Certain surprise additions can always make food taste better, but sometimes these can also come as a shock. When a student in China ordered noodles to enjoy a meal at her place, she found a rather unwelcome accompaniment.

The girl called Wang was shocked to find a snake inside her bowl of snail rice noodles and shared a picture of the chilling sight on social media. Although she didn’t register a formal complaint, the pictures have gone viral.

Wang said that she had a few bites of the local speciality when she noticed a small snake lying on top of vegetables in the bowl. Snakes have been found sneaking into houses, air conditioners and in car engines in the past few weeks.