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Argh! Imagine being given food with human excrement in it? Well that is what allegedly happened at Coogee Bay Hotel in a current court case. An editorial article by Matthew Evans (who was the chief restaurant reviewer for the SMH) made me even sicker...

Seeing the chef sitting on the toilet as they peeled prawns, perhaps? The slightly dodgy drip tray from the pub being used in the beer batter? The chef wiping the steak inside their Y-fronts or running it around the rim of the toilet because the customer had complained that their medium-cooked steak was still pink? It has happened.

"Of course I've seen chefs over-season food because it was off, using it in curries and the like," says one Sydney chef I spoke to who did not want to be named. "But the worst thing I've ever seen with my own eyes was in England. This guy always came in late. He'd order sea bass every night right on last orders at 11.30pm and then send it back and ask for it to be recooked. One day [the chef] did a huge hock and put a great big greenie under it. The customer reckoned it was the best sea bass ever."

how can you trust these restaurants? You can check the name and shame those caught for dodgy food practices on the NSW food authority website.

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