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You can fry all sorts of ingredients on a teppanyaki griddle. Noodles, meat, veggies, seafood… the list is endless. But what about frying the menu itself? A video of a teppanyaki joint in Hsinchu has gone viral online, for getting its paper menus sizzling in oil right in front of diners. Apparently, it is a way for the chefs to confirm that customers are getting the food they ordered. Some netizens are outraged, saying that it’s really unhygienic, and could potentially lead to ink poisoning. Others simply find it funny that menus are on the menu. Let’s hear more.

Member of public
Finds sizzling menus unhygienic
The paper could have bacteria or viruses. There’s also the ink. If they put it on the griddle like that, it could contaminate the surface they cook things on. It feels unhygienic.

Member of public
Disapproves of sizzling menus
It’s not a good look. If you are using the griddle to cook, you shouldn’t be putting other stuff like menus on it.

Wang Hui-ping
Hsinchu City Health Bureau
If there are any violations, under Article 44 of the Food Safety and Sanitation Management Act, the operators will be ordered to make improvements by a deadline. If they fail to do so, fines start at NT$60,000.

In response to the sudden surge in attention, the restaurant has kept a low profile, and declined to comment on the matter. Though the controversial approach to kitchen management put some people off, others took a more light-hearted approach. Some netizens gave the menu dish creative names such as “pan-seared inked paper pulp.” Others even noted how the restaurant had seemed to add water to prevent the paper from burning or sticking to the griddle. It’s really all about the attention to detail.

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