Oconomowoc Chinese restaurant voluntarily closes, bugs in food

Well, a startling discovery in a Chinese takeout box has prompted the restaurant where it came from to voluntarily shut down. Waukesha County reporter Brett Lemoine joining us live in Oconomowoc with the violations inspectors found this week, Brett. And Ben and Mary, this all stems from a man who reached out to Waukesha County health officials and to us with pictures of his meal that he got on Saturday, the walnut shrimp that came with bugs inside. Take a look at these photographs he ordered through DoorDash and says he found winged insects and larvae inside the food container. Waukesha County Environmental Health did an inspection on Tuesday and noted several violations. Inspectors say the food inside Emperor's Garden was stored in a cooler that was too warm. It all got thrown out. There were also problems with the water temperature at hand and equipment washing stations not being hot enough. Other violations included the front door being left open without a screen and quote evidence of flies throughout the restaurant. We've reached out to the owner by email and telephone but haven't heard back yet. The owner did tell inspectors that a new city transformer blew several fuses at the restaurant on September 29th and caused the air conditioning oven and freezer to have issues here. The owner voluntarily closed Emperor's Garden until the county can verify that the water heater and coolers can maintain proper temperatures. Now we showed these pictures to other customers who told us it made them feel sick. And I'm surprised to see that picture in the photo. Makes me not want to eat there ever again, but hopefully they can clean it up and make the best of it. Now we did reach out to the city to clarify exactly what happened when that transformer was replaced last month. A spokeswoman says during re-energizing there was a venting issue that was identified and power was turned off immediately she says power was restored by 7 a.m that same day the county health officials tell us that the Mexican restaurant right next door was also inspected on Tuesday investigators say all of the food equipment is working fine just next door reporting live in Oconomowoc Brett Lemoine Fox 6 News all right thanks