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What is the bug? If it's a roach that got cooked into the food, no way am I ever going back. But if it is a tiny fly that may have landed on the plate while the server was carrying it to me (especially if I am seated outside), the restaurant gets a pass.
What is the bug? If it's a roach that got cooked into the food, no way am I ever going back. But if it is a tiny fly that may have landed on the plate while the server was carrying it to me (especially if I am seated outside), the restaurant gets a pass.
Ooh, excellent question. The former-your food was served with a little something extra. Not just a random passing fly.
Ooh, excellent question. The former-your food was served with a little something extra. Not just a random passing fly.
Still depends. The bug could have arrived via some bulk grain, raw salad or veggie bought by the kitchen. Think miller moth or grub, weevil, etc. Doesn't mean the restaurant itself is bad. A spider could drop onto a plate almost anywhere between kitchen and table. A customer could bring in some insect that ends up in someone else's food. Haven't you ever seen the movie Victor/Victoria?
People at the table next to me at a restaurant ordered swordfish. After a while I thought they were tripping on drugs or something because they had their heads way down low looking at the fish. The waiter was summoned, and then the owner or someone from the kitchen. Everybody was looking real close up at the fish. Sure enough, there was a couple of screw worms in the swordfish the kitchen had missed, and I guess they were still moving around.
Still depends. The bug could have arrived via some bulk grain, raw salad or veggie bought by the kitchen. Think miller moth or grub, weevil, etc. Doesn't mean the restaurant itself is bad. A spider could drop onto a plate almost anywhere between kitchen and table. A customer could bring in some insect that ends up in someone else's food. Haven't you ever seen the movie Victor/Victoria?
A funny story. I enjoyed a big salad at a favorite restaurant. When I got got down to the very bottom there was a poor, little living lady bug. Yikes!
Glad I saw it in time - both for it and for me.
When I went to pay I told the hostess and she offered to comp my meal. But since i had eaten and enjoyed the whole thing and didn't suffer any trauma from seeing the bug it didn't seem to be fair to the restaurant.
We all eat bugs or parts of bugs in our food every day. I've eaten plenty of them by accident camping and cycling as well. I just don't want to know I've eaten a bug. That's the worst!
A funny story. I enjoyed a big salad at a favorite restaurant. When I got got down to the very bottom there was a poor, little living lady bug. Yikes!
Glad I saw it in time - both for it and for me.
When I went to pay I told the hostess and she offered to comp my meal. But since i had eaten and enjoyed the whole thing and didn't suffer any trauma from seeing the bug it didn't seem to be fair to the restaurant.
We all eat bugs or parts of bugs in our food every day. I've eaten plenty of them by accident camping and cycling as well. I just don't want to know I've eaten a bug. That's the worst!
This reminds me of a time when I was very young. My mom was cutting up some fresh broccoli at home and I suddenly noticed a little green caterpillar crawling away from the bunch. I pointed it out in some shock, and Mom just said casually, "Oh, this must be really good broccoli. Look how healthy he is!"
I've been pretty nonchalant about finding bugs on and around food ever since. I do draw the line at bugs that have been cooked IN the food, though.
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