[其他飲食] 大溫最髒餐廳 逾半華人經營 加拿大

myversa

http://van.worldjournal.com/view ... tance=bc_bull_left1

加國一家主要媒體8日的報導中，點名幾家「大溫最髒的餐廳」，超過一半由華人經營，其中更有客似雲來的港式及台式小館子式餐廳各一家。

大溫地區兩大衛生局「溫哥華海岸衛生局」（VCH）和「菲沙衛生局」（FHA）每年公布轄區內哪些餐廳曾因衛生問題被暫時關閉或遭警告。加拿大電視台（CTV）的報導追蹤過去三年的紀錄，找出屢犯的餐廳，點名報導了五家。

此期間大溫地區有超過90家餐廳因為衛生環境欠佳、蟲患、食物儲存不當等主要衛生問題遭關閉，通常是幾天內情況改善後即獲准重新開門營業。

報導指出，其中一家最髒的餐廳，過去三年共有六次發生蟲鼠為患問題，是菲沙衛生局轄區之最。

這家位於本拿比市威靈頓道（Willingdon Ave.）的台式館子門庭若市，也有顧客早已指出其衛生問題。

載錄顧客對本國餐廳評分及評語的加拿大餐飲網（dinehere.ca）中，顧客趙傑美（Jamie Chao，譯音）表示，這家餐廳的停車場堆滿廢棄物，充斥著一陣垃圾氣味。

店方表示，他們已即時對症下藥處理問題，餐廳外後方也可見捕鼠器。但可能因周遭環境，造成鼠患。

另一方面，衛生局對食物未適當冷藏、未適當清洗流理台、未為雇員提供洗手台等情況，雖是次要衛生問題，但也最容易忽略，曾發出數以百計的警告。

其中屢勸不改而被CTV列為最髒餐廳之一的一家港式小館，位在本拿比京士威道，頗獲消費者歡迎，在餐飲網以五星為最高的評比中，獲3.5星整體評分，顧客對其食物水準評分尤高。

這家餐廳在本拿比和溫哥華都有店面，兩家店在餐飲網獲同樣評分，但有評分者指出本拿比店的衛生問題，稱二店的衛生情況有天壤之別，本拿比店既髒又有一陣異味。

另兩家最髒餐廳都位於毒害為患的溫市中心東區，似受周遭環境影響至巨。

其中最令人欷歔的是位於喜士定東街的溫市最古老餐館「唯一海鮮餐廳」（The Only Seafood Cafe），它已因衛生問題嚴重並內有毒品，在去年中被吊銷商業執照關門大吉。

這家1924年開業、曾風光一時的餐廳在1998年由胡姓及黃姓兩位華人購得經營權，但他們沒法扭轉其沒落命運。

另一最髒廳餐是市中心東區一廉價旅館內的披薩店，老闆把缺乏乾淨飲水等問題歸咎於所在建築。

被點名的五家最髒餐廳，還有一家是素里一大型購物商場內的日、韓食品餐廳，它也是大溫紀錄最差餐廳之一，過去四年裡10次被評為屬於高衛生風險。

myversa

http://www.ctvbc.ctv.ca/servlet/ ... hub=BritishColumbia

More than 90 restaurants in Metro Vancouver were told to close their doors after they were found with rodent infestations, unsanitary conditions, or a failure to store food properly, according to an investigation by CTV News.

And many more were repeatedly cited -- but not closed -- for other violations, the most common of which were leaving food out that should be refrigerated, failure to wash surfaces, and not providing hand washing stations to employees.

"We're looking for any signs that might lead us to believe there might be an outbreak of food poisoning," said Nick Losito, Vancouver Coastal Health's director of health protection.

CTV News examined restaurant inspection histories for the past three years in Metro Vancouver to find repeat offenders.

    * Related: Check out your favourite restaurant at the Fraser Health or Vancouver Coastal Health websites

In the Vancouver Coastal Health region, the most common violations were improper cleaning of utensils, inadequate cooling of food that should be refrigerated, and lack of a food safety plan.

