This whole interaction was in Catalan and Spanish (I'm not an American who makes everyone speak my language to me):
I tried to eat their 'menú del dia' here but couldn't finish it.
I entered and went to the counter to ask, 'Is your menu del dia still going? It goes til 4, right?' I asked, quoting the sign on their door.
He said, 'It's €10.50,' but I assume he didn't hear me correctly and I said 'Cool' and sat down at a table a bit away from the counter.
Then, I wasn't attended to for about 15 minutes, while other people who arrived after me were. So, after those 15 minutes, I went up the the counter and asked for the menu. One of the servers said, 'Oh where were you sitting? Oh yes, I'll get to you now.'
5 minutes later he came over and left a menu. 5 minutes later, he then brought me an order to go, to which I said, 'Oh, it's for here.' And he said, 'Oh, they told me it was to go.' I had to stop him and say, 'No, I haven't asked for anything yet.' So he left the menu.
About 5 minutes later when I was finally asked for what I wanted, there were zero options on the menu that had anything to do with curry - which is what I'm looking for in an Indian restaurant.
So I ordered the biryani for my first plate and soy meatballs (wth?) for my second plate. And an apple juice.
I tried some of the biryani- trying to stomach it- but it was so oily, crunchy in the wrong times and completely devoid of any flavor besides that of overpowering oil that I had a feeling I'd be sick if I tried to eat it all.
When I asked for hot sauce, whatever they brought me was unlike anything I had had before, in the worst sense.
Having tried biryani from Indian restaurants in the U.S., Malaysia, and Spain from people who are actually from India, I had gotten accustomed to some flavor, maybe a spice or two, no hard dried fava beans but maybe these expectations are too high. I was pretty sure I was not going to like whatever the second plate was going to be.
I tasted the bread: it was crumbly and sucked the moisture from your mouth.
So I went to the counter and said, 'Nevermind, can I pay for the plate I started eating and go?'
The guy made a fuss, said, 'That'll be €8.80. That's what it's going to cost me for that biryani' (My question is why only charge €10.90 for that plus another plate plus a drink plus a dessert, then? - seems like a faulty business plan...).
And then I paid the €8,80 and left.
My mouth felt violated and just drank a lot of water. Now I've spent 20 minutes writing this.
All in all, I would not recommend, to say the least. read more
