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semperfiona) wrote2009-12-23 03:06 pm
semperfiona) wrote2009-12-23 03:06 pm
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Sushi fail
Last week Amanda and I made plans to go out for sushi today. We decided to go to Asian Cafe, a newish place that she likes. Shortly after we got there three people came in: mom, dad and crying toddler. Amanda commented that it was just our luck that there be a baby. They joined a big table; ten or twelve people were already seated. (The baby, incidentally, ceased crying right away and was never a problem. She did come visit me for a minute and try to take my cutlery but I took it away from her and her mama came and got her.)
We read the lunch menu, asked some questions ("What's in a South Beach roll?" The waiter didn't know, because it's not listed on the full menu either.) and ordered the lunch special 2 for 1 sushi rolls.
Then we waited. A long time. Just about when we started to wonder where our food was, the waiter came back to say "we're out of rice." *boggle* He explained that the big table had ordered "a lot" and sushi rice takes a long time to make (which is true enough). Ooooohkay...so we ordered from the Vietnamese/Chinese side of the menu. Both of us wanted hot & sour soup.
More waiting. Another reappearance by the waiter. "We're out of hot & sour soup. Do you want egg drop?" No, we really didn't. "Would you like miso?" Yes, actually, we would.
The eventual food was tasty, but wow, that was a two-hour lunch that normally should have taken less than one, and still NO SUSHI!
We read the lunch menu, asked some questions ("What's in a South Beach roll?" The waiter didn't know, because it's not listed on the full menu either.) and ordered the lunch special 2 for 1 sushi rolls.
Then we waited. A long time. Just about when we started to wonder where our food was, the waiter came back to say "we're out of rice." *boggle* He explained that the big table had ordered "a lot" and sushi rice takes a long time to make (which is true enough). Ooooohkay...so we ordered from the Vietnamese/Chinese side of the menu. Both of us wanted hot & sour soup.
More waiting. Another reappearance by the waiter. "We're out of hot & sour soup. Do you want egg drop?" No, we really didn't. "Would you like miso?" Yes, actually, we would.
The eventual food was tasty, but wow, that was a two-hour lunch that normally should have taken less than one, and still NO SUSHI!
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(Anonymous) 2009-12-24 04:28 pm (UTC)(link)We'd have walked, but we usually eat at home on this holiday and this was a new experience we didn't want to miss.
THEY WERE OUT OF... TEA!
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1) One must be able to run an industrial kitchen;
2) One must be able to run a dining room;
3) One must be able to run a small business.
These skills don't have to all reside in the same person, but they do need to be present in the management team -- preferably redundantly, to maintain quality through all hours of the business day. This looks like a failure in skill set 1.
Side note: No hot & sour soup??? Say again WHY Amanda likes this place?