| Man orders mild curry and gets receipt marked ‘white ppl’ — you won’t believe how the restaurant responded |
A DINER who ordered a mild curry from a local Indian restaurant was left speechless when he opened the receipt to find “WHITE PPL” on it.
The Mirror reports that Stuart Lynn spent nearly $70 on the takeaway meal at the UK establishment after asking for a venison curry to be brought out “mild,” along with a few other dishes.
It wasn’t until Lynn arrived home that he noticed “VERY MILD, WHITE PPL,” on the receipt.
“I was not happy at all. It said ‘white people’ next to my curry,” he told The Mirror.
“It implies we can’t deal with strong curries. I do like a hot curry sometimes.
“I just fancied a mild one for a change. I thought it was very rude of them.
“It was the first time I’ve been in there and I won’t be going back.”
Offending docket ... Stuart Lynn’s takeaway receipt were he was horrified to see he had been described as ‘white ppl.’ Picture: Snapper
The restaurant involved, Valentine Restaurant, issued this astonishing apology.
“I have investigated and can confirm it a misunderstanding,” owner Ruby Kandasamy said.
“Under white ppl, we don’t mean white people, but a white sauce made from milk, single cream, coconut milk and spices we add to our dishes when a curry is requested mild.
“’Ppl’ means ‘milk.’
“However, we have decided to change the way we inform the kitchen and will mention ‘add white ppl’ or ‘with white sauce’ to avoid any confusion with our customers.
“We want to apologise to the customer for any inconvenience and misunderstanding, we hope the curry was nice and he or she will visit us again.”
Stuart told The Mirror; “What other colour is milk? I spoke to an Indian friend of mine and ‘ppl’ doesn’t mean milk. They’re just trying to get out of it.”
Originally published as Diner’s shock at ‘racist’ receipt
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