CHINA TOWN CHEF
4374 Northlake Boulevard
Florida, 33410
Palm Beach County County
Overall Food Safety Rating
★★½☆☆ (2.5/5)
Based on 4 health inspection reports
All Inspection Reports
Inspection Date: 1/6/2025
Inspection #: Visit ID: 8859973
- 08B-48-4:Basic - Employee preparing food in customer section of dining area at front counter Educated Food moved inside the kitchen Corrected On-Site
- 13-03-4:Basic - Employee with no hair restraint while engaging in food preparation.
- 06-01-5:Basic - Time/temperature control for safety food thawed in an improper manner. Shrimp inside three compartment at room temperature Cold water turned on Corrected On-Site Repeat Violation
- 12A-13-4:High Priority - Employee handled soiled equipment or utensils and then engaged in food preparation, handled clean equipment or utensils, or touched unwrapped single-service items without washing hands. Observed employee with no gloves switching tasks , leaving cook line to go inside walk-in cooler to put food away, returned to cook line and started to chop cabbage without washing hands before; Educated and advised to wash hands when changing tasks;
- 09-01-4:High Priority - Employee touching ready-to-eat food with their bare hands - food was not being heated as a sole ingredient to 145 degrees F or immediately added to other ingredients to be cooked/heated to the minimum required temperature to allow bare hand contact. Establishment has no approved Alternative Operating Procedure. Observed employee cooking shrimp and rice and preparing egg rolls in the same time; after finishing cooking employee touched food with their bare hand while placing food inside to go box; food will not be reheated to 145 F; Educated employee Employee washed hands **Corrective Action Taken**
- 08A-02-6:High Priority - Raw animal food stored over or with ready-to-eat food in a freezer - not all products commercially packaged. Raw scallops not commercially packaged over French fries in chest freezer at cook line Separated Corrected On-Site
- 08A-05-6:High Priority - Raw animal food stored over/not properly separated from ready-to-eat food. Raw pork over cooked rice in walk-in cooler Stored properly Corrected On-Site
- 03A-02-5:High Priority - Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. cooked noodles (72F - Cold Holding); at cook line; food not cooked or prepared today; as per operator using TPHC ; no firm available and time not tracked; educated operator; food out of temperature for approximately 2 hours; food moved to cooler; Operator was able to locate firm before closing inspection ; **Corrective Action Taken** Repeat Violation Admin Complaint
Inspection Date: 8/14/2024
Inspection #: Visit ID: 8731392
- 08B-38-4:Basic - Food stored on floor- duck sauce bucket by walk-in cooler; Advised to store properly
- 10-01-5:Basic - In-use utensil in non-time/temperature control for safety food not stored with handle above top of food within a closed container- potato starch and sugar- containers across from three compartment sink Advised to remove Corrected On-Site
- 22-16-4:Basic - Reach-in cooler interior/shelves have accumulation of soil residues- at cook line; shelves in walk-in cooler
- 06-01-5:Basic - Time/temperature control for safety food thawed in an improper manner- raw pork thawing inside three compartment; operator moved inside walk-in cooler Corrected On-Site
- 03A-02-5:High Priority - Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. white rice (51F - Cold Holding) at three compartment sink; as per operator food not prepared or portioned today; food left outside for 30 minutes; food moved back to walk-in cooler; **Corrective Action Taken** Repeat Violation Admin Complaint
- 14-16-4:Intermediate - Multiuse food-contact surface not smooth, free of breaks/cracks/chips/pits/crevices. Plastic liner used to cover shelves in walk-in cooler are torn and cracked
Inspection Date: 1/30/2024
Inspection #: Visit ID: 8491824
- 29-11-4:Basic - Water leaking from pipe and/or faucet/handle- handwash sink at front counter;
- 03A-02-5:High Priority - Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. raw shell eggs (68F - Cold Holding) at cook line; as per operator food out of temperature for approximately 2 hours; food moved to walk-in cooler to quick chill; **Corrective Action Taken**
Inspection Date: 9/5/2023
Inspection #: Visit ID: 8352691
- 31A-11-4:Intermediate - Handwash sink used for purposes other than handwashing. Front counter hand sink plastic cup inside - operator removed. Corrected On-Site
- 02C-04-5:Intermediate - Operator is not properly tracking/marking the number of days ready-to-eat, time/temperature control for safety food prepared onsite was held at refrigeration temperatures prior to freezing in order to properly date mark the food when it is thawed and held at refrigeration temperatures again. Walk in cooler - cooked pork removed from freezer prepared over 24 hours not date marked - operator date marked. Corrected On-Site Repeat Violation
- 02C-02-5:Intermediate - Ready-to-eat, time/temperature control for safety food prepared onsite and held more than 24 hours not properly date marked. Walk in cooler - cooked white rice prepared 48 hours ago - operator dated marked. Corrected On-Site