Restaurant worker fired for crushing garlic with his boots

A Rockland County Chinese food restaurant is in hot water after it was discovered that an employee apparently used a suspicious and far-from-delicious method to crush the garlic used in the kitchen.

An official from the county's Department of Health said that the Great China Buffet in Nanuet was investigated after there it received a complaint that the garlic there is not only sautéed and steamed, but allegedly stomped. Literally.



The photograph was taken by Dan Barreto, who works at the AT&T store right next to the restaurant. He says he witnessed the alleged garlic parade in the alley behind the restaurant. "He was jumping up and down on it at first, and then when I got my camera he was just doing one foot and mashing it."

At the restaurant an employee said the man in the picture had been fired. They reportedly claim the food cooked with the ghastly garlic was thrown out and was never served to customers.

With news video.