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More than a taste test
View(s):This is an age of ‘grab-and-go’ when home-cooked meals are fast becoming a luxury.
Story and pix by Sarath Siriwardane
Housewives
are becoming a thing of the past, and only a few households can afford servants. For many, the only option is to put up with what the kadey or road-side ‘hotel’ has on offer.
But while their MSG-laden food may titillate the tongue, these eateries can prove to be fatal. Rotten eggs, vegetables better discarded weeks ago, bakery items well past their expiry date and workers with sores on their fingers: these are only a few of the things that lurk behind the door to the kadey kitchen.
And one of our images, of a father and son partaking of their food oblivious to the police officers inspecting the ‘fare’, begs the question: are these raids even good short-term measures?
 Overripe: Fruit is inspected (above and below) |  |
 Oblivious: A father and son eating questionable kadey 'fare' as a raid is carried out behind them by police |  Unhygienic : A worker is checked for sores |
 A less than perfect egg is displayed |  a freezer is inspected for expired baked goods and other food items |