WHAT was supposed to be a normal lunch date for a group of high school students turned out to be a horrific experience when one of them reportedly found a dead roach in the Chinese food she was eating.

According to Chelsea (only name given), she and a group of friends purchased food from the Kamboat Chinese restaurant on Sheriff Street at around 12:30hrs on Monday as they normally do. She had ordered chowmein.
The student related that while eating the food, she noticed a dead roach, which appeared to have been cooked in the food.
“While eating, I noticed the roach in my food,” Chelsea said, adding that her instinctive response was to vomit. However, the teen said she immediately spat, and tried to cleanse her mouth.
“I was so disgusted! My friend who ordered the same food as I did threw up, since our food was probably cooked together,” the form five student said.
She explained that after this would have occurred, the group made contact with the restaurant, and the cashier who was taking orders advised them to return the food and they would be refunded.
She noted that after purchasing food from the restaurant for the last two years, this experience was “disappointing and appalling”, and has forced them to make a decision never to eat from Kamboat again.
When this newspaper contacted the restaurant to have one of its managers respond to the allegation, it was advised by the cashier that no manager was available to offer a comment. She recommended that the Guyana Chronicle make that call today.
Just recently, another popular city Chinese restaurant came in for harsh criticism after a customer found what was later identified as a human tooth in his food.