A Chinese takeaway customer was left horrified after finding a surgical mask floating in his soup. The customer, known only as Mr Yang, from Shanghai in East China, ordered the dish from the Yuxin Sichuan restaurant on the city’s Jiujiang Road on March 20.
The meal, which included a box of Sichuan boiled fish, contained an unexpected and somewhat disgusting extra – a grease-soaked surgical mask.
Mr Yang said he and his wife were halfway through their 115.3 RMB (£13.79) meal when they discovered the disposable surgical mask, which had been submerged in the fish broth, and which was covered in oil and fat.
He complained to the restaurant, and was given a full refund. The restaurant management also offered him an additional 500 RMB (60 GBP)