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Leopold Chen

Two diners at an all-you-can-eat hotpot restaurant in Hong Kong have been caught trying to sneak fresh seafood, beef and instant noodles into bags to take home, prompting staff to intervene.
A video clip circulating on social media shows an employee at the restaurant in Tsuen Wan approaching a man and woman to ask if they had put uncooked materials into a large bag.
“Please take them out, for the sake of food safety,” the waiter says, explaining that all uncooked food must be served on-site and should not be taken away.
“It’s fine to grab food as long as you can eat it here. Don’t worry, we still have plenty of time.”
The Aquatic Market restaurant in Tsuen Wan Plaza confirmed with the Post on Sunday that the incident had taken place there, but declined to comment further.
The clip also shows that the pair’s table was already laden with dishes of food when the restaurant employee approached them.

The male diner at first denies having bagged up uncooked food, but a moment later, he takes out a ziplock bag of fresh seafood that includes shrimp and oysters.
He tries to conceal other uncooked food and says that items in a larger bag are not from the restaurant.
“It seems those beef slices are ours, too,” the restaurant employee tells the man, prompting the diner to take out the meat.
In the clip, the man eventually hands over all the food stored in the larger bag and a plastic box, including two packs of instant noodles, some oysters, several prawns and more sliced meat.
The footage also shows that some of the prawns are still moving as the restaurant employee counts the items bagged by the two diners.
With online discussions on the saga raging, some internet users revealed the man’s identity, including posting pictures of him in an Auxiliary Medical Service uniform.
The government-financed volunteer service said in a statement that the man once received training but was no longer with the institution.
“The team has always attached great importance to the discipline and ethics of its team members. If any team member’s behaviour violates the team’s rules, the team will deal with it seriously according to established procedures,” it said.
The Hong Kong St John Ambulance charity said the man was formerly a teammate but had left the service.
Lawyer Albert Luk Wai-hung said the male diner’s behaviour could be regarded as theft since the restaurant had stipulated that the food was not to be taken away.
The man’s decision to bring the bags and a plastic box to hold the uncooked food could be seen as evidence that he intended to steal, Luk said.
“The restaurant has been kind enough not to call police, but it could have,” he said.
In Hong Kong, theft is punishable by up to 10 years in prison. The offence carries a maximum penalty of three years in jail when the case is heard before a magistrate.


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