gastronomy
Disgust of the Indian: hair in rice and fat on the ceiling
04/10/2025 – 05:37 a.m.Reading time: 2 min.
Ekelz states in the “Taj Mahal”: An Indian restaurant in Mülheim has been carried out several times during controls. The turn only came when the authorities were visited.
In a restaurant in Mülheim an der Ruhr, food inspectors have found considerable hygiene defects during several visits. The “Taj Mahal/O Sole Mio” restaurant at Auerstraße 11 showed numerous violations of hygiene regulations during a check on February 13, 2025, as can be seen from a publication by the State Office for Consumer Protection and Food.
The list of complaints is long: in the kitchen the edge areas of the floor tiles and difficult to access between the furnishings were heavily contaminated with fat. Fat drops hung on the ceiling lamp. Spice shells and flash containers were classified as unclean. Particularly questionable: According to the report, the cleaning towels were “heavily dirty and unsuitable for cleaning purposes”.
Another serious deficiency concerned the dough machine. The transport film was never removed and hung on the machine, which means that according to the control report, “a hygienic preparation of dough was not possible”. The hand sink was also heavily contaminated and the siphon was defective.
During a follow -up on February 27, 2025, the examiners found that the defects had not been remedied. On the contrary: the condition had still deteriorated. “The company was massively contaminated,” says the report. The authority documented that wall tiles have not been cleaned behind the sink for a long time and water out of a defective siphon. Particularly alarming: the inspectors found a hair in the cooked rice and poultry meat was stored outside of cooling.
The operators of the restaurant finally got the curve: at another post -check on March 12, 2025, all of the hygienic defects found were “sufficiently remedied”, as the responsible authority announced. The violations were published in accordance with Section 40 (1a) No. 3 of the Food and Feeding Code (LFGB), according to which hygiene violations, in which a fine of at least 350 euros is to be expected, must be announced.
