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| - Asian Tapas sounded intriguing enough when we read the signs out front. I am not a Johnny Chu fan but will always give a downtown place a chance. Sens, just like Fate, let me down greatly though.
Walking in, you get a sens (see what I did there) of how pretentious this place is trying to be. The exclusive window seat room was enough to make me roll my eyes but the massive amount of standing room by the bar is what really tipped me off. We were ignored for the better part of five minutes while the waitress folded napkins before she decided to seat us. Once we were seated, we were ignored again.
As a group of 4 that visits other tapas places, we figured that most of the meals came in small portions divided into quarters. What we realized, $40 into our meal, was that most were divided into half and, at that, it would take more than a baby chicken wing to satisfy my appetite. We gave up at that point and left for Hanny's.
The good was that the food was quite tasty. Everything was very fresh and you could watch the chef prepare it all. Flavor and seasonings were perfect with nothing being too sweet or spicy. Chu can cook, without a doubt.
The bad was that he brought those stupid baby bottles of soda from Fate with him. I hate those things. If you are going to give me 8oz of soda, you shouldn't charge me $3. I'm okay being raped for soda as long as I am given free refills. I know it costs you about a penny to fill up a 32oz cup (that is 1/2 full of ice) and it would take a lot of refills to dent your profit margin...so stop selling me your glass "screw the environment" bottle of soda that I am going to polish off in one gulp for $3. The other bad was the service and the price. Our waitress was inattentive and unhelpful. The price was far more than I was willing to pay to still be hungry at the end of the night.
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