James"Thunder"Early
09-12-2007, 01:06 PM
http://wcbstv.com/seenon/local_story_254161041.html
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Sick! Chinese Restaurant Cited For Garlic Stomping
Nanuet Worker Photographed Wallowing In Bowl Of Garlic With His Shoes On
(CBS) NANUET, N.Y. A Rockland County Chinese food restaurant is in hot water after it was discovered that an employee apparently used a suspicious and far-from-delicious method to crush the garlic used in the kitchen.
An official from the county's Department of Health tells CBS 2 that the Great China Buffet in Nanuet was investigated after there it received a complaint that the garlic there is not only sautéed and steamed, but allegedly stomped.
Literally.
John Stoughton, the senior public health sanitarian, showed CBS 2 a picture of a worker from the restaurant standing and stomping in a large bowl of garlic -- with his shoes on.
"He is actually doing this. And there are garlic pieces laying around," Stoughton says. "We don't really approve of someone using their shoes to crush the food with."
The photograph was taken by Dan Barreto, who works at the AT&T store right next to the restaurant. He says he witnessed the alleged garlic parade in the alley behind the restaurant.
"He was jumping up and down on it at first, and then when I got my camera he was just doing one foot and mashing it," Barreto tells CBS 2.
At the restaurant Tuesday, an employee told CBS 2 the man in the picture had been fired. They reportedly claim the food cooked with the ghastly garlic was thrown out and was never served to customers.
The restaurant has been cited with two violations and a warning for a first offense, but if it happens again, the Health Department could really put its foot down -- figuratively speaking, of course -- imposing $1,000 fines per violation.
http://static.viacomlocalnetworks.com/img/clock2.gif Sep 11, 2007 6:36 pm US/Eastern
Sick! Chinese Restaurant Cited For Garlic Stomping
Nanuet Worker Photographed Wallowing In Bowl Of Garlic With His Shoes On
(CBS) NANUET, N.Y. A Rockland County Chinese food restaurant is in hot water after it was discovered that an employee apparently used a suspicious and far-from-delicious method to crush the garlic used in the kitchen.
An official from the county's Department of Health tells CBS 2 that the Great China Buffet in Nanuet was investigated after there it received a complaint that the garlic there is not only sautéed and steamed, but allegedly stomped.
Literally.
John Stoughton, the senior public health sanitarian, showed CBS 2 a picture of a worker from the restaurant standing and stomping in a large bowl of garlic -- with his shoes on.
"He is actually doing this. And there are garlic pieces laying around," Stoughton says. "We don't really approve of someone using their shoes to crush the food with."
The photograph was taken by Dan Barreto, who works at the AT&T store right next to the restaurant. He says he witnessed the alleged garlic parade in the alley behind the restaurant.
"He was jumping up and down on it at first, and then when I got my camera he was just doing one foot and mashing it," Barreto tells CBS 2.
At the restaurant Tuesday, an employee told CBS 2 the man in the picture had been fired. They reportedly claim the food cooked with the ghastly garlic was thrown out and was never served to customers.
The restaurant has been cited with two violations and a warning for a first offense, but if it happens again, the Health Department could really put its foot down -- figuratively speaking, of course -- imposing $1,000 fines per violation.