Hey, at least it's an easy send item. I miss things from the US like huge boxes of Froot Loops and other things which are not so easy to mail.
(also an ex-pat, but the other direction)
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What's the weirdest/grossest thing you've found in your food?
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Hey, at least it's an easy send item. I miss things from the US like huge boxes of Froot Loops and other things which are not so easy to mail.
(also an ex-pat, but the other direction)
haha just thought of one that happened to my partner....while on her first ever trip into Asia she decided to have a can of coke, drank half and then promptly fell asleep....upon waking it was dark and she reached for the coke can and drank only to feel a wriggling in her mouth... she put the light on and to her horror the can was crawling with em-BIG Asian cockroaches
.....not really the same as others have mentioned but fair warning to cover your drinks if you go to these places
.....not really the same as others have mentioned but fair warning to cover your drinks if you go to these places
Mine aren't as gross as most but I've got two that spring immediately to mind.
First and most recent was at my favorite local Mexican restaurant, they have these amazing shredded beef tacos. I bit into one recently and got a huge almost golfball sized chunk of fat with the beef. There was even a bit of blood vessel in the fat blob when I spit it out. I gagged pretty bad with that one.
The second one was at a Chinese restaurant, I love the mussels in black bean sauce that they serve. Well I put a mussel in my mouth, bite down on it and hit something hard! I cracked my tooth even! So I spit the mussel out, it looks normal so I cut it open with a knife and find that it had ingested a small crab (about the size of a nickel) probably right before it was caught! Not gross really, but cerainly weird.
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First and most recent was at my favorite local Mexican restaurant, they have these amazing shredded beef tacos. I bit into one recently and got a huge almost golfball sized chunk of fat with the beef. There was even a bit of blood vessel in the fat blob when I spit it out. I gagged pretty bad with that one.
The second one was at a Chinese restaurant, I love the mussels in black bean sauce that they serve. Well I put a mussel in my mouth, bite down on it and hit something hard! I cracked my tooth even! So I spit the mussel out, it looks normal so I cut it open with a knife and find that it had ingested a small crab (about the size of a nickel) probably right before it was caught! Not gross really, but cerainly weird.
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Purchased from a run down gas station, I bit into a Reese's peanut butter cup while driving, only to look down and see it infested with maggots. I don't remember how many as I did the quick spit and chuck out the car window. I don't really eat those anymore.
May I suggest you never order tongue tacos at an authentic Mexican restaurant?
That is just weird.
One time I found a freaking pubic hair in my mcdonalds cheese burger...I'm still scarred by that memory . on a side note, my buddy found a roach leg on his pizza
. on a side note, my buddy found a roach leg on his pizzaAh I've heard so many stories about people finding "pieces of coakroaches" on their food most of them from chinese restaurants and KFC.
As for me the only thing I've found was an acrilic nail on my glass of soda. I think it was the waitress. I was cracking Ice and felt something that didn't want to be broken, I spitted it out of course.
As for me the only thing I've found was an acrilic nail on my glass of soda. I think it was the waitress. I was cracking Ice and felt something that didn't want to be broken, I spitted it out of course.
Twice, two separate years (so summer 2007 and summer 2008)
This was at a beach resort, first time i found a fried fly in my french fries.. second year i went back and found a fly swimming in my lemonade.. both times i got refunds and free food.. its cuz the place is by the beach so flys are everywhere.. so i guess it makes sense, but still gross!
This was at a beach resort, first time i found a fried fly in my french fries.. second year i went back and found a fly swimming in my lemonade.. both times i got refunds and free food.. its cuz the place is by the beach so flys are everywhere.. so i guess it makes sense, but still gross!
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I was at a restaurant once and I ordered a nice chicken Caesar salad. I took a bite into a ball of cooked plastic with paper and dressing.
Thank goodness I didn't eat that part.
I was at a restaurant once and I ordered a nice chicken Caesar salad. I took a bite into a ball of cooked plastic with paper and dressing.
Thank goodness I didn't eat that part.
At a Spring Rolls in Toronto, a piece of metal wire in the Pad Thai. Could have broken a tooth.
At the Cheesecake Factory in Brentwood, a pubic-like hair in the side of salad dressing for the Luau Salad.
At the Cheesecake Factory in Brentwood, a pubic-like hair in the side of salad dressing for the Luau Salad.
Found:
Diacetyl in my popcorn
Butylated Hydroxytoluene in my cereal
Potassium bromate in my muffins
Olestra in my crisps
Nitrates in my hotdogs
eat different
Diacetyl in my popcorn
Butylated Hydroxytoluene in my cereal
Potassium bromate in my muffins
Olestra in my crisps
Nitrates in my hotdogs
eat different
Eat at home !
My wife doesn't believe in eating out as she is always disappointed. We take a picnic or sandwiches if we are going to be out. I initially resented this but now i wholeheartedly agree. Home made pizzas and burgers are infinitely better than bought options.Let's take pizza as an example what is so difficult about making one ? Do you prefer the processed, frozen ingredients or the fat saturated bread ? Or is it that you like paying top dollar for what is effectively cheese on toast ? Okay round toast i give you that ! Restaurants are all crooks really the ingredients are often sub standard and the mark up is horrific. Obviously this doesn't really happen in super high class joints. Perhaps i am bitter and twisted in this regard but i like to choose my own music,timetable and company for my meal.I don't like to be surrounded by strangers and depressed employees.NOTHING beats home cooked food.Things get a little tricky with this ethos on holiday however.The good times i ate out was when i was a student and worked at a chinese takeaway.They were impeccably clean and had a fast turn around of produce.The concept of an open kitchen is also a good idea so you can watch the cooking while you wait and check the cleanliness also.So we are healthier and have more spare cash to spend on apple hardware !! So i say forget mcdonalds and there hormone fuelled argentinian beef ! The bad vibes from these animals doesn't just disappear it goes inside you FACT. Most people today forget what a real egg tastes like from a village where the chickens are free are scratch about.If you have any doubt go to a farm and visit some battery hens !! Okay rant over i really have turned into a grumpy old man !!
My wife doesn't believe in eating out as she is always disappointed. We take a picnic or sandwiches if we are going to be out. I initially resented this but now i wholeheartedly agree. Home made pizzas and burgers are infinitely better than bought options.Let's take pizza as an example what is so difficult about making one ? Do you prefer the processed, frozen ingredients or the fat saturated bread ? Or is it that you like paying top dollar for what is effectively cheese on toast ? Okay round toast i give you that ! Restaurants are all crooks really the ingredients are often sub standard and the mark up is horrific. Obviously this doesn't really happen in super high class joints. Perhaps i am bitter and twisted in this regard but i like to choose my own music,timetable and company for my meal.I don't like to be surrounded by strangers and depressed employees.NOTHING beats home cooked food.Things get a little tricky with this ethos on holiday however.The good times i ate out was when i was a student and worked at a chinese takeaway.They were impeccably clean and had a fast turn around of produce.The concept of an open kitchen is also a good idea so you can watch the cooking while you wait and check the cleanliness also.So we are healthier and have more spare cash to spend on apple hardware !! So i say forget mcdonalds and there hormone fuelled argentinian beef ! The bad vibes from these animals doesn't just disappear it goes inside you FACT. Most people today forget what a real egg tastes like from a village where the chickens are free are scratch about.If you have any doubt go to a farm and visit some battery hens !! Okay rant over i really have turned into a grumpy old man !!
Did it still taste yummy?
I supposed it could have been a Crunchie easter egg..
(I think only users from England will get that LOL.)
I found a tooth in a sausage once.