福昇小食

Here’s the translated text in English:

I’m back to tell stories again...
Everyone knows that Guohua Street is filled with many culinary treasures, right?
Before eating here, I only knew that this place had the most customers on the entire street. My friend and I were originally having afternoon tea at a nearby tofu pudding shop, and we made a bet that if someone got up from a table across the street, we would go try the eel noodles (such a childish reason, haha).
Turns out it was such a coincidence; believing in fate, we took that empty seat, and the staff quickly cleaned the table for us to sit down.

I really hate eating fish, especially if it has a muddy taste, but my friend loves to try new things, so he ordered a plate first 👇🏻
(Grilled) Eel Noodles $140
When it arrived, it looked pretty good. He asked if I wanted to try it! It smelled amazing and didn’t have a muddy taste!
When I heard that, I immediately took a bite and oh my gosh, I finally understood why so many people love it. You can taste the wok hei and rich aroma. The noodles and fish were both quite chewy, with a hint of vinegar and the sweetness that’s essential in Tainan.
I was a bit shocked, so I immediately ordered another bowl from the boss.

While ordering, I saw the boss vigorously stir-frying the eel and realized, wait a minute, is that the grandma I saw in so many IG posts who dances while cooking? Okay, that’s off-topic.
While waiting for the food, I joked with my friend, asking if he thought there would be a lot of cockroaches here at night (my peculiar habit of someone who is often in the food industry).
Halfway through our conversation, my food was served. I was happily filming and taking pictures, deciding to share this delicious eel noodles with everyone.
But halfway through, I found something that looked like crispy shallots. I picked it up with my chopsticks and asked my friend what this was. After taking a closer look, I instinctively cursed some *&¥% and realized I had unearthed a cockroach... the first time in my life—am I a jinx?

I took my plate and the cockroach corpse to find the boss, and politely asked what it was. She told me it wasn’t that (I was thinking, what do you mean by not that? I didn’t even say what it was), and hearing them evade the issue made me angrier, and my tone turned worse.
Feeling my frustration, the boss brought over a younger staff member who seemed better at handling issues. The young person apologized and said it must have been something the supplier accidentally pressed into the noodles. He would report it back to the supplier (that whole cockroach clearly got stir-fried on accident... I was really too angry to speak at that moment).
The young person asked if they could give me a new bowl later, but I said no (thinking, who would dare eat more...).
After that, feeling speechless and angry, I walked back to my seat and told my friend that we could leave once he finished eating. The boss later quietly came to our table and refunded the entire meal cost, apologizing to us.
The end

The minus point this time was that it felt like the restaurant kept avoiding the issue.
I would actually be willing to accept the restaurant’s generous acknowledgment and sincere apology, but avoiding the problem is really not acceptable.
If my temper didn’t seem so harsh today, would the restaurant have handled this matter seriously?
Such a unique place is quite unfortunate; I won’t want to go back next time.