to high demand, the customers tend to face a waiting time stretching up to an hour.

The blogger whose first-hand experience made the dish the star of the eatery said that his mother had taken him to the funeral home to try their rice noodle, which at first was kind of surprising for him.

The publication quoting the netizen said, “At first, I was hesitant because it’s quite far from downtown, but my mother was adamant,” he recounted in the video. “After trying the rice noodles, I found them absolutely delicious.”

Quoting a worker at the funeral home, the report added, “Many people rave about our rice noodles because our chefs are exceptionally skilled.” We use only fresh ingredients, our broth is simmered with pig bones for hours, and our chilli sauces come from a secret recipe.”

These rice noodle bowls are priced at 10 yuan (US$1.4) each and they are available in four flavours which are spicy chicken, mixed meat, minced meat, or pig’s trotter, the report said.

An unnamed worker of the canteen, as mentioned in the report said, “We face immense pressure managing the influx of visitors. Some do not attend the funeral services but pretend to be relatives or friends, making it hard for us to distinguish them.”

An employee further mentioned that they do not wish to open the business to the general public despite the good revenue they make out of their dish.