A 265-pound man claims that a restaurant he frequents because of its "eat-all-you-can" buffet promo, has banned him from eating again in the eatery because "he and his companion eats too much." But a spokesman for the restaurant denies the claim.

Ricky Labit, a disabled offshore worker, said he had been visiting the Manchuria Restaurant in Houma and eating there at least three times a week. He claims he had been a regular customer of Manchuria for eight months.

However, when he and 44-year-old Michael Borreli, his wife's cousin, ate in the restaurant, the waitress presented them a bill amounting to $46.40, almost double the buffet price for two adults on his most recent visit.

"She says, 'Y'all fat, and y'all eat too much,'" Labit said.

"I was stunned, that somebody would say something like that. I ain't that fat, I only weigh 277," Labit said.

He said they felt discriminated because of their weight, adding that a waitress made a comment on him he looked like he had a "baby in the belly."

But Houma accountant Thomas Campo said the men were charged an extra $10 each on December 21 because they made a habit of dining exclusively on the more expensive seafood dishes, including crab legs and frog legs.

Campo, speaking in behalf of the restaurant owner Li Shang, who spoke limited English, said, "We have a lot of big people there. We don't discriminate."