00:04Behind many clean-looking shopfronts, a very different kitchen is hiding.
00:10And a team of City Hall health inspectors is going in to find it.
00:26Kuala Lumpur City Hall's health inspectors step into an eatery in Bukit Bintang.
00:31And before they see anything, they smell it.
00:34A sour, rotting stench of food waste and old curry residue.
00:39Under the sink, an uncovered grease trap, thick with oil and clumps of fat, connected to nothing.
00:47Wastewater flows straight into the drain.
00:50Inspectors work their way through the premises.
00:53Fans furred with dust and cobwebs.
00:56A filthy cloth on the drinks counter, next to open tins of milk.
01:01This outlet was ordered shut in April.
01:04Officers say little has changed.
01:06One says it looks worse.
01:10And it is not the only one.
01:13Uncovered food and ice near toilets.
01:16A kitchen beside the toilets.
01:19Rat droppings in a storage area.
01:21For these officers, the front of the shop is not the whole story.
01:26They go to the back, where diners never see.
01:32In one operation, they visited 19 premises and inspected 14.
01:38The result? 15 compounds issued and seven premises ordered closed.
01:44It is a pattern the numbers back up.
01:47Bukit Bintang, with 1,485 eateries, has the largest restaurant trade in the city.
01:55It also recorded the most food premises closure orders from January to August at 49.
02:01Titi Wangsa followed with 32.
02:04And Cheras with 29.
02:07City Hall says these figures represent closure orders, not every hygiene breach found.
02:13For the inspectors, the work continues.
02:16One kitchen at a time.
02:18One kitchen at a time.
02:19One kitchen at the time.
02:33For the inspectors.
02:34One kitchen.
02:38One kitchen.
02:40One kitchen.
