A city health inspector on Friday shut China Sea, 1202 Blue Hill Ave. for a variety of health issues, some of which could have put patrons at risk of a foodborne illness, after a disgusted customer posted a Facebook video of a rat scurrying through its waiting area.
According to the inspector's report, the violations included a "hand sink observed being blocked by strung up fish and mop bucket" - but at least that sink was working, unlike another sink intended for cooks that wasn't, and which was covered over with a large can.
Also found: "Cooked egg rolls observed being stored in card board that was previously used to store raw chicken;" cooked meats left sitting at room temperature on counters, raw shrimp thawing at room temperature, and "dried fish observed being hung from a long light bulb in the main kitchen area."
A cooler was just generally disgusting, including having "evidence of a live cockroach;" there were what appeared to be rat droppings on the kitchen floor and "what appears to be a raw sewage line in the basement storage area is open and appears to be draining into a bucket."
Trappa Jay posted his video on Tuesday. Jed Hresko alerted the city to the video on Thursday.
After cleaning up the issues, the eatery can apply for a new inspection.
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4-5 stars
By anon
Mon, 06/01/2015 - 11:04am
Every online review for this place gives it 4-5 stars. Hilarious.
https://www.google.com/search?q=China+Sea%2C+1202+...
And,
By anon
Mon, 06/01/2015 - 2:02pm
Still doesn't mean the food isn't good.
Blech
By Cranky
Mon, 06/01/2015 - 11:16am
I think I got food poisoning just reading this story!
Love it
By Mattapan Ho
Mon, 06/01/2015 - 11:28am
I'm not going to lie I used to eat there often. Never got sick.
And I got double food poisoning from this line:
By anon
Mon, 06/01/2015 - 12:19pm
Letting them reopen is not a bad idea. At least you know which place to avoid the people who'd let this happen in the first place.
Not sure if this is the same
By anon
Mon, 06/01/2015 - 11:24am
Not sure if this is the same place, but there was a video floating around on facebook of a place on Blue Hill, with a large rat walking around and the employees doing nothing just watching it.
Yep
By adamg
Mon, 06/01/2015 - 12:11pm
Just posted a link to the video in the original post - in fact, it was the video that alerted the health department to the problems (via a tweet by Jed Hresko).
This is why...
By Steeve
Mon, 06/01/2015 - 11:33am
This is why you should always be wary of Yelp listings with fewer than 50 or so reviews, in areas that aren't necessarily foodie havens.
FIxed it for you
By Bob Leponge
Mon, 06/01/2015 - 12:12pm
fixed it back
By Steeve
Mon, 06/01/2015 - 12:15pm
This is why you should always be wary of Yelp listings with fewer than 50 or so reviews, in areas that aren't necessarily foodie havens.
Depends on the foodie
By tachometer
Mon, 06/01/2015 - 12:30pm
Some foodies might claim that it has the authentic atmosphere of dining at a market in China (5 stars!).
nah
By cybah
Mon, 06/01/2015 - 12:55pm
Easiest thing to do is to check yelp for the reviews.. if a user has two reviews and both are negative, it's probably an "I'm pissed off so I am going to sign up for yelp and leave a bad review".
Low review numbers on accounts are usually spam, the owners themselves, or stupid people. I always look for power yelpers to know if a place is good or not.
(I'm a power yelper too)
Among other things that Cybah
By Dot net
Mon, 06/01/2015 - 5:10pm
Among other things that Cybah uses the adjective 'power' in. LOL.
shuttup LOL
By cybah
Mon, 06/01/2015 - 5:27pm
LOL
(I must know you off here... I haven't been called that in years..)
As A One-Time Yelp "King" Of Boston ...
By Elmer
Mon, 06/01/2015 - 2:06pm
... I can tell you that Yelp is a game that can be easily played. There are useful reviews, but not always on the surface. With a little skill and practice however, you get better at sorting them out.
Sami W?
By The Beer Guy
Tue, 06/02/2015 - 9:56am
Is that you?
I used to date a guy who
By Anne Weatherbee
Mon, 06/01/2015 - 1:14pm
used to take me there all the time. I loved their Pu Pu Platters
Pu Pu Platters
By anon
Mon, 06/01/2015 - 2:58pm
Hah!
Are you sure that you did not
By ANON
Mon, 06/01/2015 - 4:20pm
Are you sure that you did not get rat pu-pu in your platter??????
It adds flavor!!
By jmeltzer
Tue, 06/02/2015 - 9:29am
All rat connoisseurs know that!!
This is fundamental food handling 101
By SwirlyGrrl
Mon, 06/01/2015 - 3:53pm
Utterly amazing that anyone could - or would - run a kitchen like this.
Why is this all left to the cities and towns, on an emergent/complaint basis anyway? It doesn't need to be as intense as California is with inspections, but MA can do far better.
The next job for the Health Inspector
By JPNative617
Mon, 06/01/2015 - 8:15pm
should be to clean up Trappa Jay's mouth. Good grief.
Another example
By Kaz
Tue, 06/02/2015 - 1:19am
Big government wasting our tax dollars and keeping the little man down. If people were worried about the conditions at this business, they would figure it out themselves.
Nanny State!
By Scratchie
Tue, 06/02/2015 - 9:55am
If they're really serving food with rat feces in it, the free market will take care of it all by itself.
How do I report another
By Lanni
Tue, 06/02/2015 - 9:36pm
How do I report another restaurant in Boston.
From the city Web site
By adamg
Tue, 06/02/2015 - 10:37pm
Call the Division of Health Inspections at 617-635-5326, Fax 635-5388 - 8am to 4pm Monday - Friday. It is not mandatory to give your name when making a complaint.
Call the Mayor's 24-Hour Help Line, 7 days a week, at 617-635-4500.
You can also use Citizen Connect: https://mayors24.cityofboston.gov/reports/list_services
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