???A young mother has described the horror of discovering a dead cockroach in her daughter's babycino.
Odelia Juniarni said she thought her three-year-old daughter Evelyn had found a coffee bean in her drink until she noticed the legs. And a head.
"I was horrified when I found it was a dead cockroach," she said.
Ms Juniarni had been a regular patron of The Coffee Club outlet in Mascot.
"We're regulars because they offer free babycinos when you purchase a coffee," she said.
"I just go there because my daughter loves the idea of coffee for kids."
Her routine was rudely shattered on Monday morning by an unwelcome ingredient in her daughter's beverage.
Evelyn was drinking her babycino through a straw when she suddenly spat out a mouthful of her drink, showing her mother a dark object.
"I thought 'Why does it have legs?'," she said.
Ms Juniarni said she immediately showed a staff member what her daughter slurped up from her babycino. The staff member was apologetic and offered to make another babycino.
She declined the offer, not knowing if the cafe was harbouring more cockroaches in its cups, coffee machine or milk.
After explaining the incident on social media, Ms Juniarni was contacted by The Coffee Club, which expressed regret: "We are horrified to see this and we would like to escalate this immediately."
Ms Juniarni's unpleasant cockroach encounter follows a number of incidents of tainted food in October.
A worm-infested steak was served to a couple at at The Ranch Hotel bistro in North Ryde, while a Newcastle woman posted a video on social media showing maggots squirming on a chicken at a Nando's store in the Hunter region
Ms Juniarni said she would like a review of food safety at the cafe.
"I won't be going back even for the free babycino," she said.
Minor DKL Food Group, the management company for The Coffee Club, and the NSW Food Authority have been approached for comment.