Customer Suspects Kimchi From Yishun Restaurant Has Fly Eggs, Chef Says They’re Edible

Customer Thinks White Lumps On Kimchi Are Fly Eggs

Nobody expects or wants to find “extra protein” in their food when eating.

One customer feared just that, as she claimed that the kimchi served by a restaurant in Yishun had fly eggs.

However, the chef said the substance was from the cabbage root.

Customer notices white lumps on kimchi, suspects they’re fly eggs

The diner, Ms Wu Huiyi (transliterated from Mandarin), was at Northpoint City with her boyfriend on 18 Apr, she told Shin Min Daily News.

At about 6pm, they decided to dine at BBQ Tori Shokudo, a Japanese restaurant on the 2nd level.

That was when the 23-year-old factory worker found a questionable substance on her kimchi.

After already eating a piece of the kimchi, she noticed white lumps of something on it.

The noticeable object looked like rice, but she suspected they were fly eggs.

Her boyfriend asked the manager about it, but they simply took the plate of kimchi back to the kitchen and gave them a fresh one.

However, the couple didn’t dare to eat further, so they hurriedly paid and left.

Chef says substance grew from cabbage root

Upon enquiries from Shin Min, the 36-year-old restaurant manager of the outlet said she’d asked the chef what the white substance was.

He said it was something that grew from the cabbage root. Thus, it was part of the root and was edible and perfectly normal.

However, when she came out from the kitchen, the couple had already left, so she couldn’t explain it to them.

She added that the kimchi was from a supplier, and their kitchen was responsible only for cutting the vegetables.

New Zealand couple find suspected fly eggs in their KFC chicken

The white substance in the photo does, however, look similar to what was found on the chicken served by KFC in New Zealand.

In March, a couple from the country found what looked like fly eggs on their KFC chicken wings.

After they filed a complaint with the country’s food safety authorities, the fast-food chain denied that fly eggs could have come from their outlet.

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Featured image adapted from Shin Min Daily News and Google Maps.