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'Extra ingredient' in her favourite dish of nasi lemak
http://www.soshiok.com/articles/13885
Mon Aug 24 2009
Zaihan Mohamed Yusof
The New Paper
The 'extra ingredient' in the Nasi Lemak looked like the head of an ikan bilis (anchovy in Malay). But it turned out to be a baby cockroach.
Singapore, August 22, 2009 - SHE thought that the 'extra ingredient' in her favourite dish of nasi lemak looked like the head of an ikan bilis (anchovy in Malay).
But it turned out to be a baby cockroach.
By then, the 48-year-old woman, who wanted to be known only as Mrs Singh, said she had already taken several mouthfuls of the chicken nasi lemak.
She said: 'I immediately spat out everything. I vomited a few times and the whole day I didn't have the appetite to eat anything.'
Her husband, Mr Baldev Singh, a 49-year-old businessman who sells broadcast equipment like professional video cameras and lighting, has since sent a lawyer's letter demanding compensation from the nasi lemak supplier.
He demanded a 'sum of $1,800 for loss of income, medical costs and inconvenience' suffered by him and his wife.
He claimed he could not continue with his business during the time his wife was ill.
On 2 Jun, Mrs Singh, who helps her husband in his business, went to Funan DigitaLife Mall on her way to work, and stopped at a stall selling local delicacies at a food fair.
She bought the $2.50 packet of nasi lemak for lunch from this stall at about noon.
Mrs Singh was back at her office less than 30 minutes later, having lunch.
That's when she found the cockroach, which was slightly larger than a grain of rice.
Said Mr Singh: 'It may seem like a small matter, but in light of the recent food poisoning case in Geylang Serai (where 152 patrons fell ill after eating Indian rojak), this is a serious breach in hygiene.
'Two people died from that incident, but luckily for my wife she did not have any complications.'
When Mrs Singh felt queasy that afternoon, her husband took her to a clinic where she was examined.
Doctor
The couple brought along the packet of nasi lemak to show the doctor.
Said Mrs Singh: 'I thought that by showing the doctor what kind of insect it was, I would be given the correct medicine to fight food poisoning.'
She was worried she might have eaten a part of the insect.
Mrs Singh was given medication and was told to stay at home for two days. The doctor asked Mrs Singh to go to a hospital if there was any serious vomiting or diarrhoea.
Before going to the clinic, the Singhs had confronted the stall which had sold the nasi lemak.
They showed the supervisor of the stall the offending packet.
They also complained to staff of CapitaLand Retail, the manager of Funan DigitaLife Mall.
The food stall was closed for the rest of the day following the incident, said a CapitaLand Retail spokesman.
Added the spokesman: 'The (stall) owner arrived at the mall within 20 minutes of the incident to assist in the investigations.
'The packets of nasi lemak sold at the food fair were pre-packed at the vendor's NEA (National Environment Agency)-licensed factory. The baby cockroach incident was their first. The owner of the stall apologised and offered to reimburse Mrs Singh's medical fees.'
The stall supervisor could not be reached despite repeated attempts by The New Paper to call her office and handphone since Wednesday.
Mr Singh has lowered his demand to $1,500, but both parties have yet to reach a settlement.
Mr Singh claimed the stall owner had offered to 'settle the claim personally' if he was willing to accept $200. Back to News
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