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I ordered delivery from Junior using ALCE. My experience was mixed but somewhat negative overall.
I'll start w the bad: the delivery experience was terrible and I don't believe it's ALCE's fault. I ordered 4 items: 2 rice noodles, 1 pork adobo w rice and beans, and 1 pork belly w rice. They were all stacked together w the pork w rice and beans at the bottom of the bag - this was the only dish w liquid sauce. Result: the bag got soaked at the bottom and as the bag was removed from ALCE's carting case, it collapsed... yielding a mess (thankfully, the food was salvageable... but I had to clean the mess). Who stacks a liquid dish at the bottom of heap like that? Why not just use two bags. You know what, I'm ok if they charge me for the extra bag.
Another bad: my order was incomplete (I think). The website claims it comes w sweet Mang Tomas sauce. Either it's invisible or it was omitted. The net result was an ok dish w unmet potential. Again, this is not ALCE's fault since they didn't pack the bag.
The positive: the food was decent. Not great, but fine. Surprisingly, I felt the rice noodles were the best item - despite my strong ex-ante personal inclination towards the pork dishes.
Verdict: I may try again, but definitely not w delivery. I will still use ALCE for other restos since many of my experiences w them (indeed, even the person who delivered this particular time) have been positive and painless. The problems (due to carelessness, I think) were mos def on Junior in this case.
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