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In some of the oldest and new food outlets, hygiene has turned out to be a public hazard.

An elderly couple, now Canadian citizens, habitually visited Sri Lanka every year to avoid the biting winter there.

They relived the older days. One was to savour lamprais from a known older food outlet. They opened the banana leaf in which the delicacy made from a Dutch recipe and found a wire nail. The management later made good by providing a free service for a party.

In two other instances, videos went viral on mobile phones. In one, men were busy with finger food as a rat was devouring some on top of an aluminum trolley. Talk of quality short eats?

In the other video, there is the photo of a fungus laden éclair. It claims that a pregnant mother fell ill after consuming it. The tea, however, was okay since it was from good leaves.

Health officials do have a lot of work to do cleaning up top class food outlets. Some have turned out to be as bad as the so-called petti kadeys or wooden kiosks.