An Australian restaurateur has launched a furious tirade against rumours food at his restaurants is frozen and heated in a microwave before being served to customers.
Rashays owner and founder Rami Ykmour, 49, shared a series of impassioned videos on TikTok slamming claims he serves frozen meals.
Mr Ykmour labelled the allegations 'slander' and used the videos to point out features at his restaurant at Broadmeadows, in Melbourne, which proved his food was not frozen.
'I'm absolutely fuming, come here, I'll tell you why I'm fuming... I've been told that we serve frozen food,' Mr Ykmour said.
Rumours had been circulating on Reddit with some social media users claiming to have worked at Rashays and witnessed frozen food being served to customers.
YouTube star friendlyjordies further fuelled speculation after sharing a video about a visit to Rashays where his friend argued large menus at restaurants were a sign food was microwaved.
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Owner and founder of Rashays Rami Ykmour shared a series of impassioned videos to TikTok slamming rumours his popular restaurant chain used a microwave to heat up frozen food
In one video, Mr Ykmour said he 'could not be angrier' as he demonstrated the food inside the restaurant's cool room was not frozen.
The 49-year-old went through the shelves of the refrigerated space grabbing sealed packaged food including sauces, olives, sun-dried tomatoes, sausages, meat, chicken, vegetables and pasta.
'How is this frozen? When I heard the security guard said, 'I've heard rumours everything is frozen here", I just had to do this video,' Mr Ykmour said.
'I haven't organised the cool room... just to tell everyone, I hope you all hear me. The reason why I am so passionate is because this isn't my business, it's my baby.
'For people to be slandering my business that way, God forgive him, and God forgive you, I hope you've heard me and I can't be anymore passionate and can't be more honest than that.'
In another video, Mr Ykmour walks through the kitchen of a restaurant while pointing at cooking equipment and food being prepared.
'Is this cooked in a microwave?' Ykmour said while pointing at something cooking on a grill.
Pointing to another grill he added: 'You can feel the heat, can you see the steam?'
'So shut the hell up and stop slandering the business... I'm sick of it, and yes, I am angry. Wake up guys, stop listening to the BS.'
It comes after friendlyjordies shared a video on May 8 titled 'I 'investigated Australia's garbage food' which focused on Rashays and Dominos Pizza.
![It comes after YouTube star friendlyjordies, along with his friend Mislav, reviewed the food at Rashays in Penrith (pictured). The pair had positive things to say about their meals, however, Mislav claimed Rashays large menu meant it used a microwave to heat-up food](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/05/21/06/85136197-13440885-It_comes_after_YouTube_star_friendlyjordies_along_with_his_frien-a-2_1716269311323.jpg)
It comes after YouTube star friendlyjordies, along with his friend Mislav, reviewed the food at Rashays in Penrith (pictured). The pair had positive things to say about their meals, however, Mislav claimed Rashays large menu meant it used a microwave to heat-up food
The online creator, whose real name is Jordan Shanks-Markovina, was joined by his friend and podcast guest Mislav, at the Rashays restuarant in Penrith, western Sydney.
The pair filmed themselves eating their meals, both ordering steaks and having positive things to say about the food.
Jordan said his well-done steak reflected his review of the restaurant, claiming: 'That is my review of Rashies - well done'.
However, Mislav criticised the restaurant's large menu, claiming the number of items indicated the restaurant used a microwave to heat-up food.
'The problem is you shouldn't have this many things on the menu because you just know they're just chucking it in the microwave,' Mislav said.
'There's no way it can be fresh. By definition it's a conveyor belt.'
Jordan added: 'The food on [the menu] looks like they have made plastic casts of it for the photos.'
Social media users on Reddit also claimed Rashays was a 'glorified microwave'.
![Rashays first opened at Liverpool in Sydney's west in 1998 and has since expanded to 32 locations across NSW, Victoria and Queensland](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/05/21/06/85136191-13440885-Rashays_first_opened_at_Liverpool_in_Sydney_s_west_in_1998_and_h-a-3_1716269311328.jpg)
Rashays first opened at Liverpool in Sydney's west in 1998 and has since expanded to 32 locations across NSW, Victoria and Queensland
'As someone who worked at Rashays, half the food, the sauces, the vegetables, the meats, it all gets delivered packaged and opened up,' one wrote.
Another added: 'Former employee here! Yes, frozen, pre-packaged and microwaved. Every section has a microwave, some even have two.'
'Crepes? Microwave. Pancake? Microwave. Any hot dessert? Microwave. Lasagne? It's put into the microwave from frozen.'
Rami and Shannon Ykmour opened the first Rashays restaurant at Liverpool in Sydney's west in 1998.
The family owned restaurant chain has 32 locations across NSW, Victoria and Queensland and employees more than 2,000 staff.