[WATCH] Condoms and Roaches Discovered in Home Food Deliveries

China's embattled online food delivery platforms continue to face heavy public scrutiny this past week after two separate customers allege their home-delivered food have been tainted by some of the grossest things you'd ever want to discover while eating.

A Beijing resident named Song was shocked to discover a used condom embedded in his takeout food last week Thursday after he had already eaten half of it. (See video below.)

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Song had used Baidu Waimai to order from Shaxian Delicacies (known by its red "Pac-Man" mascot enclosed by a green circle) located in the west-end Meiyu Gardens neighborhood. When Song called the restaurant to complain, a restaurant employee explained to him that what he thought to be a used condom was actually a "fragment of a children's balloon."

Song said he was so nauseated at the discovery that he did not eat for two days afterward.

Although Song said he feels he has been treated unfairly after having made the discovery, Baidu Waimai maintains that they are taking appropriate measures to rectify the situation.

Song has been reimbursed the entire cost of the Shaxian meal, which was 7 yuan.

Other customers have left complaints about this restaurant's online account, claiming it to be a "fake Shaxian" restaurant that has left cockroaches in their food. According to Caijin, the restaurant and its profile have already disappeared online.

Meanwhile, another Beijing resident has complained of finding yet another disturbing addition to his takeout food.

A man named Chen said he discovered five cockroaches in the xiaolongbao he ordered from the Jiahe Yipin (嘉和一品) using the Ele.me online food delivery platform on May 22. Chen said his niece, who was eating with him at the time, was so nauseated by the discovery that she immediately vomited.

Unlike the more recent case, Jiahe Yipin has completely refuted Chen's allegations. After performing its own inspection, the store concluded there to be no possible way for cockroaches to have gotten into Chen's food.

The allegations come after a month in which Beijing's food delivery platforms have been revealed to be populated with restaurants with fake credentials despite new regulations that were supposed to stamp them out as well as the industry's own promise to self-regulate with surprise health inspections.

And yet, for some people, calling home delivery upon first discovering a bug isn't necessarily a bad thing.

Last Friday, two girls in Dalian ordered waimai in the middle of the night upon discovering a bug on their ceiling. In their order, they specifically requested the delivery man to come into their house and eliminate the interloper like some kind of hitman-for-hire.

Then again, we should expect nothing less when we order a "takeout."

Images: Miaopai.com, China.com

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