Watching a chef at a San Francisco restaurant slam frozen meat into the sidewalk is enough to make your stomach turn, not to mention the customers who may have had the misfortune of eating it.

Captured on video outside Lucky River, a Chinese restaurant in San Francisco's Sunnyside neighborhood, the chef appears to lift and slam two slabs of beef up and down onto the ground.

When a concerned inspector from the city's health department arrived to question the apparently bemused staff, they simply said the man was attempting to tenderize the meat and 'defrost' it by beating it off the concrete.

However, when local news made the trip down to examine the exact section of sidewalk they discovered it was covered in gum, cigarette butts and general filth.

The owner of the restaurant said that the defrosting incident was an isolated one and that the meat was never used in any meals.

KPIX showed the gross footage to neighbors, Steve Vender and London Lacey.

'It's highly unsanitary, I don't know how they're gonna clean the meat off after that. They're gonna wash it but it certainly doesn't look very appealing,' said Vender.

(dailymail.co.uk)

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