Restaurants must follow guidelines established by the health department to ensure cleanliness and good hygiene. Always order meat medium to well done, if it’s served rare, send it back. Check how well cooked poultry or meat is by cutting into the centre of it.
If it’s the least bit pink or bloody, send it back. Fish should be flaky, not rubbery, when cut. Order well cooked fried eggs, scrambled eggs and avoid that look runny. Caesar salad dressings and hollandaise sauce should also be avoided, if they contain raw eggs. If you’re not sure about the ingredients in a particular dish, ask before ordering.Raw seafood can pose a serious risk of food poisoning. Raw shellfish, like raw meat and poultry, may contain harmful bacteria. It’s a bad idea to eat oysters on the half shell or raw clams. Lightly steamed seafood, like mussels and snails, may also contain harmful bacteria.
