CHAPTER SEVEN
Herding
Like many people, on Friday nights I like to eat a take-away. There’s a road very near to my house that has a variety of restaurants, and so I usually head down there. What’s unique about this road is that there’s a cluster of seven restaurants all next to each other that sell basically the same kind of cuisine – Malaysian Chinese. I love this style of Asian food, so I usually choose one of these restaurants. I have ordered from all of them over the years, and I can testify they all have authentic and delicious dishes. But there’s something curious about these restaurants: one is always extremely busy while the other six are always quite empty. And it’s not because of price, great restaurant reviews, or because it has ...
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