Welsh "chocolate" cake

Mr. Presentable

Do you ever wonder what you might be eating when a stranger has prepared your food, out of sight?


http://www.walesonline.co.uk:80/news/wales-news/2008/02/09/the-horror-lurking-in-takeaway-chocolate-cake-91466-20456059/

Feb 9 2008 by Katie Bodinger, South Wales Echo

TWO former takeaway owners have been fined for serving up faeces in a
piece of chocolate cake.

Saeed Ramine Hasmi and Jan Agha Yadgari landed hefty fines for selling
food unfit for human consumption.

The pair ran Italiano Pizzeria in City Road, Cardiff, which has since
been taken over by new owners.

A Cardiff council spokeswoman said its food safety team was alerted on
August 30, 2006.

“The person who bought the cake realised it didn’t taste or smell
quite right so they reported it to us,” she said.

“Subsequent examination by the public analyst and national public
health service laboratories confirmed the presence of faecal matter.

“There were bits of it all over the top of the cake. We can’t say for
definite what kind of faecal matter it is, although it is likely it
was human. It would have to go through a DNA test for us to know for
sure.”

At Cardiff Magistrates’ Court, both defendants pleaded guilty to
selling food unfit for human consumption on the day their trial was
scheduled to start.

Hasmi, of Mackintosh Place, Roath, Cardiff, and Yadgari, 23, of Howard
Gardens, Adamsdown, Cardiff, were each fined £1,500 and ordered to pay
£200 costs.

Speaking yesterday at his home, Hasmi insisted the incident was not
their fault, adding he was no longer working in the food industry.

“We are sorry for the people who ate it,” he said.

Current owner of Italiano Pizzeria, Shams Mehrabi, who took over in
March last year, condemned the actions of the two men.

Pointing to his hygiene certificates on the wall, he said he was now
making sure the takeaway ran to the highest standards.

“This is a completely different business now,” he said. “We have a lot
of happy customers.”

SoWatchaWant

Ah sure, that's just a more comical and imaginative version of the old, "I don't like this customer so I'll piss in his soup" idea that happens in loads of restaurants.

MagicMarker

Could be worse, could have been a jizz cake.

galwayrush

The Islamic Welsh are funny people.:D

Disclaimer, Not all Islamic people do this, and they may not even be Islamic.

midlandsmissus

ah reminds me of the time I used to work in a well known restaurant. Meat would be dropped on floors, given a quick wipe and served out to customers. Guys would go to the toilet, come back and stick their hands into everything, no gloves. People would sneeze on everything.
There was this one particular guy I worked with, who if he didn't have his hands down his trousers, was scratching himself on his head or arms, and then the next minute was preparing meals with no gloves on.

Took me a long, long time to eat in a restaurant again.

SoWatchaWant

Seriously, what is the idea with ****ting on someone's food? If you have a problem with them why don't you put it out in the open? It's a bit of a passive aggressive thing to do.

jaffa20

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CEagUKdjdus&feature=related