my husband good a massive food poising while in paris after eating at a thai/chinese restaurant at the latin quaters. he was soo sick we ended up at the hospital, he was put on iv%26#39;s and he was running a high fever 103. Does anyone know of any ideas or names of this restaurant? We need to contact them. I was also sick as well but not as bad. The restaurant was next to an italian restaurant and not far from the greeks wraps, as a matter a fact the restaurant happens to be on the street that at the end or front of the street sell falafels. Any leads would be great.
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What a nightmare. I am so sorry to hear about your ruined vacation, much less the trip to the hospital. We%26#39;ve been sick from eating in Paris only three times in 3 years, twice from different %26quot;traitour chinois%26quot;, and once from a greek gyro joint near our apartment.
The whole subject of hygiene in many of the asian restaurants is a hot subject in Paris right now because of the reasons you are now unfortunately familiar with. The Paris health inspectors have been chasing a moving target, sweat-shop food processors that create those delicious looking dim-sum and %26#39;Japanese%26#39; delicacies that are sold all around Paris. They are mass-produced in often unclean conditions, purportedly rodent and insect infested environments. Visitors should avoid these places like the plague (a little pun intended).
Recent articles in the Parisian daily newspaper %26quot;La Parisian%26quot; have covered this subject and we%26#39;ve heard verbal warnings that we ignored to our peril.
If you can, look at a map of Paris and see if you can stir your memory for a street name or any other details. There are literally hundreds of these places around the center of the city.
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bummer -- we have generally found the Chinese food in Paris to be terrible -- I always assumed that it was because it was generally made by Vietnamese etc and not Chinese -- that it just wasn%26#39;t authentic -- it looks so good and is so lousy
now I have another reason to avoid it
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I am really sorry that happened to you. Unfortunately food poisoning can happen anywhere, but I am especially suspicious of the Latin Qtr/rue Huchette area.
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I%26#39;m so sorry to hear about your misfortune, lilybelle264. That must have been a frightening experience, and I hope nobody else has to go through something like that.
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I am so sorry - what a nightmare to happen on your vacation! Metromole, thanks for the additional info, I will be sure to avoid any of those types of places as a precaution.
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lilybelle, I realize after reading one of your posts on another thread that I need to clarify an important detail. The problem reported in the Paris newspapers and experienced by us and possibly you and your husband was limited to the walk-in traiteurs that microwave already fabricated food. They are easy to spot. They have refrigerator display cases filled with already prepared, filled asian pastry finger food very much like dim-sum in China and they heat it up in a microwave oven.
I am NOT suggesting that all Asian food restaurants are a risk and to be completely clear, we%26#39;ve never had a problem with any sit-down dinner or lunch. It%26#39;s the %26quot;fast food%26quot; establishments that clearly should be avoided until the health authorities can fix this problem.
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I too am sorry for your experience! Is there anything worse than food poisoning while on holiday? Grrr!
I got sick in France last year from of all things, an omelete! I spent a week hugging the toilet and couldn%26#39;t eat eggs for many months after. A couple of years ago, I had food poisoning after eating at Legal Seafoods in Boston. That was very severe, doctors had to be called and I had to stay an additiopnal week; I was too weak to travel. That establishment is of course known for their incredible %26quot;quality control%26quot;. It was just terrible luck!
I hope your DH recovers fully!
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Just to put things in perspective, in Dec, I spent the night before our flight to Paris in SFO/Burlingame Hospital emergency ward due to food poisoning at a posh US hotel.
We had checked into the hotel the night before our early morning flight at around 7pm. I had not eaten all day, so ordered the chicken fettucine from room service - hubby wasn%26#39;t hungry. We went to bed around 11pm and at 1.30 am I was locked in the bathroom filling up all the trash cans and toilet simultaneously while the sweat poured down my grey face. On my third %26#39;wave%26#39; hubby called the night manager who called 911 apparently, because the next thing I knew 4 gorgeous young fireman were strapping me on a gurney. They had me hooked up to heart monitors, blood pressure thingies and all sorts of scary beeping machines.
Upon arrival at Burlingame they hooked me up to an IV, cleaned me up and told me they wouldn%26#39;t release me until my BP came back up - it was dangerously low they said due to loss of fluids. It was now 2.15am and we had to check in at 6.30!!! All I could do was wail that we were supposed to be going to Paris!!!
The head nurse took pity on me and said she could give me a %26#39;shot%26#39; that would make me feel %26#39;weird%26#39; but would get me through the flight if I chose to fly. %26#39;Gimme the shot - I%26#39;m going to Paris%26#39; - so she did - just before we left.
Two IV bags later, we checked out of the hospital at 6am (the hotel had sent hubby and luggage down in a taxi which waited outside). We arrived at the airport at 6.20am - me with a big bloody pad on my hand, a white plastic ID %26#39;bracelet%26#39; on my wrist and wearing %26#39;hospital green%26#39; pants courtesy of my %26#39;angel%26#39; nurse (mine were soiled and trashed) and no underwear! I must have looked like a corpse and, upon checking in, I suddenly lost the ability to speak - my mouth just wouldn%26#39;t work and I had the strangest feeling that my eyes were crossed - the shot had kicked in! Hubby took over and they let us board - which surprised me at the time.
I fell asleep in the departure lounge, sleepwalked onto the plane and immediately fell asleep again all the way to Dulles - I don%26#39;t remember changing planes (but must have) and then slept nearly all the way to Paris. I still don%26#39;t know what that %26#39;shot%26#39; was, but I had no more %26#39;intestinal upset%26#39; after leaving the hospital. Spent the first couple of days in Paris as limp as warm lettuce, but I made it!
So you don%26#39;t have to go to Paris to get food poisoning - it can happen here at home in the fanciest of places too.
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My son and fiancee had food poisoning from a Japonese restaurant in the 8th in Paris.
I guess you have to make good choices. Avoid fish on Monday as markets are closed, stay away from Suchi and such unless you have a reliable address.
It is very unfortunate but these things happen everywhere. Being tired, jetlag make you more vulnerable too.
You do not have to go to India to get sick after a trip.
Hope this does not taint your perception and that you will be back in Paris under better circumstances.
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Food Poisoning happens. It is not a travel thing. It happens in restaurants and it happens in homes. I lost a freind in January, she was 36, lived in SF, ate a bad piece of cheese and passed away. Of course, she had alreadybeen ill and a healthy person would most likely have survived, but it happens......
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