Restaurant where rat found in buffet tray suspended by NEA

SINGAPORE — The National Environment Agency (NEA) has suspended the operations of Hotpot Culture, a restaurant at Marina Square, after a customer reported finding a rat in a tray of vegetables at its porridge buffet.

A Facebook post by Ms Caron Chan has been circulating over the internet, with the caption: “Spot the #RAT in the vegetable dish. Taken at Hotpot Culture at Marina Square for the S$8.80 porridge buffet with my colleagues for lunch. It was “business as usual” right after removing the dish tray. Enough said.”

An NEA spokesperson said: “The restaurant has been instructed to suspend its operations immediately while NEA conducts its investigations.”