The following happened to me in this restaurant: I ordered fish that I found completely inedible (although I am a big fish lover who has tried a great variety of differents types of fish, also differently cooked). It was noticed by the waiter that I couldn't eat my order, they took it to the chef to try. Some minutes after they returned with the words: "Our chef thinks this dish is good and he ate it. So we are sorry that you didn't like it."
I was completely confused: so do they mean that my opinion about fish is worth nothing while the only opinion that matters is the one of the chef?
I also had to pay for the dish that was eaten by the chef.
In the restaurants where I usually go the chef would appear himself to talk to the customer and maybe explain why the dish was "special", offer something in place or suggest taking it off the bill.
The chef in this restaurant, the "star" as they position on the website didn't care that his customer left the restaurant hungry, but also...
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