Every weekend, families gather up and make their way to restaurants. Then they order steaks, hamburger, seafood, pho, rice, tacos, and etc. They talk with each other, and finish the food in one hour. They enjoy the food not realizing how the food was really made. No one really knows what they have eaten. In fact, you can find all different things that are somewhat surprising. In the kitchen of the restaurant, there are cockroaches, flies, mouse, ants, and other different species.
Last summer, I worked at a Korean restaurant. The restaurant was very famous in terms of the number of costumers and the taste of the food. I worked 3 days per week, Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, for 6 hours per day. I was just a waiter who knew nothing about the real stuff. It was a Monday night when the incident happened. I was about to serve the side dishes to costumers. In order to serve the side dishes, I had to walk into the kitchen because the side dishes were placed on a small table inside the kitchen. So I went into the kitchen and then I got busted by a black object that crept along the floor. I could not believe my eyes. I told the chef that there is a huge cockroach that is creeping on the floor. Then his answer was simple, “Don’t worry about it.” I am not being rude to Korean restaurants and there are many other places that have poor cooking conditions. For some places, I can see some flies flying all around the restaurant and sitting on my precious food. It is a nightmare. While working at the Korean restaurant, I’ve also learned that the inspectors, who sort of points out the problems of the restaurant, are irresponsible towards their jobs. One of the inspectors that I saw was totally a bomb. He did not spend much of the time for really look inside the kitchen. He just looked around for couple minutes and walked out.
What should we do in order to have a healthier food? We can prove to the inspecting companies to see what the reality of the inspections is and make them to find some alternations. Also we can sue the restaurant where serves the filthy foods to costumers. However the best choice is not going to the restaurants. Make your own healthy food and enjoy with your family.
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I agree with this blog. I have an Asian who's parents own a Chinese food restaurant. The food is alright, and I ate there until I spent an afternoon in the restaurant with my friend. Like your experience, there were flies everywhere and just sat out uncovered all afternoon. I also went into the back of the restaurant and there were cockroach traps on the floor, and the bathrooms were completely unkempt. I also agree with you that health inspectors are irresponsible towards their jobs. My friends restaurant passed with a B grade. If it were me I would have given it a D just because I was so grossed out. You address good points that most people don't even think twice about.
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