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The original was posted on /r/mildlyinteresting by /u/a_woman_provides on 2025-06-14 05:12:00+00:00.

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[–] Sibbo@sopuli.xyz 43 points 2 months ago (4 children)

Maybe since it's Japan, the cook didn't want to dishonour the master he learned from?

[–] evening_push579@feddit.nu 30 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Too much kanji, no hiragana or katakana makes it feel like not Japan

[–] tanisnikana@lemmy.world 42 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Second. Also, I can read Japanese, and that’s Chinese.

Even for someone who’s illiterate, Chinese commas resemble English ones, just placed in the center of a full-width character box. Japanese commas are literally 「、」.

[–] evening_push579@feddit.nu 8 points 2 months ago (1 children)

TIL about Chinese commas :)

Maybe it is Taiwan then, since there are no simplified characters.

[–] NorthWestWind@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

Both signs have simplified characters. It is probably not TW

[–] realitista@lemm.ee 16 points 2 months ago

I like to think that they are just being honest with themselves.

[–] tiredofsametab@fedia.io 11 points 2 months ago (1 children)

The writing is Chinese so I doubt it's in Japan.

[–] imouto@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

It's (Traditional) Chinese.

It can be Taiwan, though lots of Japanese shops put up signs in foreign languages to attract tourists.

[–] tiredofsametab@fedia.io 2 points 2 months ago

Yeah, it's not impossible to be Japan, but I was thinking Taiwan or even HK, perhaps.

[–] viking@infosec.pub 7 points 2 months ago

That's Chinese.

[–] Karyoplasma@discuss.tchncs.de 27 points 2 months ago

Slightly more believable than "the best in the world".

[–] Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works 16 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Seems pretty Braggable. Why wouldn't you flaunt that?

[–] BeardedGingerWonder@feddit.uk 7 points 2 months ago

Yeah, unless the second best is next door id probably settle.

[–] Jeeve65@ttrpg.network 8 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Hokkaido is also a type of ice cream. Apparently available elsewhere, too. The rest of the text is chinese (at least, deepl recognizes it as such)

[–] BussyCat@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

My understanding is it’s less a type of ice cream and more a source of dairy

[–] NorthWestWind@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago (2 children)

It's just "second to none" but written more verbosely

[–] WalrusDragonOnABike@reddthat.com 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Wouldn't it be "second to one"?

[–] NorthWestWind@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago

There's a sentence in Cantonese "我認第二冇人敢認第一", which means "if I declare second, no one will declare first".

I wasn't super sure if they meant that because Simplified Chinese is not likely to be Cantonese but Mandarin.

[–] markovs_gun@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

No. Second to none means the best, this means the second best.

[–] LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel