FOOD and safety HYGIENE!!!!??????
I feel compelled to share my diabolical experience, following my husband and I’s visit to the Malaysian Restaurant at Souq Wakif, Doha. How I will ever forget the vision and thought of such filth in a kitchen beggers belief!
We'd already been to the Souq the week before and had enjoyed ambling around the place. After making some novel purchases in the alleyways we loved watching the people pass-by while enjoying some refreshments. The experience was very positive and as someone living in Doha for a period of months I hoped we would frequently return. I'd not seen the camels or falcons at the Souq this first time, so we went back to find them and on doing so were very happy and the start of our evening was great. For that I recommend the place wholeheartedly!!! :o)
We knew where the restaurants were, having seen them in the setting sun and they looked and sounded very appealing. The choices weren't bad and on finding the Malaysian restaurant at the end of the Souq it reminded us of the fresh food that was served to us in Malaysia and seemed a good option. We weren't overly hungry but on reading the menu our appetite soon grew. We both ordered the Soup (a safe bet) which was more than ample (served in a small casserole size dish). Realising we wouldn’t be able to manage the main there and then we requested, before finishing our soup, that we take the remained food to go. Thinking it would cooked fresh to go... No problem! We’ d enjoy eating it the next day or maybe when we got home.
Yesterday, after looking forward to our takeaway all day, we discovered while serving the food that deep down within the noodles was a COCKROACH, WHO HAD CLEARLY BEEN FRIED ALIVE!!!!! My husband had nearly plated the horrid shrivelled creature onto his plate, since there were other things in the noodles and he was so hungry he’d not noticed!!!! I STOPPED HIM JUST A SPOONFUL AWAY FROM THE LEGGY CRITTER! Ewwwwww – I can't help but think how he got there and wonder what those people outside with less lighting on the night must have been oblivious to.
This is like nothing I’ve come across EVER! Having them scurry about is one thing, disgusting in a kitchen obviously but NOW we will not be eating down any dark alleys / anything less than acceptable (how we would know), where you can’t see the kitchen! Suffice to say I didn’t have the stomach for anything after that. I don’t know what to do... DO THEY NOT HAVE FOOD STANDARDS / INSPECTORS!!!? SURELY THE PLACE MUST HAVE BEEN CRAWLING - I mean! WHAT???
I'd be providing photo evidence / retrieving it and demanding something by way of compensation or satisfaction, that standards would improve, if I wasn't already too sick to the stomach to retrieve the filth from the bin. Absolutely appalling....!!! SO I INTEND ON LETTING PEOPLE KNOW!
Take heed :o( BARF!
Thanks for sharing TC. That Malaysian restaurant is so off my list now.
I can recommend Minang (Indonesian restaurant) and Thai Snack if you want to try other SEA restaurants in Doha. I think the main branch of Minang is near Souq Waqif, pass the Royal hotel on Al Asmakh Street. Thai Snack at Al Mirqab Al Jadeed Street, just off the C Ring Road. Hopefully no similar incidents there.
Earn and save to buy that restaurant and make improvement ..
You do eat 'Dogs', Don't you?
Really bad experience.
Complain to the Municipality, with pictures if available.
This is the reason why we try to minimise eating out in our family. Only home made food: then you know how well you cleaned and washed vegetables, which oil you used etc.
It would be a delicatesse.
if you were in China, wouldnt you be eating the same without batting an eyelid????
It wouldn't have happened if you hadn't been so lazy and had cooked at home!
What a terrible experience. Hope this does not put you off malaysian Food or eating out in Qatar.
You must complain and let the authorities know.
Thank you Coolasice - Ive emailed them :o)
Thanks to you too Fatima for listening... Ewww still want to barf. Ugggghhhhh! All the best to you. x
I dont have there details - Ive done a search of food inspectors / body and am still trying to find them... Ive lived in some places - but this was not what i ordered or expect from what I was hoping would be positive dinning.
So upset! :o(
What a horrid surprise(or should that be shock) eeeeeeew! Simply disgusting. I truly pity you to have to experience this but TFS. Again this was one of those restos we had often been meaning to try. Been there once for a friends buffet dinner, and found the food palatable, hence several times have considered going there, but by the grace of God, our plans never materialized. Phew! They obviously must have terrible safety standards and hygiene management. *shudders* thanks again for the warning. And I totally understand your horror but suggest you still try complaining to the authorities ASAP. All the best..
So what - one cocarachy with noodles? Plus he was fried already... They got pure protein, you know? And no fat! )))
horrible as it sounds...did u think of informing the baladiya/muncipality??