DP
I’ve seen a roach at Than Brothers before. It was probably at least three years ago.
I have seen a roach there too. It was crawling across my daughter’s sweater while we were sitting in a booth.
We had a roach on our table at Jak’s a few years ago.
Gee. Do you suppose it was the same roach?
Roaches bug me too, but Asian restaurants (even some of the upscale ones) seem to have a problem with them generally. This is partly a basic cleanliness issue, but it also has to do with the fact that roaches can’t resist the taste of the fish sauce and certain other ingredients used in Asian cuisine. You also have to remember that roaches are kind of like bedbugs (eww!) in that, once they get into a building, they’re into the WHOLE building.
Still, no excuse for Than Bro’s simply shrugging off the problem. Any time a roach is even sighted you should get nothing less than a personal visit and apology from the manager, along with a committment to give the place a thorough scrubbing.
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If you were to do a scientific survey of all the Asian places that have had roach sightings, you would quickly discover that those establishments with the fewest sightings are also those with darkest shade of wall panelling and dark brown lacquer tables.
</gratuitous observation>