Kopitiam customer loses appetite after seeing filthy food tray

A customer dining at a Kopitiam outlet at Tan Tock Seng Hospital was grossed out at the condition of the establishment’s food trays.

A Facebook group Complaint Singapore shared her shocking discovery in a post on Tuesday (Nov 29). “To Kopitiam: Please change all the disgusting trays in your Kopitiam at TTSH. How much dirt and germs are there. Lost my appetite when I saw the tray.”

The customer attached photos of the tray, which looked overused and poorly cleaned.

Members from the online community were equally grossed out at the food tray’s condition and wondered how a hospital kopitiam could allow such a thing to happen.

“How atrocious! For a hospital Kopitiam!” wrote Facebook user George Krishnan. “I wouldn’t even want to touch the trays,” said Facebook user TY Teo.

Another netizen added that members of the public should not be the ones checking the condition of such things. “Yes, if spotted, we must report. My question is, how did it reach this state? Where are the daily checks by the supervisors? The hospital in question has a responsibility to ensure.”

One Sally Tan witnessed a cleaner simply using a cloth to wipe a food tray. “The trays should be washed and not wiped by using a cloth. Hope the management trains cleaners to have this concept. I ever get smelly tray too, so usually dare not put utensils on the tray.”

Facebook user Tan Boon Keng also noted having written to the National Environment Agency (NEA) on the same issue. “I wrote to NEA several times about the hygiene level of these establishments. Sad to say, nothing much had changed.”

The Independent Singapore has reached out to Kopitiam for a statement and will update this article accordingly./TISG

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