This Egyptian Cafe Offers Sheesha with Live Fish and People are Outraged

EGYPT: The latest sheesha creation in Egypt is flavoured with animal abuse and people are rightly outraged.

Cairo-based Ta5t Restaurant and Cafe has come under heavy and intense criticism for its bizarre new sheesha option, which features a living goldfish inside its water basin.

A visitor of the cafe said workers place the fish inside the basin before handing over the sheesha to the customers.

The fish gradually dies after a few puffs, he explained.

The horrific practice was brought to the attention of the public when an Egyptian national shared footage from the cafe on her Facebook account and YouTube:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wH4NHbijLig&feature=youtu.be

People demanded that the Ministry of Health intervene immediately and take the necessary measures against the cafe.

Translation: “Isn’t this dangerous for the fish? Such sadistic brains!”

Translation: “Someone please tell me this is not true! This place should shut down.”

Translation: “What is this backwardness? I hope God punishes you like you punished his creation (the fish).”

Translation: “God help me, humanity is dead.”

In response to the public outrage, the cafe posted an apology on its Facebook page:

https://www.facebook.com/Ta5tRestaurantAndCafe/posts/2468071590084574

The cafe claimed that the fish was put in a small bowl under the shisha for mere decoration. It still remains unclear whether the fish is actually put in a separate bowl or inside the basin. The cafe’s manager said, “It would not be logical for me to put a fish inside the sheesha because that would cause a bad taste in the water itself.”

Either way, as some social media users have pointed out, the bowl is considered too small for the fish, even if it were separated from the basin.

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