Phrases & SayingsYouth, popular and digital culture
succulent Chinese meal
A meme phrase from a widely circulated arrest video.
In a sentence
He looked at the takeaway and declared it a “succulent Chinese meal”.
Where it came from
The phrase comes from footage of Jack Karlson’s 1991 arrest in Brisbane, which later circulated widely online and became part of Australian popular culture.
- Initial era
- 1950–1999
- Where used
- Australia-wide