Went with a friend as i had loved this place for many years. Told her how lovely this joint was and how great the food tasted (cheap and yummy!)
Not so much for this time.
Food was great but service was poor (lady who was preparing the food on the side was a complete b*tch even though i did NOTHING to offend her). First of all, the stall had one customer before me and no one else so it was not buzzing like usual, so there was no need for the guy preparing the taiyaki and the lady to completely ignore my existance for 5 min. Finally acknowledging me, the taiyaki guy is friendly and asks what i would like to which i tell him a chicken skewer, with spicy sauce. He asks me to repeat it a few times which is fine, then he repeats it to the woman who is supposed to make the food. She asks him "skewer?" and he says "skewer". Then she asks "spicy?" and he says yes. Then she turns to me and says "skewer? Skewer?" so i reply "yes? 1 chicken skewer".
"$2"
So i give her the money.
She starts making the skewer and both staff members ignore my friend who also wants to order.
Then she gives me the weird looking skewer thing and i think "maybe they changed things up... This looks nothing like what i normally have here"
I take a bite and its a squid. So i immediately tell her, and this lady SNAPPED and started barking at me.
"YOU SAID SQUID! I ASKED SQUID AND YOU SAY YES" and completely making a scene.
So i calmly tell her "no, i said chicken skewer. Skew-er." mind you she has an accent so i understand if i misheard her squid for skewer but i specified CHICKEN skewer? So how could i have messed things up? I speak perfect English so i do not have an accent on my part.
"well it'll be $4 then "she says
I tell her no, its $2 which i PAID. I did not ask for the squid. So why am i paying for it just because she messed up? I offer her the skewer back for my order.
" I DIDN'T MESS UP, YOU DID!! YOU TOLD ME THE WRONG THING!!! "she berates.
Wtf?? The taiyaki guy talks to her to calm her down and tells her to just make the chicken for me.
She takes a lukewarm skewer, dips it in the spicy sauce and just tosses it on the counter (no napkins or anything) and DEMANDS i give back the squid skewer which i was more than willing to do.
Then she starts ranting to the guy in Korean saying how the hell i could hear squid for skewer and it's all my mistake blah blah blah.
Because my friend was here and i had gotten what i ordered, i chose not to start anything and left.
This was a complete embarrassment for people of both sides and frankly speaking i did not deserve to be treated that way. I was completely civil and polite with her, and it was unfair to be treated like a liar and an idiot in return. I would have recorded the full thing on video to post but as i have enjoyed from this cart before and did not want to blow this out of proportion, i chose not to. But if i see that woman going off on a customer again the next time i pass by I'll be sure to record it and post it online for the world to see.