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| - I've eaten here twice, and the experiences I've had here have been so diametrically opposed, I'm not even sure it was the same restaurant. The first time, everything was perfect. Parking was a breeze, the food was extraordinary, the chef charming, and a good time was had by all.
Tonight, however, was a different story. As we drove up, parking lot attendants were putting cones all over the place, including in a spot we were about to drive into. So we either had to acquiesce to the forced valet service, or find a spot in another parking lot. We chose the latter. Ah So is not cheap, and they add an 18% gratituity onto the bill, so we were NOT going to pay for valet parking.
Once we were seated, before the cooking 'show' began, I ordered a plate of tamago (sushi) because I was starving. In a word, it was bland. Absolutely tasteless. And later, the efforts of the cook proved to be unfortunately similar. The food he grilled was equally bland, needing soy sauce AND salt to give it some flavor. Our waiter was pleasant enough but scarce to be found, as he never refilled our drinks. Methinks Ah-So should change its name to So-So.
As for the show, the cook was fairly charming, making the famous flaming onion cake, and tossing bits of fried egg into people's mouths. As he dished up food off the grill onto our plates, he would say little things like, "For the birthday girl!" "Bottoms up!" etc. However, when he got to me, he looked at my rotund frame, dumped a load of fried rice onto my plate and said, "Oink, oink!"
Oh. My. God.
How rude. You just blew your tip.
Honestly, I was so stunned I couldn't speak. I guess he thought he was being funny, and that I would like being reminded that I'm large.
Wrong on both counts.
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