Dogs in a Chinese restaurant? It's not what you think.

But the San Antonio Express-News led many to believe a Chinese eatery was serving up something gross.


Over the weekend, the San Antonio Express-News posted a bland weekly roundup on local restaurant inspections. One of them included an area Chinese restaurant, Lee's Garden Chinese Restaurant, where an inspector saw a dog on the premises. Like, somebody's pet. Perhaps not particularly sanitary, depending on where the dog was hanging out, but whatever. It got the necessary citation.

However, when the restaurant inspection report was posted to the San Antonio Express-News' Facebook page on Saturday, they used the headline "Inspectors Find Dogs in Chinese Restaurant" accompanied by a photo of food. The insinuation, of course, is that the Chinese restaurant was caught serving dog meat.

When you click through to the article, the actual headline on mysanantonio.com simply reads "San Antonio restaurant inspections: February 17, 2017." The report notes that "roaches and dogs were seen in the establishment." And that's it. (Okay, the roaches are gross.) That was apparently all they needed to put together a racist, misleading Facebook post. Guaranteed to get some clicks.

Of course, nobody actually reads anything. The misleading headline inspired a deluge of Facebook comments along the lines of "Ooh hell no I just had Chinese last night... Mfs trynna kill us" and "Fuck Chinese lol."

Disoriented Comedy Goes South: Texas Tour 2015

May 7-10 in Dallas, Austin, Houston and San Antonio



Get ready for some laughs, Texas. Disoriented Comedy is coming to get you! This week, the first-ever nationally-touring stand-up comedy showcase featuring the fresh and diverse voices of Asian American female-identified comedians is embarking on the "Disoriented Comedy Goes South" Texas Tour. Four cities, five shows, all Texas. It's happening May 7-10, with stops in Dallas, Austin, Houston and San Antonio.

Here are some more details. Follow the links:

Frat brothers caught breaking into SeaWorld after hours

Spring breakers scaled a wall, stole ice cream and tried to find animals to take photos with



Asians behaving badly... frat bros break into SeaWorld edition! No, seriously. This week in San Antonio, a group of spring breakin' college fraternity brothers were arrested for trespassing into SeaWorld after hours in a possible attempt to take photos with the animals. That's right. Animal selfies.

Spring Break-in: college students caught overnight at SeaWorld

According to police, 23-year-old Duc Thien Nguyen and Huy Quan Mai, apparently students at the University of Houston, were part of a group that scaled the walls SeaWorld San Antonio, broke into a storage area to eat ice cream, and unsuccessfully tried to find animals to take photos with. Three other students got away.

Would you eat from a truck called "Cockasian"?

San Antonio food truck banned for racy name



So, um, what do you sell out of this truck? In Texas, a new Asian-fusion food truck has been prohibited from operating in a San Antonio industrial area because of its objectionable name: Cockasian.

San Antonio food truck's 'offensive name' ruffles feathers

CockAsian, owned and operated by chef Candie Yoder, specializes in "Asian Fusion" -- mostly Korean fare, including her most popular dish, Korean Fried Chicken. But the truck's name and branding has apparently ruffled some feathers, and she has been barred from rolling in and setting up shop in Port San Antonio.

It should be noted that Yoder is not Asian. In fact, she claims that the truck's name is a wordy play on the fact that she's a white woman cooking Asian food. Yeah, that's clever.

Secret recording catches politician's anti-gay rant

"Personally, I think it's just disgusting just to even think about."



Tell us how you really feel, Elisa. In San Antonio, a city councilwoman is under fire after a secret audio recording of her making hateful, homophobic comments with her staff was leaked to the press last week: Elisa Chan, San Antonio Politician, In Hot Water Over Alleged Anti-Gay Rant.

The recording, secretly captured behind closed doors in the City Hall office of Elisa Chan last May, reveals the councilwoman and some of her staff expressing intolerant, derogatory views about the LGBT community. Unbeknownst to the councilwoman, a former aide was secretly recording the meeting on his iPhone.

The staff was gathered in her office to discuss the city's proposal to update its nondiscrimination ordinance, adding protections for sexual orientation and gender identity. Chan used it as opportunity to make sure everyone in the room was aware how "disgusting" she finds homosexuality.

Here's the audio, released to the San Antonio Express-News: