We ordered a salad, but it contained small black specks. We ended up in the hospital immediately.

 

And then… they moved. Yes, these “seeds” weren’t still. On closer inspection, they were translucent, like tiny blisters with a dark spot inside. Insect eggs?! More precisely: bed bug eggs of a very rare species. We gasped. One of those surreal moments when everything seems unreal except our instincts, which scream: “This isn’t normal.”

The staff arrived immediately after the call. They, too, turned ashen-faced. The dishes were cleared away at once. Explanations followed: “Storage problem,” “Questionable product from the supplier,” “Isolated incident.” But at that point, we weren’t listening anymore. We just wanted to get out of there. And fast.

Emergencies, precautions, and delayed stress: Continued on the next page