Remember rat-gate? The infamous rat found in a bowl of chowder at crab-park chowdery?

This was a polarizing event that pit people against each other. Those who believed the restaurant, and those who believed the video evidence to be a real rat, and not one planted by the photographers.

An inspection report for the Vancouver kitchen at the centre of a viral “rat soup” video says the facility was riddled with health code violations, including a “thick accumulation of rodent excrement.” There have also been reports of cockroaches at this facility.

Throughout the course of the interview he’s careful not to actually say that the video was false. But says things like ‘whether it was real or not’.

GUEST: Claire Allen

 Simi Sara Show contributor

Remember rat-gate? The infamous rat found in a bowl of chowder at crab-park chowdery?


This was a polarizing event that pit people against each other. Those who believed the restaurant, and those who believed the video evidence to be a real rat, and not one planted by the photographers.


An inspection report for the Vancouver kitchen at the centre of a viral “rat soup” video says the facility was riddled with health code violations, including a “thick accumulation of rodent excrement.” There have also been reports of cockroaches at this facility.


Throughout the course of the interview he’s careful not to actually say that the video was false. But says things like ‘whether it was real or not’.


GUEST: Claire Allen


 Simi Sara Show contributor