A Baton Rouge family recently lost their appetite for one of their take-out go-to items this week. They said their recent order came with an unwelcome surprise – a bunch of staples.
According to a Nola.com report, Ashley Potter and her family – including her husband and five children – ordered out from Chinese restaurant chain P.F. Chang’s Sunday. They spent more than $200, and one of their items was crispy green beans, a family favorite.
They had some left-overs Monday, and decided to air fry the beans. When they took them out, they discovered 22 staples hiding in the beans, per the report.
“My husband grabbed a big handful of the green beans and put them in his mouth,” Potter said. She explained that one of the staples “shocked” a filling in his tooth.
He spit out the food, and they began investigating it.
“We got a toothpick and started counting,” said Potter. “There were no staples in the bag. Even the receipt wasn’t stapled to the bag. The bag handles were all tied together. There were no staples anywhere else — except in the green beans.”
After finding the staples, Potter called the restaurant. She said the offered her a free order of green beans – her family wasn’t impressed.
“I don’t know what else you can do – except not eat there anymore,” Potter said. “Eating out is not cheap. Then we had to throw it away.
So that ticked me off more.”
A member of the family also posted a photo of the beans on Facebook but later took it down.
Nola.com said the staff at P.F. Chang’s said they are investigating the incident.
“We put a report in yesterday and spoke with the guests as far as addressing the situation,” said hospitality manager Michael Tran. “The only thing I can possibly think of is we had a stapler on the side of the kitchen line with the takeout team. The only thing we can think of is that someone knocked off some staples. We have taken preventative measures.”
He also said the restaurant has apologized to the family and is working to made sure nothing like this happens in the future.
“We don’t want anything — aside from this not to happen to anyone else,” Potter said. She also said her family will miss the green beans, but that they are “all good now.”
Recent U.S. Centers for Disease Prevention data indicates that 875 retail food establishments in the nation were linked with foodborne illnesses from 2017 to 2019. This summer, Audacy reported on food allegedly contaminated with methamphetamine at a Pensacola, Fla., hibachi restaurant.
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