CHINESE NOODLE CHEF ADDS OPIATES TO HIS COOKING TO KEEP HIS CUSTOMERS COMING BACK
Milo SumnerCONTRIBUTOR
by Milo Sumner in New Food and Packaging on Saturday 4 October 2014
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Is this a story of an unethical restauranteur abusing the trust of his customers, or is it the sorry tale of a gastronomical underdog who had a stroke of entrepreneurial brilliance? Earlier this year a restaurant owner in Xi’an, China, was discovered to have been adding opiates to his noodles so that his regular customers would become addicted to them. When his ruse was discovered and he was questioned by police he admitted to spending 600 yuan ($100) on poppy shells which he secretly added to his recipe. Talk about a secret ingredient!
He was only rumbled when 26-year old Liu Juyou tested positive for opiates in a routine urine test, despite having never touched drugs. Liu Juyou pondered the enigma until he began to suspect the truth. He then sent friends and family to the same noodle shop to see if afterwards they too would test positive, which they did.
Despite the fact that the police caught the culprit and confirmed that he had been adding opiates to his food which would cause customers to test positive in drugs test, they refused to release Liu Juyou who was charged and detained for 15 days.
Typical.
CHINESE NOODLE CHEF ADDS OPIATES TO HIS COOKING TO KEEP HIS CUSTOMERS COMING BACK
Milo SumnerCONTRIBUTOR
by Milo Sumner in New Food and Packaging on Saturday 4 October 2014
10820
Is this a story of an unethical restauranteur abusing the trust of his customers, or is it the sorry tale of a gastronomical underdog who had a stroke of entrepreneurial brilliance? Earlier this year a restaurant owner in Xi’an, China, was discovered to have been adding opiates to his noodles so that his regular customers would become addicted to them. When his ruse was discovered and he was questioned by police he admitted to spending 600 yuan ($100) on poppy shells which he secretly added to his recipe. Talk about a secret ingredient!
He was only rumbled when 26-year old Liu Juyou tested positive for opiates in a routine urine test, despite having never touched drugs. Liu Juyou pondered the enigma until he began to suspect the truth. He then sent friends and family to the same noodle shop to see if afterwards they too would test positive, which they did.
Despite the fact that the police caught the culprit and confirmed that he had been adding opiates to his food which would cause customers to test positive in drugs test, they refused to release Liu Juyou who was charged and detained for 15 days.
Typical.
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