Melbourne chinatown

reno · Aug 22, 2008

phil, see how great melb is

A POPULAR Melbourne Chinatown restaurant that served a cockroach cooked in fried rice has been fined $20,000 without conviction.
A woman began eating the takeaway fried rice with chicken and cashews from the Westlake restaurant and remarked that it tasted "disgusting". "There's something crunchy in this," she said before removing a mouthful revealing legs and head of a bug.
The Melbourne Magistrates Court was told yesterday that the woman's mother, who had ordered the meal on October 23 last year, saw a "partially consumed cockroach" in the rice.
Sebastian Reid, prosecuting, said City of Melbourne investigators found numerous examples of poor food storage, accumulation of food waste, slime, mould and evidence of pests the next day.
Mr Reid said the kitchen floor had accumulated food waste, live cockroaches and cigarette butts.
Inspectors later found that some areas of ordered improvements had not been resolved.
Mr Reid said that Kan Chiu Chan, a director of the restaurant company, told investigators there had been a "cockroach problem" two weeks before the inspection.
Westlake Restaurant Pty Ltd pleaded guilty to charges that included failing to properly store food and supplying food not of the nature and substance demanded by the purchaser.
Defence lawyer Stan Waites said Westlake, which had no prior convictions in 24 years and cooks about 42,000 meals annually, had this month received "the all-clear" from inspectors.
He said the dead cockroaches in photographs had been "bombed" by a pest controller days before the inspection. He said the charges had caused "an enormous shake-up" at the restaurant, including the hiring of specific cleaning staff.
Magistrate Phillip Goldberg said consumers were entitled to expect hygienic food, but that the company had reacted positively and could rely on its previously good history to avoid a conviction

http://www.theage.com.au/national/20000-fine-for-cockroach-in-rice-20080821-3zlu.html
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Flames · Aug 22, 2008

Phil's kitchen LOL

BigM · Aug 22, 2008

*shrugs* I don't think Sydney would be that much better.

Those guys who watch Today Tonight or live in Burwood/Inner West Area would know about a resturant with terrible food prep. problems... Best BBQ anyone?

mr_evolution · Aug 22, 2008

Melbun FTW! eh Phil?

bbes · Aug 22, 2008

thats disgusting, i guess sticking to cooking ur own food is the best option.

bobbylee · Aug 22, 2008

haven't heard of this on the news
its not that suprising though, there are many cases similar to this in australia and other countries

reno · Aug 22, 2008

hahah its everywhere in chinatown all around the world...
but thought i'd share cos its melb!! haahhaha
lolz

Phoenix · Aug 22, 2008

sick.....>___<"

Melbourne chinatown

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