Eat at Yum’s, food from a Bum!
I’m a regular reader of BarfBlog, which is as unappetizing as you think but also quite excellent: it’s actually a blog run by food safety expert Doug Powell that talks about food safety, in theory and in practice. The kind of behind-the-scenes information they ran about the recent tomato/salmonella scare, for example, was great.
I opened the blog a minute ago to look at the most recent entries and at the top was a submitted report from one of our fellow citizens describing a disturbing event at a Yum’s location here in DC. Personally I think if you eat at Yum’s you deserve anything you get, but if you still eat at Yum’s after reading this…. well, draw your own conclusion.
The not-clean-man had placed three large, bloody styrofoam Safeway containers of some kind of raw meat on the counter. The old Chinese lady behind the counter was saying “Ten dolla! I give you ten dolla!” and the improperly-sanitized-guy said that was fine. The hipsters and I exchanged wide-eyed glances as it dawned on us that this dude was *selling* meat to the restaurant, meat that he had somehow obtained from Safeway…
Szechuan Beef Proper, courtesy of christaki
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6 Responses to “Eat at Yum’s, food from a Bum!”
September 10th, 2008 at 9:42 pm
Ewww. I’ve never had enough courage or desire to eat at Yum’s.
September 11th, 2008 at 12:26 am
Instead of “exchanging wide-eyed glances” with your fellow hipsters, you should have reported this crime to the police. Since you have no sense of community & no scruples, you make a few arch comments. Good for you.
September 11th, 2008 at 9:00 am
I know that the original blogger attributes this to his wife – but I still can’t shake the feeling that it sounds like an urban legend. I know, I know… since I read it on the internet, it must be true, right? Hm…
September 11th, 2008 at 9:23 am
I don’t know exactly who you’re addressing, Freddie, but I think I was pretty clear that I’m quoting from the blog where I found it, not reporting a first-hand account.
I googled a bit after Jonathan commented on attribution and found that it seems to originate from a comment on Prince of Petworth’s blog. It’s also retold on Lonnie Bruner’s blog here, and, as Jonathan says, identified as being written by his wife.
September 11th, 2008 at 10:24 am
Freddie – Don’s pants are way too loose for him to be a hipster, so it was clearly not him who had this experience. He also lacks the proper amount of ennui. Just a small correction.
Don, thanks for pointing this out. I have not heard of Yum’s and am now glad of that. I bet that old/gone bad meat would be pretty good stir-fried, though.
September 11th, 2008 at 1:25 pm
My pants are not as loose as I’d like these days…