Some people will do their best for the best meals, but it really takes the cake.
News from across Asia reported this week that about 150 unsuspecting sushi fans in Taiwan have legally changed their name to “Salmon” as part of a restaurant promotion, according to Agence France-Presse in Taipei.
Causing a frenzy called “salmon chaos” by local media, a marketing campaign that promises virtually unlimited sushi to any customer at Akindo Sushiro, with Chinese characters for “salmon” appearing on their ID cards, has led to dozens of young people to rush to government offices this week to make the name change.
The promotion, which allowed up to six guests for each “salmon” reference, ended on Thursday, leaving an attack on documents for local government officials to process.
“This kind of name change not only wastes time, but causes unnecessary acts,” said Deputy Interior Minister Chen Tsung-yen, according to local reports. The country allows citizens to legally change their name up to three times – which means that some may choose to change it – but discourages them from doing so frivolously.
“Please be careful to take care of your good name,” a statement made by the interior ministry via Facebook read on Wednesday.
“Five people applied for the name change today and another six yesterday,” said Ou Minxin local registry office official in Kaohsiung, Taiwan, the Washington Post reported. “I’ve seen names like” Hotness Salmon, “” Dip Wasabi and Eat Salmon, “and” I can’t help but eat salmon for free. ” ”
In one day, about 200 customers with names that included “salmon” visited on Wednesday, said Dory Wang, marketing director of Akindo Sushiro.
A university student, nicknamed Ma, told Kaohsiung’s TVBS news channel that they changed their name to “bao cheng gui yu,” which means something close to “Beautiful-looking explosive salmon,” according to The Guardian.
Other newly created monikers included “Salmon Prince”, “Meteor Salmon King” and “Salmon Fried Rice”. A top maritime devil added a record 36 new characters to their names, most of which involved seafood, including symbols for abalone, crab and lobster.