KOUYOU BUFFET
West Sample Road
Florida, 33064
Broward County County
Overall Food Safety Rating
★★☆☆☆ (2.3/5)
Based on 3 health inspection reports
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Inspection on 1/22/2025
High Priority
0
Intermediate
0
Basic
0
Total
1
Disposition: Met Inspection Standards
Inspection Details:
- N/A:No Violations Were Observed
Food safety inspection conducted on 1/22/2025 revealed 1 total violations (0 high priority, 0 intermediate, 0 basic).
Inspection on 11/22/2024
High Priority
3
Intermediate
3
Basic
4
Total
10
Disposition: Follow-up Inspection Required
Inspection Details:
- 22-20-5:Basic - Accumulation of black/green mold-like substance in the interior of the ice machine/bin. Ice bin soiled with mold like substance **Warning**
- 08B-38-4:Basic - Food stored on floor. Bucket of raw pork stored on floor in walk in freezer. Operator elevated **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
- 14-69-4:Basic - Ice buildup in reach-in freezer and/or walk-in freezer. Ice buildup up in back walk in freezer **Warning**
- 23-03-4:Basic - Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust. Hood vents at kitchen cookline soiled with grease **Warning**
- 01B-01-4:High Priority - Dented/rusted cans present. See stop sale. Dented can of tapioca pudding on dry storage shelf. See stop sale. **Warning**
- 22-12-5:High Priority - Metal stem-type thermometer soiled. Operator cleaned thermometer **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
- 08A-05-6:High Priority - Raw animal food stored over/not properly separated from ready-to-eat food. Raw chicken over ready to eat sauce in buffet line two door cooler. Operator properly inverted **Corrected On-Site** **Repeat Violation** **Admin Complaint**
- 03D-15-4:Intermediate - Food being cooled by nonapproved method as evidenced by inadequate rate of cooling during time of inspection. At 1:35pm Cream cheese 50F ambient cooling for 30 min to 59F at 2:10pm. At this rate, proper cooling to in 4 hours will not occur. Observed item cooling in a unit with warm temperatures. Operator moved items to freezer to quick chill **Corrective Action Taken** **Warning**
- 53A-03-7:Intermediate - Food manager certification expired. A list of accredited food manager certification examination providers can be found at http://www.myfloridalicense.com/DBPR/hotels-restaurants/food-lodging/food-manager/ Boyu Zhu **Warning**
- 31B-03-4:Intermediate - No soap provided at handwash sink. No soap provided in sushi station hand sink. Operator provided soap **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
Food safety inspection conducted on 11/22/2024 revealed 10 total violations (3 high priority, 3 intermediate, 4 basic).
Inspection on 7/24/2024
High Priority
3
Intermediate
0
Basic
6
Total
9
Disposition: Met Inspection Standards
Inspection Details:
- 12B-12-5:Basic - Employee drinking from an unenclosed beverage container in a food preparation/clean dishware area and the container does not have a dispensing mechanism to prevent hand contact with lip contact area of drink container. Employee at main cook line drinking from open container.
- 12B-13-4:Basic - Opened employee beverage container in a cold holding unit with food to be served to customers. Multiple employee water bottles in reach in coolers.
- 42-03-5:Basic - Storage of maintenance equipment/tools in areas that may result in cross contamination of food, equipment, utensils, linens and/or single-service and single-use articles. Plumbers wrench on dry goods shelf above open container of breadcrumbs. Manager removed wrench. **Corrected On-Site**
- 08B-12-5:Basic - Stored food not covered. In walk in freezer, containers of fried chicken not labeled for when produced.
- 36-27-5:Basic - Wall soiled with accumulated grease, food debris, and/or dust. Wall area around end of cook line soiled. **Repeat Violation**
- 02D-01-5:Basic - Working containers of food removed from original container not identified by common name. Multiple bulk dry goods containers in dry storage missing labels.
- 08A-02-6:High Priority - Raw animal food stored over or with ready-to-eat food in a freezer - not all products commercially packaged. In walk in freezer, trays of diced raw chicken and wrapped raw salmon above trays of raw vegetable rangoons. Manager rearranged all trays for proper separation. **Corrected On-Site**
- 08A-05-6:High Priority - Raw animal food stored over/not properly separated from ready-to-eat food. 1) In walk in cooler speed rack, tray of raw chicken above tray of vegetable rangoon. 2) In kitchen fliptop lower cooler, container of raw shrimp above container of noodles. 3) In habachi reach in cooler, bowl of raw shell eggs above container of cooked noodles. Manager rearranged all items for proper separation. **Corrected On-Site**
- 08A-20-5:High Priority - Raw animal foods not properly separated from each other in holding unit based upon minimum required cooking temperature. In walk in cooler speed rack, trays of raw chicken and beef above container of cut raw calamari. Manager rearranged all items for proper separation. **Corrected On-Site**
Food safety inspection conducted on 7/24/2024 revealed 9 total violations (3 high priority, 0 intermediate, 6 basic).