When A Restaurant's Serving Doesn't Fascinate Me

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We pay a lot for food in restaurants for the taste experience as well as the beautiful visuals.
It feels like bad luck, when a plate of the menu you ordered, comes without a presentation that is not good in visual first.

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Creativity is expensive, and we don't want to spend money on experiences that I can't satisfy. That also includes when we decide to dine in.

Especially nowadays when the meaning of the food business has grown rapidly mixing the enjoyment of taste and the beauty of the presentation, many restaurants dare to offer such high prices. But the question is whether the price is worth it for us to pay, or is it just their very clever marketing strategy?

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So, I will invite you to see the food I ordered at a restaurant in my city. For the record, this is not about criticism. But I just want them to be better if they even read my writing.

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Can't it be served better?

I understand maybe they think that the people around my city are only middle-class people who don't understand the meaning of food presentation. But if they always think so, I'm sure they won't make any progress even if they already bear a popular name in my city.

I visit this place quite often, and once I posted about THE CAFE HOUSE. I've never been unsatisfied before. But this time was different. I became a bit fussy when I saw the food I ordered arrived on my table.

It's served with a nice ceramic plate, but unfortunately, what's placed there seems to just be put there without feeling. So it looks messy to me.

I was annoyed with putting the sauce on the bottom of the grilled tuna. Oh, it looks messy. What do you think? Do you guys see the same thing from my point of view?

I think they can do better than this. Oh wait, also I feel uncomfortable with the material of the knife they use, only the thin-handled knife is frail. I wish they served forks with full stainless steel or other sturdy materials for cutting fish or meat. Also to enhance the luxury that has been displayed on the plates used.

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Grilled Tuna For $5.5

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Welcome to expensive restaurant but not really fancy about their presentation of the food.

Well, I paid $5.5 (IDR 78,000) for a plate of grilled tuna. Is this a decent price?

Hmmm, I'm not sure about this. But in terms of taste, it's a bit worth it, but not overall. The texture of the tuna wasn't that great as I found it a bit overcooked. But I still spent it all.

I had to give lot of extra hot sauce that I asked to the waiter. It helped the tuna taste to be more suitable on my tongue.

Unfortunately, in terms of the appearance of the food, it's not worth my $5.5 at all.

Next time, I will not order this menu, if I come back to this place. Maybe I'll choose a cheaper menu. At least I won't be disappointed with a cheaper price with a similar look to the expensive one.

At least this place serves good taste, although they still fail to present their best food presentation. I hope they can be better in serving their food to customers, next time I come to this place.

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Thank you for reading my blog and reblog if you want my blog this time worthy of reading by others.

All pictures were taken using iPhone 11.

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Best Regards,
Anggrek Lestari

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