Football Fever Special @ Secret Recipe

~In for a bad time..uhuhu~

Not all places are the same, even if they have the same name. We learnt this the hard way when we went for lunch at Secret Recipe, Plaza Mutiara, Jalan Ipoh. On the surface, it looked very much like any other Secret Recipe outlet, and was less crowded but were we in for a surprise.

I wanted to try the Football Fever Special. They had a choice of 3 set meals (+ 1 glass of Pepsi) for RM15. My initial "safe" choice of Fish & Chips was not available, so I opted for Spaghetti Meatballs. So our menu for the day was:

• Spaghetti Meatballs (MINE!)

• Tom Yam soup & Tom Yam Kung

• Japanese Soba Noodle

• Marshmallow strawberry cheesecake & Tiramisu

~FOOTBALL FEVER!~

My meal arrived promptly and I'm glad to say that it was actually quite good. Except for the fact that they forgot to drain the excess water from my spaghetti (Zil helped me to solve that problem), the sauce was good. Not just tomato-ey but also had a little heat with the spices nicely flavouring the dish. I'm usually not a big fan of meatballs, especially the ones that are too packed and chewy (they taste too meaty). However, I really enjoyed these meatballs because they were lightly fried to give a crunchy exterior and slightly crumbled inside when I bit into them.

~Puzzled why everyone else's meal did not arrive yet~

Sadly, my ONE good dish did not a good meal make. Because the service was atrocious.

• Serving us the wrong drinks even when we had corrected them.

• Took so long to serve even the Tiramisu (all they had to do was slice and serve).

• Forgetting to cook every other dish (except my spaghetti), which was plain silly because why would FOUR people share a plate of spaghetti? None of them noticed that we were not eating yet. After about half an hour, we enquired about our meal and then.. they discovered their folly.
• Did not give us cutlery prior to the dish. They served the food then went back for the cutlery. What was even more ridiculous is when we asked for the spoons and forks, they came back with only one set. Hello? If you put THREE dishes on the table, why would you only give ONE spoon?!
• We were not the only victims, a couple sitting next to us had one of their orders forgotten too (2 people = 2 orders ..Simple, right?). Plus the poor guy had to ask the waiter 4 times to bring a small bowl of chilli sauce, with the waiter getting it wrong each time even bringing the same WRONG sauce TWICE).

~Marshmallow and strawberry cheesecake: I don't eat cheese or marshmallow...uhuhu~

~Tiramisu: I don't eat cheesecake or coffee, so out~

~Finally!~

Maybe it is true, they do have FOOTBALL FEVER.

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