Menotti revisited

Had lunch today at Menotti with some friends. In contrast to the favourable reaction exactly three months ago, today's experience was downright disappointing.

Food-wise, my lasagne (the only thing I ordered) felt like an assembly-line dish, lacking punch and personality. Very quickly jelak. Service-wise, the waitress that serv^H^H^H^H attended to our table today was stormy-faced and impatient to the point of being rude. A request to delay the decision on choice of dessert for the set lunch was met with a grunt of disgruntled acceptance, accompanied by a disapproving frown-and-shake-of-the-head. Give us a break. Do we owe you a living?

Quite suddenly, I'm not so inclined to pay $19.90 for their set lunch anymore. One bad service experience is one too many for the price.