Foodcourt at Marina Bay Sands

[Jman888]

big deal or no big deal? can see them everywhere in coffee shop, hawker centre and food court, i just had one running around on the table next to me while having lunch.

Foodcourt at Marina Bay Sands shuts temporarily after cockroach incident

PUBLISHED ON OCT 9, 2014

Netizen Kovit Ang posted a picture on Facebook on Monday afternoon showing a troop of five cockroaches at the foodcourt, 1983 - A Taste of Nanyang. -- PHOTO: FACEBOOK/KOVIT ANG

BY BRYNA SINGH

SINGAPORE - A foodcourt at Marina Bay Sands has been closed temporarily for thorough cleaning, after a photograph of cockroaches patronising one of its stalls went viral online.

This happened after netizen Kovit Ang posted a picture on Facebook on Monday afternoon showing a troop of five cockroaches at the foodcourt, 1983 - A Taste of Nanyang, with one of the cockroaches just inches away from a piece of fried meat that was being sold at one of the stalls.

The Straits Times contacted Mr Ang, 41, who said his "hair stood on end" when he saw the crawlies.

"It was such a joke though, because the cockroaches were so obvious and yet people were still ordering from the stall," said the fashion stylist, adding that he walked straight out of the foodcourt after snapping a picture of the sight.

Mr Ang's Facebook post has since been shared more than 200 times, with many netizens expressing disgust at the poor hygiene conditions of the foodcourt.

Said netizen Christina Chung: "No wonder they charge so ex(pensive)! Must be the "extra ingredients"!"

Marina Bay Sands issued a statement on Thursday to say that they were "aware of a pest incident" that occurred at 1983 - A Taste of Nanyang on Oct 6. The foodcourt, which is run by Koufu, is located at the South Promenade of The Shoppes.

"We immediately took action and worked with the tenant to conduct checks and investigate the incident," said the statement.

"The outlet is now closed temporarily for thorough cleaning and will reopen upon further notice."

The statement added that Marina Bay Sands maintains strict hygiene levels in their operations, and that they expect the same level of high standards from their tenants.

"We will continue to ensure these rules are applied consistently across the property. To prevent this incident from happening again, the tenant will increase the frequency of its pest control checks," it said.

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[Picnic06-Biante15]

 

big deal or no big deal? can see them everywhere in coffee shop, hawker centre and food court, i just had one running around on the table next to me while having lunch.

 

 

 

The big deal is that it is not ordinary hawker centre, its MBS a 6-stars hotel ....

[159er]

Too exposed la... running elsewhere inside food court still not so surprising...

 

at the stall itself? the stall keeper should at least upkeep his own stall and remove any once spotted. letting them crawl like tat is giving out wrong message.

[Sp4wn]

MBS ma ... many bugs served!

 

lol.

[Unfair]

Authentic mah.

1983 hygiene standard is like that one.
Really Taste Of Nanyang.....

[Enye]

for those who are not squeamish

 

sign up as MBS rewards member now

 

can get $5 to spend at the foodcourt

 

a couple can get $10 when both sign up

 

[13177]

A troop of five cockroaches at the foodcourt looks and sounds disgusting! Esp inside the atas MBS foodcourt!

[Whathefish]

was told if u see one roach in your house..there are at least 10 more hidding...so there at least 50 invisible there...

[Karu]

Whole familee there leh... So near the food !!!

[Sosaria]

Stalls nowadays very likely run by hired workers, not by owners themselves.

 

Not surprisingly, not much pride and care in the upkeep of the stall.

[Jman888]

cockroaches is not the in thing, rats are more scary and seeing running across the coffee shop in front of the stall that i was queuing up, the store owner say they bring wealth in

[Whathefish]

cockroaches is not the in thing, rats are more scary and seeing running across the coffee shop in front of the stall that i was queuing up, the store owner say they bring wealth in

next time u throw SAI at the owner and his stall...give them wealth too

[Jman888]

next time u throw SAI at the owner and his stall...give them wealth too

 

 

a stall in vivocity

 

[Whathefish]

 

 

a stall in vivocity

 

errr. what is wrong...cant see anything wrong...

[Mercs]

Stalls nowadays very likely run by hired workers, not by owners themselves.

 

Not surprisingly, not much pride and care in the upkeep of the stall.

That's so true, and that goes for the taste standards as well.

 

Only ate there once, high prices, a simple plate of friend hokkien prawn mee is $8, more for the tourists I guess. :)

[Sp4wn]

errr. what is wrong...cant see anything wrong...

the rat right in the middle bro .. it's standing on its legs.

[Jman888]

the rat right in the middle bro .. it's standing on its legs.

 

Maybe he was searching for this..

[Sp4wn]

cockroaches is not the in thing, rats are more scary and seeing running across the coffee shop in front of the stall that i was queuing up, the store owner say they bring wealth in

 

bro that's where you are wrong. i have seen with my own eyes one property with hundreds of roaches. i can never forget. had to call pest busters and it seems one of the restaurant helpers was throwing food down one of the drains ... and all the cockroaches were under the floor. even the pest buster guy said he had never seen this kind of case ><

 

after they did 3-4 rounds of heavy duty poisoning ... imagine 4 large trash bags full of dead cockroaches ... not only that, i still remember the sickening "crunch" sound as the 2 guys were sweeping (and stepping on) all the dead roaches into the bags ... after 2 min i told them i will go somewhere else and wait. once they clean up i will come back and lock up. this was when my predecessor had just left the job and i had taken over this half done job from him ...

 

till today, if i see a roach, i will probably run the other direction liao ...