Man Forces Restaurant Owner To Eat Cockroach He Found In His Food

A diner at a restaurant in China forced has forced the owner of the restaurant to eat a cockroach after he found the insect in his food.

The man ordered a plate of fried noodles from the restaurant on July 25 in Changsha, Hunan province, and claimed he discovered the unwelcome addition to his meal.


At that point, the customer gave the restaurant owner an ultimatum, either they eat the cockroach or cough up 5,000 yuan (£569). The shopkeeper, instantly ate the cockroach and refused to cough up the cash. 

However the man still kept asking the woman for money, demanding that she pay him some kind of compensation for his bad experience.


But the woman refused. 

According to reports, the restaurant had been running for 11 years and had never encountered problems like this before. 

Some workers at the restaurant claim that they thought they were being blackmailed.

On July 26, the Food and Drug Administration visited the restaurant for inspection. 

They found that the restaurant was using outdated equipment and did not have the facilities to rid the establishment of flies or rats. They were then asked  to close for five days so that they could make the necessary changes.