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 A man claims he was assaulted after a chef at an Indian restaurant threw chilli powder in his face during a family meal. 
 
 David Evans was at the Prince of Bengal restaurant on Saturday night when the incident took place. 
 
 The 46-year-old was out for dinner with his wife Michelle when they were asked by a waiter if they were enjoying their curry. 
 
 The couple said they told the waiter their meal was “tough and rubbery” and he passed the complaint onto the head chef. 
 
 Michelle said chilli powder was then thrown into her husband’s eyes and he was taken to hospital. 
 
 But chef Kamrul Islam said he threw chilli into the customer’s face at the restaurant in in Tonypandy, Rhondda, because he feared he was going to be punched. 
 
 Michelle, from Tonypandy, said: “We had our starter which wasn’t very good but we ate it and didn’t tell the waiter. 
 
 “When our mains came and the meat was like what I can only describe as rubber we told the young waiter when he came and asked us ‘how is your food?’ that the meat was very tough and rubber.” 
 
 She added: “The chef came to the door with a large bowl of chilli powder which he threw at David’s face. 
 
 “He instantly thought he had been blinded and didn’t know what he’d thrown at him, he was shaking in shock, hanging on to the counter being sick thinking he was going to go blind. 
 
 “It was horrific. He said he’s never had so much pain in his life and was extremely distressed.” 
 
 Michelle said: “We were in the toilet splashing water on his eyes until the police and ambulance came he was treated straight away in A&E. “ 
 
 She said her husband was taken to hospital for treatment. 
 
 “David had numerous eye washes through a drip into his eyes in A&E as his eyes were extremely red and sore and the ph level was way off what it should have been and the doctor said if he wasn’t treated it was very dangerous for him,” Michelle added. 
 
 “The chilli had even burnt the skin on David’s hands and chest where the chilli had fallen down his shirt.” 
 
 Michelle said David is now having specialist check ups and is taking steroid eye drops. 
 
 But Kamrul, who has been arrested on suspicion of assault, said it was an act of self-defence. 
 
 He said: “I ran into the kitchen to get away from him (David Evans) but he followed me. He was being very aggressive and pushed past another member of staff. 
 
 “I was frightened and grabbed a handful of chilli just in case I needed to defend myself. 
 
 “I was frightened and threw it at him. Chilli will burn but it is not life threatening. 
 
 “I’ve been running this restaurant here for 18 years and I’ve never had to do anything like this. I’m very upset by it all.” 
 
 Kamrul - known as Kam to his regular customers - said one of his staff had told him the customer had complained about the food. 
 
 He said: “They were shouting and swearing at me - I admit I swore back. But I said I would reduce the bill which came to £82. 
 
 “But then the woman grabbed my arm and was hanging onto me as she was shouting. 
 
 “I shouted back and I just wanted to get away. I went back into the kitchen where the husband followed me and began shouting and pointing at me. 
 
 “It was self-defence and that is why I did what I did. 
 
 “I’ve never had trouble like this. All the people around here are very nice and I get on with people. I feel I am respected here and have a lot of good customers and friends. 
 
 “It was all seen on our CCTV and I’m happy for the police to see it. I was defending myself against aggression.” 
 
 Kamrul said he was arrested at his restaurant but did not need to go to the police station. 
 
 He said: “I’m happy to talk to the police about it. I believe in the justice system. I spoken to my barrister and given him all the information - he told me that I was acting in self-defence.” 
 
 South Wales Police said it is investigating allegations of a substance being thrown into a man’s face. 
 
 A spokeswoman added: “South Wales Police is investigating an incident which took place at the Prince of Bengal restaurant, Tonypandy, on the evening of Saturday, January 21. 
 
 “A man has been arrested on suspicion of common assault and has been bailed until January 31, pending further inquiries. 
 
 “Any witnesses who have not yet given their details to police are urged to do so via 101, or Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111, quoting reference 1700026399.” ||||| These crawls are part of an effort to archive pages as they are created and archive the pages that they refer to. That way, as the pages that are referenced are changed or taken from the web, a link to the version that was live when the page was written will be preserved.Then the Internet Archive hopes that references to these archived pages will be put in place of a link that would be otherwise be broken, or a companion link to allow people to see what was originally intended by a page's authors.The goal is to fix all broken links on the web . Crawls of supported "No More 404" sites. ||||| It is the question that annoyed Marco Pierre White so much he banned it from his restaurants – a hovering waiter asking, "are enjoying your meal, sir?" 
 
 And, after what happened at south Wales curry house, it is easy to see why. 
 
 When David Evans, from south Wales, and his wife Michelle gave an honest opinion to that polite enquiry they had no idea what was to come next. 
 
 "Tough and rubbery," they said. 
 
 The next thing Mr Evans knew was a raging head chef had stormed out of his kitchen and thrown chilli powder in his eyes, leaving the 46-year-old pipe-fitter sick in pain. 
 
 Mr Evans had to be rushed to hospital and have drips flush wash through his eyes.
– A diner who complained about his "tough and rubbery" food at a curry house in Wales ended up being hospitalized to have chili powder washed out of his eye. Michelle Evans says she was dining with husband David on Saturday night when their complaint about the food brought an angry head chef out of the kitchen, the Telegraph reports. The chef "was extremely rude and aggressive and accused us of not wanting to pay for our food," she says. Michelle says after the chef swore at her, David followed him back to the kitchen demanding an apology, and the chef "came to the door with a large bowl of chili powder which he threw at David's face." David "instantly thought he had been blinded" and was "extremely distressed," Michelle says. She says the 46-year-old was rushed to the hospital, where he received eye washes through a drip. She says he still has to take steroid eye drops. Wales Online reports that chef Kamrul Islam has a different take on the incident, which was captured on CCTV. He says the couple were shouting and swearing at him and David Evans chased him into the kitchen. "He was being very aggressive and pushed past another member of staff," the chef says. "I was frightened and grabbed a handful of chili just in case I needed to defend myself." Police say the chef was released on bail after being arrested for common assault.