Stravaiger wrote: ↑Sun Apr 16, 2023 7:08 pm I liked Khéma Pasteur when it first opened, a three course lunch with a glass of wine was about $20 iirc.

A nice piece of fish



But they stopped including drinks and offered glasses of wine @ $6 where a bottle of equivalent quality would cost $8 here. You looked at the other diners drinking tap water or diet coke and couldn't help thinking they were trying to bring you in with the cheap menu and then make money on the booze. And failing.

I never liked Khéma la Poste, would describe it as faux French airport cuisine. Service was always terrible, dishes arriving at random as mentioned, often cold and in minuscule portions. Navarin d'agneau about a quarter of the size of a Naga $5 curry. And the freeflow marketing thing impacted the quality.

But the random serving of dishes is a general problem in Asia. Their dining culture isn't so much processional as communal, often a bit of a free for all involving shared dishes. Over the years in many restos (and some good) it was always prudent to order just one course at a time.