Inani labantu beplanethi liyakhula futhi maduze nje, ukuze bondle bonke abakhileyo emhlabeni, kuzodingeka bashintshele kulokho okubizwa ngokuthi “ukudla kweplanethi”. Isimo senziwa sibe sibi kakhulu ukusetshenziswa budedengu kwemikhiqizo ekhiqizwayo.
Ingxenye yesithathu yakho konke ukudla okukhiqizwa emhlabeni akudliwa, futhi izindleko eziphelele zokudla okulahliwe zifinyelela ku-$ 400 billion ngonyaka. Kodwa lokhu kudla kungaphakela abantu abalambile abayizigidi ezingu-870, kubhala i-New York Times.
Abaphathi bendawo yokudlela yase-Dubai i-Gulou Hotpot bacabanga ngokusetshenziswa kwemvelo. Futhi sanquma ukuthi manje sonke isivakashi esishiya okusalile kuzodingeka sikhokhe ama-dirham angama-50 ($ 13,7) enanini eliphelele lesikweletu.
Ngokusho kwendawo yokudlela, lesi silinganiso ngeke sisize kuphela ukulwa nokugcwala kokudla, kodwa futhi senze izivakashi zithembele emandleni azo lapho zibeka i-oda.
Kumele kuqashelwe ukuthi lesi "nhlawulo" sisebenza ekunikezeni "okushisayo" - ukufinyelela okungenamkhawulo kokudla neziphuzo amahora amabili ngama-dirham angu-49. Imenyu ihlanganisa umhluzi onephunga elimnandi, inyama, inhlanzi, i-tofu, imifino, ama-noodle nama-dessert. Futhi manje, uma izivakashi zingakwazi ukudla konke eziku-odile, kuzodingeka zikhokhe ama-dirham angu-50 engeziwe.