The businesses at the Balmoral Hotel in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside were shut down four times in four years. Three of those times were for water issues, including lack of potable water.

Esmaiel Hamzaei owns XL Pizza in the hotel. He told CTV News it was the building's issue, but he is often punished for it. When asked if that concerned him, he said, "Of course."

The pub management didn't want cameras inside, but say they've taken over recently and have fixed things up.

One of those restaurants that was shut down was a Vancouver legend -- The Only Seafood Restaurant on Hastings Street.

Once a bustling destination for seafood since it opened the 1920s, The Only is now filled with rat feces and dead insects.

"That one had a history to it, an icon," said Vancouver Coastal Health's Nick Losito. "When I heard about it, I thought, it can't be."

Losito's health department closed The Only last year -- not just because inspectors said the food was a public health hazard, but because inspectors discovered it was a crack den as well.

"We had a sense that some of the food could have been contaminated by the drug storage that was happening," he said. "Even the best places can make terrible mistakes."

Another repeat offender is Miki's Restaurant at Surrey's Guildford Mall. It was one of the worst offenders in the Lower Mainland, given a high hazard rating 10 times in the last four years.

When CTV News visited, inspectors had been there hours earlier and shut the facility down. The manager did tell us he wanted to improve, but he was going to take a few days to clean up.

Inspectors are also on the lookout for pests. Number One Beef Noodle on Willingdon Avenue was cited six times in the past there years for pests, the most of any restaurant in the Fraser region.

We did see that the restaurant had set traps out back for any unwanted creatures, and the restaurant said it addressed problems right away.

"It's our responsibility to make sure safe food is provided to the public," said Fraser Health Authority's Tim Shum. "Our role has been to educate them."

Au Wing Kee in Burnaby has been in business for 10 years. It's been repeatedly cited for staff not washing hands and not storing food properly.

The owner says the restaurant has made needed changes to comply with regulations. That's the common refrain from restaurants that have been repeatedly warned.

It's their livelihood and they don't want to end up a relic like The Only.

siumaibb

That's why Chinese restaurants are relatively cheaper, coz they spent less resources on hygiene. Once again, you got what you paid for.

somewhereintime

回復 3# siumaibb

How many Chinese owned restaurants have clean washrooms?
10, 20 out of 100 or less.
I asked the restaurant owners why can't they at least  keep the
washrooms clean, the answer is:
We do not have the resources and labour to do it,
but why? they pay the dishwashers/janitors very low salary

布小熊

wah.... Summary of names in that article:
The Only Seafood restaurant on Hastings - closed
XL Pizza in the Balmoral Hotel
Miki's Restaurant at Surrey's Guildford Mall
Number One Beef Noodle on Willingdon Avenue
Au Wing Kee in Burnaby

somewhereintime

Any your favourite restaurants on the list?

samsung

it's a shame

i always think indians are the most dirty so sometimes i refuse to go but now it turns out chinese are

for washrooms, I think Chinese ppl doesn't help maintaining washroom clean which they should

samsung

Au Wing Kee has a "toilet" smell after it opened the 1st week, that's terrible i never go after i smell it the 1st time

myversa

Here is the newest list of closure.

http://www.vch.ca/media/Foodclosures_March%208,2010.pdf

Here is the list of restaurant inspected:

http://www.foodinspectionweb.vcha.ca/Facility?report-type=ffffffff-ffff-ffff-ffff-fffffffffff1&area=&sort-by=LastInspectedDateα=&search-term=&submit-search=Search

samsung

其中屢勸不改而被CTV列為最髒餐廳之一的一家港式小館，位在本拿比京士威道，頗獲消費者歡迎，在餐飲網以五星為最高的評比中，獲3.5星整體評分，顧客對其食物水準評分尤高。
myversa 發表於 2010-3-9 08:33

i want to ask you guys... if the food is great but has toilet smell in the whole restaurant, will u still go?