Chinese community in Costa Rica set record for fried rice
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Chinese residents in Costa Rica cook Cantonese fried rice during Chinese Lunar New Year celebrations in Chinatown in San Jose on Feb 12, 2013. Members of Cost Rica's Chinese community celebrated the the arrival of the Year of the Snake by setting the world record on Tuesday for the largest amount of fried rice ever cooked. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
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Chinese and Costa Rican chefs cook the world's largest fried rice in celebration of Chinese New Year, for which they obtained a Guinness record, in San Jose on Feb 12, 2013. -- PHOTO: AFP
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Chinese and Costa Rican chefs cook the world's largest fried rice in celebration of Chinese New Year, for which they obtained a Guinness record, in San Jose on Feb 12, 2013. -- PHOTO: AFP
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Chinese chefs unload the ingredients to cook the world´s largest fried rice in celebration of Chinese New Year, for which they obtained a Guinness record, in San Jose on Feb 12, 2013. -- PHOTO: AFP
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Chinese cooks take a picture after being awarded a Guinness record for the largest fried rice, which was cooked to celebrate Chinese New Year, in San Jose on Feb 12, 2013. -- PHOTO: AFP
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People line up for a serving of the "world’s largest Cantonese fried rice" during Chinese Lunar New Year celebrations in Chinatown in San Jose on Feb 12, 2013.-- PHOTO: REUTERS
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A family eats servings of the "world’s largest Cantonese fried rice" during Chinese Lunar New Year celebrations in Chinatown in San Jose on Feb 12, 2013. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
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Guinness World Records representative Ralph Hannah watches as Chinese chefs cook the world's largest fried rice in celebration of Chinese New Year in San Jose on Feb 12, 2013. -- PHOTO: AFP
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President of the Costa Rican Chinese Community, Isabel Yung (left), receives a Guinness record certificate from Guinness representative Ralph Hannah (right) in San Jose on Feb 12, 2013. -- PHOTO: AFP
Chinese residents in Costa Rica cook Cantonese fried rice during Chinese Lunar New Year celebrations in Chinatown in San Jose on Feb 12, 2013. Members of Cost Rica's Chinese community celebrated the the arrival of the Year of the Snake by setting the world record on Tuesday for the largest amount of fried rice ever cooked. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
Chinese and Costa Rican chefs cook the world's largest fried rice in celebration of Chinese New Year, for which they obtained a Guinness record, in San Jose on Feb 12, 2013. -- PHOTO: AFP
Chinese and Costa Rican chefs cook the world's largest fried rice in celebration of Chinese New Year, for which they obtained a Guinness record, in San Jose on Feb 12, 2013. -- PHOTO: AFP
Chinese chefs unload the ingredients to cook the world´s largest fried rice in celebration of Chinese New Year, for which they obtained a Guinness record, in San Jose on Feb 12, 2013. -- PHOTO: AFP
Chinese cooks take a picture after being awarded a Guinness record for the largest fried rice, which was cooked to celebrate Chinese New Year, in San Jose on Feb 12, 2013. -- PHOTO: AFP
People line up for a serving of the "world’s largest Cantonese fried rice" during Chinese Lunar New Year celebrations in Chinatown in San Jose on Feb 12, 2013.-- PHOTO: REUTERS
A family eats servings of the "world’s largest Cantonese fried rice" during Chinese Lunar New Year celebrations in Chinatown in San Jose on Feb 12, 2013. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
Guinness World Records representative Ralph Hannah watches as Chinese chefs cook the world's largest fried rice in celebration of Chinese New Year in San Jose on Feb 12, 2013. -- PHOTO: AFP
President of the Costa Rican Chinese Community, Isabel Yung (left), receives a Guinness record certificate from Guinness representative Ralph Hannah (right) in San Jose on Feb 12, 2013. -- PHOTO: AFP
SAN JOSE (AFP) - Members of Costa Rica's Chinese community celebrated the arrival of the Year of the Snake by setting the world record on Tuesday for the largest amount of fried rice ever cooked.
Briton Ralph Hannah, an inspector with the Guinness World Records, certified the win after putting the giant meal - enough to feed some 7,000 people - on a scale.
The official weight: 837kg, which nearly doubles the previous record.
Armed with shovel-sized spoons, 52 cooks toiled over an enormous wok built especially for the event in San Jose's recently inaugurated Chinatown.
