Ying Du Gets the DOH
Alright. We get it. The best fast food chinese places in Midtown are dirty. It’s ok. WE DON’T MIND. Right? I found this sad scene at Ying Du yesterday (on 38th btw. 7+8th) one of my favorite chinese places in Midtown. It was certainly not a surprising sight (we all know it’s dirty), but it’s still kind of upsetting. Anybody who eats at Ying Du (or Hing Won for that matter) kind of knows what they’re in for. We’re adults. Maybe we should move to the L.A. system of putting letter grades in the windows. If you are clean, you get a big A. If you’re not, you get a B or a C (actually, I don’t know if I ever saw a C). Then, let the consumer decide. “How much of a risk do I really want to take eating lunch at this place?” I guess what I’m saying is, can’t the Department of Health just let Ying Du be? Unless there was evidence of roaches in the food area. Were there roaches? That’s just gross.
Posted by Zach Brooks at 9:26 am, September 24th, 2008 under Closed by Health Dept., Ying Du.
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The food at Ying Du is just not good enough to warrant ignoring yet another DOH shutdown. And I’m not a food snob by any means.
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Maybe it was foiled faithfuls of Ying Du that clogged up Hing Won yesterday and made me wait 10 minutes for my Dan Dan Noodle Soup.
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Once again you have made my point.
Disgusting.
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Wait…. you have a point?
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YING DU RESTAURANT CORP
273 WEST 38 STREET, MANHATTAN 10018Violation points: 40
Inspection Date: 09/05/2008
Violations were cited in the following area(s) and those requiring immediate action were addressed.
Sanitary Violations
1.) Food contact surface not properly maintained.
2.) Pesticide use not in accordance with label or applicable laws. Prohibited chemical used/stored. Open bait station used.
3.) Facility not vermin proof. Harborage or conditions conducive to vermin exist.
4.) Food not protected from potential source of contamination during storage, preparation, transportation, display or service.
5.) Personal cleanliness inadequate. Clean outer garments, effective hair restraint not worn.
6.) Evidence of flying insects or live flying insects present in facility’s food and/or non-food areas.
7.) Hot food not held at or above 140°F. -
Wow, I’ve frequented the site for not so long, but long enough to understand why people despise DocChuck… Obviously, he misses the point of this site… dumb ass… You see, this site is not meant for the high class, snob, turn your nose up at the working man class like you…
I took the time to look at your myspace page that you are so proud of… 1) You shouldn’t be… 2) you come across as the biggest snob… 3) you think way too highly of yourself and your “better half.” Real people visit this site… We aren’t looking for 5 stars… We aren’t looking for the next Top Chef… We aren’t drinking Perrier with our pinkies raised up from the glass… We just want to know that in Midtown, there is food that is not vastly overpriced and underwhelming… hell in all the city that is… We are regular people that aren’t afraid to try dingy, hole in the wall places… so long as the food is cheap… tastes fine… and sends me home healthy… I’m ok… Get off your high horse… or your head out the horse’s ass… BTW… your comment on Kate’s profile was uncalled for… not because I’m trying to be chivalrous… but becuase like I said… I saw your myspace page… and your fashion sense spoke to me, much the same way Department of Health Stickers speak to you..
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If there is anyone who knows “disgusting”, it’s *TWITCH* my man and provider of my dark, smelly residence, DocChuck. You disagree? I’ll bite your nuts off!
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Lou: DocChuck is a parody; no one could be that big an asshat.
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Ahem… back to Ying Du… I’m doing Way-Uptown Lunch this week (working from home) but I usually just ignore the long lines out the door because yeah… I just don’t want to take a chance on getting sick. I sometimes go to Go Go Curry next door and I wonder what vermin are crawling all through that block.
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YING DU RESTAURANT CORP
273 WEST 38 STREET, MANHATTAN 10018Violation points: 40
Inspection Date: 09/05/2008
Violations were cited in the following area(s) and those requiring immediate action were addressed.
Sanitary Violations
1.) Food contact surface not properly maintained.i.e. the big tree-trunk cutting board. The same kind that every chinese restaurant uses. As long as it’s cleaned with salt every night, totally antibacterial.
2.) Pesticide use not in accordance with label or applicable laws. Prohibited chemical used/stored. Open bait station used.
OK that one’s legit.
3.) Facility not vermin proof. Harborage or conditions conducive to vermin exist.
Welcome to NYC.
4.) Food not protected from potential source of contamination during storage, preparation, transportation, display or service.
The meat in the window?
5.) Personal cleanliness inadequate. Clean outer garments, effective hair restraint not worn.
They do need some hair nets.
6.) Evidence of flying insects or live flying insects present in facility’s food and/or non-food areas.
I’ve never seen a restaurant inspection that *didn’t* cite this one. Impossible to control.
7.) Hot food not held at or above 140°F.
Again the char siu in the window. It never stays there long enough to be unsafe! They do a massive lunch volume, and it’s constantly replenished.
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I’ve certainly seen Grade C restaurants in LA — and those are usually the best! Hole in the wall == flavor.
I hope Ying Du comes back soon!
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The only Grade C restaurants I remember seeing were on Hollywood Blvd right by all the tourist crap.
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Wow. I walked by there yesterday at noon and it was business as usual. I must’ve just missed the DOH raid!
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My dearest “Lou:”
It does not surprise me that you fail to appreciate a man of my intellectual stature and position in life. There are so many things a man like you cannot grasp.
I want for nothing in life. I have money, respect, reasonably good looks and best of all, a vibrant and successful young lady who has been my wife for nearly 20 years now.
Your insane jealousy is apparant to all.
Either that or you are “Chiffonade” following me here to spew the idiotic venom only an obese trailer park dweller can muster. If so, kindly retreat to your doublewide for some more malt liquor and Little Debbies. Or better yet, order up some take out Chinese food.
~~ Chuck, PhD
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1. Money: you have a mortgage on the motel in Dakotas.Can’t affort cash? Peasant.
2. Respect? hahhahahahhahhahahahaha.
3. Reasonable good looks…compaired to? A Hippo?
4. Vibrant young wife? I think you’re confusing that with ‘vibrating life like orafices’.
5. Face it, you’re barred by court order from using a computer in Arkansas, travel the country in a ’73 VW camper van with you’re bought on the net 14 yr old child thai wife, TingTong.
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Don’t feed the trolls guys.
Otherwise you give DocChuck more reason to troll this site. Eventually, they will disappear.
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My dearest “Mr. McBagel”(I am quite confidant that only individuals enrolled in our government’s witness protection program would have such an odd name):
Should the terms of your protection agreement allow, I invite you to visit my wife and me at our Arkansas horse farm. We could share a snifter or two of cognac and some Cuban cigars (yes, I said Cuban. Men of my means can obtain anything they want). Invite your wife. Perhaps Liz could show her some personal grooming tips.
I am serious about this offer.
~~Chuck
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also McBagel, I will be happy to *TWITCH* bite your nuts off!
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DocChuck: What’s happening to your PhDs? First you said you had several, then in your signature it became just one:
~~ Chuck, PhD
In your latest post, you’ve even lost that PhD!
~~Chuck
Sometimes I wonder if the DOH is on this site…secretly awaiting your posts…so that they may pick out their next target.