Basically it had truth written all over its menu and people
admired that. Plus, the taste and level of service was impeccable which had added
to its quick success.
I was quite curious to see what the fuss was about. So I asked
my colleague Vanita to join me so that we can go there and critique away to
glory for our magazine.
As we entered, ‘hookup.com’ and ‘babytalk.com’ marked clear
distinction between seating sections for singles and families, respectively. The
waitresses were dressed as nurses or policemen depending on the kind of menu
you wanted – high calorie or diet conscious that is. There was a weighing scale
– don’t be guilty later - in the centre in case you were inclined to be served
by the nurses on that particular day.
They didn’t have food items listed as appetisers or main
course, it was all about ‘Are you a bore?’ or ‘I’m feeling adventurous’. Fries,
nuggets, fried rice, butter chicken were all listed under the first section.
With Le Pain Perdu and Char Kway Teow, ‘I’m feeling adventurous’ section left
me with a loss of words.
I thought a few things were just a little over the top. The atmosphere
was quirky, but why were people raving so much about it?
I ordered a hot chocolate from ‘Are you a bore’ section. The
nurse looked at me and just smiled. I had no idea what it meant. I would be
damned if she thought I was over-weight and should have called the police gal
instead.
When my order arrived, I found it extremely sweet. ‘So, the
place is nowhere close to what I’ve heard about it,’ I thought.
The nurse took the glass from me and came back with a
bigger, better version of the beverage. On asking she explained, ‘It seemed miss,
that the sugar wasn’t more like you thought it was. The milk was less and so we
thought of upgrading your drink with a bigger version. Cheers.’
Impressed, I gave it the five stars and a huge smiley.
Blog readers are bound to get confused if these 'incidents' are real or fiction, although the header mentions 'stories'. You might still want to mention 'short story' somewhere within each post, unless these are real, ie.
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PS: This, and your other stories, are good. Looking forward to read more.
Thankyou for the advice. Although I have added a label at the end of each post, I'll see what else I can do about this.
DeleteYou have a nice blog getting on its feet :) Liked the way of writing and the yellow letters on the blue background on the header looks beautiful. I would suggest an 'About-me' page so that readers can know more about you.
ReplyDeleteHey thanks! I'm thinking of remaining weird and anonymous for some time. So that about me page will take a while :)
DeleteThis is interestingly sketched. I would agree with the first comment above. Better to tag the post as fiction or non-fiction, to avoid confusion :)
ReplyDeleteThankyou for the suggestion, Shailaja. I've labeled it as fiction. I'm trying to figure out what would be a more clear way.
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