A man was forced to avoid fried chicken for a while after taking a bite of his nasi lemak order and discovering live maggots inside.
Facebook netizen Irvin Yio shared his experience in a post on Mar 13, noting that he had an “atrocious experience” eating at Changi Famous Food Centre.
Mr Yio patronised the stall with his two friends and ordered a nasi lemak set which included chicken wings and otak.
“The moment as we are about to dive into our delicious nasi lemak, we realise that the cucumber and the otak was dry as f**k,” he said.
“Now comes the grotesque part! While I was eating the chicken, I realised it was hard, and the colour was disoriented.”
“Without much thought, I took a bite, and immediately it made me sick in my stomach to notice that there was a lot of maggots inside!”
Mr Yio then said that the discovery led to him and his friends vomiting on the spot.
They reported the incident immediately to the Singapore Food Agency (SFA) and hoped that others would practice extra caution when eating at certain stalls “and not fall victim” like them.
“I am avoiding fried chicken for a while, thank you very much!” said Mr Yio.
He attached a video of the chicken wing with maggots moving inside.
Mr Yio added that when they approached the stall, they found the night shift staff “sleeping comfortably on his foldable chair.”
“I am wondering to myself, did he even bother to look if any house fly or insects have come to any contact with the food on the tray.”
In a comment, a netizen said that he experienced a similar situation with the same stall.
“Guess I’m not alone. Recently went to the same place, and after almost finishing up the Nasi Lemak, I noticed that there were some bugs in the sambal. But I did not want to sound off to freak out my wife and create a scene as we are the only couple having breakfast there since other shops were either closed or long Q.”
The Independent Singapore has reached out to SFA for a statement. /TISG