Thursday, December 10, 2009

One Chef @ Jaya One – Made With Love?

Music: 旺福-鸟呗 Mood: Hot


I’m not going to blog about this place. Instead, I’m going to tell you three mistakes one should never make before your first visit to a newly opened eatery.

What brought us here? Because other restaurants were so full till it spills, then we notice this bright new café at the same time.

We settled down and the blur new waiter took our orders minutes later and left in a hurry.

Mistake number 1: The blur new waiter forgot to repeat our orders, so did we.

As tables started to fill after awhile, we notice the second mistake.

Mistake number 2: We forgot to survey whether patrons who were before us have started eating or not. Turns out almost NO tables were served with food yet. What a way to chase away your customers.

Boss challenged, “I bet food will only be served at least after 1.20pm.” He said this somewhere at 12.50pm, and damn right he is. Our first drink only came 15 minutes after the order, subsequent drinks came 10 minutes apart. Over the drinks counter, I noticed the new kitchen crew blended my carrot juice not in a loud continuous Rrrrrrrr, but a stop and go and stop and go, maybe still fiddling how the juicer works. He filled my glass half full with ice so the drink turned out to be totally tasteless, the same applies to Jess’s iced cappuccino.

The turnaround time per dish is so slow, almost all customers had their eyes fixed upon the kitchen. Only one miserable dish is being served every 5 minutes!

Suddenly, boss exclaimed, “I know why our food is so slow! Look!” He spotted a tiny clause spread across the back flap of the menu.


Why food is so slow? Because they don’t just prepare your food, they MAKE LOVE to it too! No wonder, since everyone is busy making love in the kitchen!

Mistake number 3: Read carefully all statements made by the restaurant before complaining. We all wailed, “We do good without love, just serve the damn food please!!!”

In the end, Jess’s order was being left out and we couldn’t care less about reminding them as it was already over 2 pm.

The verdict: Next time, ask first whether the food goes WITH LOVE or not and decide whether you want to pay 10% service charge to your added love.

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