There are many side street, open-air restaurants around
Kuantan. We have tried a couple of them
over time. Sanitation is definitely not
a high priority at those restaurants.
For example, today at lunch, we ask for bottled waters.
Side Note: Even though
the faucet water is called potable, drinking water, AIK recommend that you do
not drink it and avoid ice cubes.
One of the bottled water that was brought to the table had
been already open and probably refilled from the sink. Good thing Eric noticed. The owner was
apologetic.
Here is another story that did not happened to us, but we heard
from a reliable source, Manfred.
As he was sitting in the local Malay restaurant, a gecko was
crawling on the wall, travelling to the ceiling. Once it reached the light
fixture, the fixture was so greasy that the gecko could not hang on and took a
plunge straight into an awaiting pot of food.
As the cook saw the splatter into the stew, he cheerfully and happily
continued stirring. His thoughts
probably were, “I should charge more for this soup; it has a higher protein
content.”
Morale of the story: When dining at open-air restaurants, be
careful what you eat, it could have some extra special ingredients.
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