A Chinese restaurant in Madrid, Spain has been shut down after it was caught serving roasted street pigeons as roast duck.
The Jin Gu restaurant, in the Usera district of the Spanish capital, was raided on March 25 by local cops, who made several sickening discoveries, according to Mail Online.
Cops found gnarled strips of meat hanging from clothes horses. They also discovered a bag full of dirtied meat, and several bowls of plucked and cooked street pigeons.
Local media also reported that the restaurant had eight faulty, rusted freezers filled with bags of unlabelled and undated meat and dish, and cockroaches in the kitchen, as well as a litany of rat traps across the floor.
There were also no thermometers to measure the temperature of storage areas, and the cookware was largely rusted and unsanitary.
The restaurant also held several prohibited and illegal items, including sea cucumbers which are protected by strict marine laws.
Cops also found a secret storage room hidden behind a shelf in the restaurant’s disabled toilet.
This room was not listed on the business’ licence.
In the wake of the raid, the restaurant was ordered to close and its owner is now being investigation for alleged public health crimes.
