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Fancy having several newborn rats fell right onto your chicken curry plate? Well, you could ask Madam Dong:

SHE was enjoying her lunch at the coffee shop when she suddenly shrieked - a newborn rat had fallen right into her plate of curry rice.

The shocking incident took place at 2pm on Sunday in a coffee shop at Block 446, Pasir Ris Drive 6, Lianhe Wanbao reported.

Customers said they heard a strange noise coming from the ceiling while they were having their meals.

When they looked up, they saw something small and pink falling through a crack in the ceiling - right onto Madam Dong’s plate.

Madam Dong, who declined to reveal her age, said: ‘I didn’t know what it was initially. When I looked closer, I realised that it was a newborn rat.

‘Its eyes were closed and it wriggled slowly. I could even see its heart beating.’

The good news is that I’m lucky enough not to witness this myself. The bad news is, I live near that area. And this wasn’t the first time I read such news. A few months back similar case happened at a McDonald’s outlet I sometimes patronized in Tampines. They also fell from the ceiling.

That is strange, eh? Rat is not usually associated to cleanliness. Yet, Singapore, being the cleanest country in the world stil can’t free herself from rats attack. Not just in HDB, I’ve seen some around our condo too.

OK, maybe it’s difficult to exterminate rats which live outdoor. But I’d think that those in the ceilings would be easier to handle. One thing they could do is perhaps cover the ceilings. I’ve noticed that in many public places here, they leave the ceilings opened. Well, rats are the last thing I want to be on my plate for sure.

What about you, would you return to the same eatery after experiencing such a thing? Ratatouille, anyone?