Tze Char stall prepares meat in the open

[Ahtong]

 

STOMPer Karen witnessed helpers at a well-known 'tze char' or cooked food stall in Yishun carelessly preparing raw meat on the floor at the back of the stall. According to the STOMPer, the workers also dump innards and unwanted parts into the drain nearby.

 

She relates the incident to STOMP in an email:

 

"There is a tze char food stall at Block 654 Yishun Ave 4 called 妹记大排档.

 

"Ever since it was featured on a TV entertainment programme, its dinner crowd boomed.

 

"Perhaps its kitchen is overwhelmed by food orders, the stall's helpers have started to process raw food on the floor at the back of the food centre, right next to pails that held used dining ware.

 

"I have also attached photos which show how a kitchen helper had placed a clear sheet of plastic on the grimy floor. That same sheet of clear plastic was later placed on top of some patty he had prepared.

 

"Raw meats that fell onto the floor were simply picked up and tossed back into the lot, and brought back into the kitchen.

 

"Furthermore, when the kitchen helpers were done with their meat, they would conveniently dispose of the filthy water and unwanted animal innards onto the floor and down the drains.

 

"It was disgusting how bloody pools would form in the grooves of the parking lot closest to the back of the food centre.

 

"My family has brought this issue up to the attention of the National Environment Agency. We provided photo evidence too.

 

"Disappointingly, the officer assigned to this matter replied to say nothing incriminating was found.

 

"It is worthwhile to note that the officer had conducted a 'discreet inspection' at 8.30am on a Monday morning. Tze char stalls start work late morning and get busy towards dinner time.

 

"It would seem a lot more appropriate if the officer had conducted his 'discreet inspection' on Friday, Saturday and Sunday evenings, so I am very surprised that was not done.

 

"I am surprised by the nonchalance of NEA in this matter, when the agency has always preached the importance of food safety and public hygiene in Singapore."

 

 

[XALmoN]

yum...

[Karu]

This is not uncommon for Tze Char stores at coffee chop or hawker centre... That doesn't mean that the big restaurants are not doing similar stuff. It's just that we can't really see it. Chances are, you wouldn't want to know what they do in the kitchen!!!

[Cheepo]

I have seen this many times. Sigh...

 

The other awful sight is how they wash the dishes. I stole a look into the dish washing area of Lucky Plaza food court the other day. Let's just say I am not going to eat there anytime soon.

[Kxbc]

sometimes ignorance is bliss. of course if eat until lao sai, then must make sure they improve on their food handling.

[Bystander50]

Wait till you see those Zi Char stalls picking up discarded vegetables from the rubbish dumps, pluck and cooked them for your hor fun.

 

 

[Ghostami]

Thats why never go see how your food is being prepared. You will end up missing it for something else.

[Darthrevan]

that which does not kill us makes us stronger

[Sosaria]

This is not uncommon for Tze Char stores at coffee chop or hawker centre... That doesn't mean that the big restaurants are not doing similar stuff. It's just that we can't really see it. Chances are, you wouldn't want to know what they do in the kitchen!!!

 

If you want to keep to your diet, please enter the restaurant by the back door, through the kitchen

 

Several years ago when the old hawker centres were still in existence before upgrading, I once saw a drinks stall receiving its supply of ice. The ice blocks were unloaded from a lorry, then a worker use a hook to drag it across the floor to the stall, where it was then hacked into more manageable pieces... Yummy!!

[Aaron_soh80]

"Disappointingly, the officer assigned to this matter replied to say nothing incriminating was found.

 

haha wan sabo pple.. kena self pwn.. LPPL.. dun act high class la.. bitch..

[Duckduck]

this is wat makes the food delicious! rat feceas, pei si, perspiration, animal sweat, hair, bird dropping, flies, spit, phlegm... all stir together

[Unfair]

Actually SG standards damn low.

 

I recall an article about coffee shop toilet standards also.

Complain labour to expensive, reno too expensive.

 

Even korea has better toilets then SG....

[Pufferfish1]

mostly malaysian manning the stalls, i could be wrong

[Bystander50]

mostly malaysian manning the stalls, i could be wrong

 

Some stalls are manned by PRCs.

I ever once went to toilet with this PRC helper from a stall, after peeing, he went straight out without even washing his hands.

 

Many years ago eat the steamboat opened by PRCs at Geylang, food not fresh and stomach don't feel well for the next few days.

With their hygine standards, I avoid stalls manned or opened by them now.

 

 

[Csnewbie]

How about roti prata curry mixed with lao sai?Yummy yum.

[Kangadrool]

Saw the meat on toilet floor and worker working on it in Boleh Land.

[Booboon]

taste good, slurp....

[Curahee]

In indo i see before they chop their meat and vege on the road, the road is their chopping board... The ppl there, stomach damn strong, such food i eat confirm lau sai and vomit....