While wandering around in Tesco Lotus (a little mall with a Walmart-type store in it) today, we got hungry and decided to try out this restaurant. It was a mistake! We got inside and were seated, and we realized we had no idea what we were supposed to do. There was a hot pot in the centre of the table, and the waitress handed us menus and then stood right there hovering over us while Dave and I snuck desperate looks at each other from across the table. We literally had no idea what was going on. We couldn't even take some time to spy on the other patrons because the waitress just stood there waiting for us and trying to suggest things for us to order. Things like duck feet and squid and many different varieties of shrimp. I should have known it wasn't our kind of restaurant when I saw a sign advertising their current promotion: little heart-shaped pieces of salmon called "Fishy Love." Have I mentioned we don't like seafood?
We told the waitress we wanted chicken. Just chicken. She suggested we also get some vegetables, so we ordered a "vegetable set." A few minutes later, she brought us two plates of raw chicken and some very strange looking greenery. We dumped it all in the hot pot, still not knowing whether we were making soup or what. The waitress, who by now had called over a couple of her waitress friends to enjoy the show, continued to linger near our table. After stirring the food around in the pot for a few minutes, we tried it. It was surprisingly not terrible. It came with some peanut sauce that was really good. The waitress suggested we get some pieces of salmon in the shape of little fish for the girls:
We cooked those up in the hot pot as well, but they were absolutely hideous. They had the consistency of rubber erasers. We also tried some little bun things -- one with a red-bean filling and one with a cream filling. The cream filling one tasted like an undercooked doughnut, and the girls really liked it. The red-bean one was spicy, and I didn't really care for it, but Dave liked it. Isabella started feeling sick, so we decided to leave. The waitress had placed bills for each individual item we purchased underneath our table, so those had to be added together before we could pay. It was a pretty expensive meal, by Thai standards, and we didn't even like it, so I think it's safe to say we won't be going back there anytime soon!
We told the waitress we wanted chicken. Just chicken. She suggested we also get some vegetables, so we ordered a "vegetable set." A few minutes later, she brought us two plates of raw chicken and some very strange looking greenery. We dumped it all in the hot pot, still not knowing whether we were making soup or what. The waitress, who by now had called over a couple of her waitress friends to enjoy the show, continued to linger near our table. After stirring the food around in the pot for a few minutes, we tried it. It was surprisingly not terrible. It came with some peanut sauce that was really good. The waitress suggested we get some pieces of salmon in the shape of little fish for the girls:
We cooked those up in the hot pot as well, but they were absolutely hideous. They had the consistency of rubber erasers. We also tried some little bun things -- one with a red-bean filling and one with a cream filling. The cream filling one tasted like an undercooked doughnut, and the girls really liked it. The red-bean one was spicy, and I didn't really care for it, but Dave liked it. Isabella started feeling sick, so we decided to leave. The waitress had placed bills for each individual item we purchased underneath our table, so those had to be added together before we could pay. It was a pretty expensive meal, by Thai standards, and we didn't even like it, so I think it's safe to say we won't be going back there anytime soon!
Posted in: Food
