A Coquitlam restaurant has been closed and is waiting for a final inspection today (July 7) after health inspectors found multiple violations, including live pests that were "still moving" in traps.
Tiki-Ming in the Coquitlam Centre mall's food court was closed Monday (July 4) due to hygiene concerns.
According to an online Fraser Health report, food service inspectors showed up for a routine inspection the same day and found a dirty facility, poor food storage and rodent droppings.
When they returned on Tuesday (July 5), authority officials identified rodent droppings in several areas throughout the kitchen, holes where they could get in, boxes where they could breed and traps where rodents were "still moving."
Get rid of rodents: inspector
Inspectors spent two hours with Tiki-Ming operator, Bing Yin Tam, who was told to have a full assessment done by a pest control company to identify issues involving rodents and to correct their points of entry.
Tam said the restaurant was preparing for a renovation at the end of the month.
While the operator took some action to clean equipment right away, the inspection report noted multiple places where rodents could breed.
The report stated "conditions observed that may allow entrance/harboring/breeding of pests" included boxes and buckets stored on the floor, empty cardboard boxes in the facility, holes in ceiling panels and around piping and pop hoses.
After receiving two high hazard ratings, the restaurant operator was ordered to do a deep cleaning and pass another inspection before being allowed to re-open.
Restaurant deep cleaning required
Tiki-Ming was given a rating of 62 points in the first visit and 48 in the second — anything over 30 points is considered high hazard, Fraser Health explains.
The Tri-City News reached out to Tiki Ming by phone, but no one answered.
The company's website does not list locations, but states the first Tiki-Ming restaurant opened in 1984 in Montreal, Que., and has expanded to other provinces since then.
