Have you ever had sushi that was so good that you swore there had to be some kind of illegal addictive ingredient in it? Well, how about literal meth in the soy sauce?
A Japanese restaurant in Pace, Florida (seriously, where else?) has announced they are closing just weeks after an investigation by the Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s Office found that some of the soy sauce was contaminated with methamphetamine.
As per WFLA News, the investigation began where seven people were hospitalised after eating at Nikko Japanese Steak House. Detectives tested two soy sauce bottles and unopened packets of soy sauce which came back as positive for meth.
Soon after, the owners of the restaurant announced on Facebook that they would be closing because they were “unable to sustain the cost to stay open”, which I guess translates to having zero customers because everyone heard about the meth/soy sauce situation.
In the end, no charges were filed because police were “unable to determine who contaminated the food due to a lack of witness observations and surveillance footage.” Although according to the investigative report, multiple employees told deputies a co-worker was acting erratically on the day the customers got sick and could have accidentally contaminated the soy sauce. Again though, no actual evidence to back that up. Maybe there’s some kind of Japanese Walter White/Gus Fring situation going on?
Personally, not sure they had to close so soon as you’d think meth sushi is a USP some restaurant-goers would be interested in (especially in Florida), but alas. Still, who knew that’s what the M in MSG stood for all along?
For WILD footage of police chasing a drunk woman through a Florida golf course, click HERE. What a place.