27-year-old competitive eating champ, Takeru Kobayashi, downs 100 cha siu bao in 12 minutes. (This is the same fellow who ate 83 vegetarian dumplings in 8 minutes on Saturday.) Slightly more detailed coverage from The Standard.
Kumi Sugahara, a Japanese Hong Kong resident, said Kobayashi is her idol. ``He has been a long-time champion in Japan. He is a star!'' she said.Posted by rv at August 14, 2005 05:32 PM to follow-up
I had a post on competitive eating recently. It is in many ways a train wreck of gastronomical proportions.
Posted by: Jay at August 15, 2005 09:35 AM