Jalan Besar coffeeshop diner shocked to find prawn with waste in noodles
On 27 July, a netizen posted about her bad experience at a Jalan Besar coffeeshop after finding prawns which appeared to have not been cleaned in her bowl of noodles.
She attached several images of the offensive food item, asking netizens if they would pay money for the said dish.
Paid S$5 for noodles
In a post on the Complaint Singapore Facebook page, the Original Poster (OP) claimed that she had paid S$5 for the meal.
Images of the dish showed a portion of yellow noodles, thin pieces of meat, and thin slices of prawn floating in the soup.
Source: Grace Lew on Facebook
According to the OP, there were only “one and a half” prawns in the bowl.
She then asks: “Would you pay S$5 for this?”.
Digestive tract still in one of the prawns
A separate picture showing a close-up of the prawn slice showed a visible black line indicating the prawn’s digestive tract.
While it is technically safe to eat, most people often clean it out since it contains waste.
Source: Grace Lew on Facebook
Furthermore, when she asked the woman tending the stall about it, the latter replied saying “Too many prawns. How to clean?”.
In the end, the OP only ate half the noodles and did not touch the prawn.
To her, the quality of the food simply did not match up to its price.
Source: Grace Lew on Facebook
In a reply to a comment, she said that the broth was average while the yellow noodles were “normal”.
Netizens say it is overpriced and overrated
It was not just OP who has had a bad experience with the stall before.
Some netizens also accused the stall of poor service on top of their prices.
Source: Facebook
Meanwhile, one commenter claimed that the coffeeshop’s standards had dropped and said that they were “never going to return”.
They cited the prawn noodle and the mixed rice stall as examples.
Source: Facebook
In response to queries from MS News, the Singapore Food Agency (SFA) states that the stall did not violate any food safety rules as the prawn waste is technically edible.
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Featured image adapted from Complaint Singapore on Facebook.