Report Breakfast Horror: Live Worms Found in Fried Fish at Phuket Shop

[snoop1130]

Photo courtesy of The Phuket News

 

In a scene sure to ruin anyone's appetite, a Phuket shopper experienced horror when they discovered live worms wriggling in their breakfast. The meal, consisting of fried salted fish, was purchased from a local shop and soon became a viral sensation, sparking uproar and calls for improved food safety measures.

 

The unsettling revelation took off on social media after Lawai Nai Thanachaikru shared an image on the Facebook group Paklok Post. The disturbing photo shows sticky rice and a piece of salted fish with live worms visibly crawling across it. Along with the image, Lawai pleaded with vendors to consider consumer safety, adding the hashtags #LocationBangRong and #ApologiesToThoseEatingBreakfast.

 

The food, bought from a consignment shop in Baan Bang Rong, Pa Khlok, was returned after the disheartening discovery. The shop refunded the purchase price and extended an apology, noting that the contaminated product came from an external vendor, not prepared on-site.

 

Outrage spread quickly online, with many demanding the vendor be named and criticized harshly for the lack of food safety. Comments varied from demands for accountability to sarcastic inquiries about whether the vendor would eat the contaminated fish themselves.

 

Responding to the backlash, the shop owner clarified that the meal had been sourced from a nearby vendor specializing in fried chicken and salted fish. The shop has since communicated with the vendor, urging them to address hygiene concerns and prevent future incidents.

 

The shop offered a direct apology to the affected customer, while the incident reinvigorated concerns about food safety standards in Thai markets. With public pressure mounting, there are increased calls for health officials to conduct random inspections and enforce accountability among vendors to protect public health more effectively.

 

  Adapted by ASEAN Now from The Thaiger 2025-05-20

 

 

[VincentRJ]

Hey! Worms are nutritious. Didn't you know? 

 

"Live, edible worms offer a surprising amount of nutrition. They are excellent sources of protein and fat, and some species also provide valuable vitamins and minerals. For example, live mealworms contain about 20% crude protein and 13% crude fat. Some species, like earthworms, are also high in calcium. "

[wombat]

Sun dried not oil fried?

It would be a mutant worm to survive a chippy oil cook.

[thesetat]

11 hours ago, VincentRJ said:

Hey! Worms are nutritious. Didn't you know? 

 

"Live, edible worms offer a surprising amount of nutrition. They are excellent sources of protein and fat, and some species also provide valuable vitamins and minerals. For example, live mealworms contain about 20% crude protein and 13% crude fat. Some species, like earthworms, are also high in calcium. "

Yeah and some, found in fish, can be intestinal and begin eating you from the inside out. Used in some cultures as a weight loss program. But, just because they can have nutritional or physically positive properties does not mean you would want to find them in your food without advanced knowledge. Personally, I would have puked everywhere upon seeing I was eating that fish with those worms inside. Next I would be going to the hospital to be checked and then to the police station to file charges against the vendor. 

[fredwiggy]

8 minutes ago, wombat said:

Sun dried not oil fried?

It would be a mutant worm to survive a chippy oil cook.

What I thought but it says fried. I'm thinking the fish was left out too long and flies got into it. If it was fried then sold, worms wouldn't survive that heat.

[newbee2022]

15 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

Photo courtesy of The Phuket News

 

In a scene sure to ruin anyone's appetite, a Phuket shopper experienced horror when they discovered live worms wriggling in their breakfast. The meal, consisting of fried salted fish, was purchased from a local shop and soon became a viral sensation, sparking uproar and calls for improved food safety measures.

 

The unsettling revelation took off on social media after Lawai Nai Thanachaikru shared an image on the Facebook group Paklok Post. The disturbing photo shows sticky rice and a piece of salted fish with live worms visibly crawling across it. Along with the image, Lawai pleaded with vendors to consider consumer safety, adding the hashtags #LocationBangRong and #ApologiesToThoseEatingBreakfast.

 

The food, bought from a consignment shop in Baan Bang Rong, Pa Khlok, was returned after the disheartening discovery. The shop refunded the purchase price and extended an apology, noting that the contaminated product came from an external vendor, not prepared on-site.

 

Outrage spread quickly online, with many demanding the vendor be named and criticized harshly for the lack of food safety. Comments varied from demands for accountability to sarcastic inquiries about whether the vendor would eat the contaminated fish themselves.

 

Responding to the backlash, the shop owner clarified that the meal had been sourced from a nearby vendor specializing in fried chicken and salted fish. The shop has since communicated with the vendor, urging them to address hygiene concerns and prevent future incidents.

 

The shop offered a direct apology to the affected customer, while the incident reinvigorated concerns about food safety standards in Thai markets. With public pressure mounting, there are increased calls for health officials to conduct random inspections and enforce accountability among vendors to protect public health more effectively.

 

  Adapted by ASEAN Now from The Thaiger 2025-05-20

 

 

How could the worms survive in hot oil? There is something wrong in this story

[gargamon]

Reminds me of the skit(Monty Python?) where the guy complains about the fly in his soup.

 

Quiet sir. Everyone will want one.

[Thingamabob]

She should have been grateful. Most worms are a good source of protein, and iron, zinc, vitamins B2, B5 and B12, and niacin.

[impulse]

Just getting a jump on the WEF plans for all of us.

 

[LudwigK]

Were the worms FOR FREE?

[wensiensheng]

Everyone knows worms should be fried separately and sold at local markets

[Grumpy one]

Back in the 70's a friend bought half a BBQ chicken, opened it up and it tried to run away, the maggots were everywhere

Took it back and the owner of said greasy take away offered the other half for free

Can't get better than that 

[hotchilli]

18 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

while the incident reinvigorated concerns about food safety standards in Thai markets.

Usually zero...

[digger70]

Breakfast Horror: Live Worms Found in Fried Fish at Phuket Shop 

 

For the fish to have worms/Maggots it must have been Fried more the 24 hrs  before serving to the costumer ,it takes about 24 hrs  for maggots to hatch.

It's not very appealing but it won't hurt to eat the fish and the maggots, Thai people eat worse things than a couple maggots .

like what you call that Fish/crab thats more then one year old /rotten in Isan 

fermented fish (pla ra) and fermented crab (pla ra krab).  they seem to love that,,,,  Yuck.