Good deal of Teppanyaki

So after that terrible fiasco on the part of Kuai Zi last time, let's have a good post shall we. My brother bought this Spreets/Groupon deal for Kobe Jones, I think he bought a 6 course meal initially and only bought one. When he realised it wasn't for two, we were at a bit of a conundrum because who wants to go to Kobe Jones Teppanyaki by themselves, right? The deal came again shortly afterwards, but for the 12 course meal, which he got too, so we could go together. Yay.

When he rang up to reserve a spot, the kind lady said they will upgrade the other guest to the 12 course meal without additional cost =D This, my friends, is what good service sounds like.

From 114___02

Cocktail to begin, and sake was part of the voucher. Here is one place that does not discriminate voucher holders from non-voucher holders. So far? The only place that doesn't actually.

Wagamama has a FRIEND

Even longer ago, back at the start of the month, my brother and I went for one of those Groupon deals. It's festering across the world, these online deals for restaurants and services like massages, or even a getaway to Thailand, or laser treatments, or teeth whitening...

From KuaiZi

One starts to see a terrible trend happening, with bad restaurants proposing deals and putting up photos of food that looks much nicer than what they really are online, cutting the price ridiculously by 50% or more, and then providing terrible service for these "coupon holders" when they claim their vouchers. Then, for this really bad service and food, one can only think: well, I saved myself $xx, really can't expect it to be anything really good." Or perhaps when something doesn't go according to what you expected and you complain, the staff will simply shrug his shoulder and say "the coupon doesn't specify that you'd get what you described". The savings, however, are so tempting because they make it seem so big, that food adventurers cannot help but fall for the same old tricks, time and again, hoping against hope that this time, maybe this time, the deal will genuinely be a good one. Think of the savings! The new food place that you might gossip to your friends next time!

From KuaiZi

On the other hand though, think of the savings you make if you DIDN'T buy the deal in the first place, and think of how you wouldn't be disappointed. I've been skeptical about these deals online and haven't bought myself one till two nights ago, urged by my brother. Haven't gone for it yet, but hopefully it'll be good because online reviews dictate so. Haha, who am I kidding, I hold on to no expectations when it comes to deals online, however, he's been treating me to quite a few meals, and so far, only one is worth mentioning and worth its value at all, and that is Kobe Jones. Thought I'd return the favor and treat him sometime. This entry, however, is dedicated to Kuai Zi, a place which I hope closes down as soon as possible.

Tea gets Cold in Winter

Back entries from last month! Or was it longer than that... I have quite a few subscribed blogs and pages on my google reader (which was actually introduced to me by pottie. Saves so much time from manually going into each site and checking for an update, which is so old-school now that there's all the rss and reader), but no one seems to be updating nearly frequently enough. So while I have spare time on my hands from being sick, I shall diligently blog. If I can't read other people's blog, I shall have to create my own reading materials.

From 116___04

So back a few weeks ago, my high school friends decided to meet up at the Rocks for a spot of tea.

Mountain bread? Fuji-pan!

So while I'm sick and resting at home, the feeling of being at home when I should be at work definitely feels weird. I haven't stayed home for a full day in a very long time... spent the morning visiting a doctor to get mc, and then back home drinking soup and catching up on tv shows. Can't say I didn't bring this upon myself though, I overestimated myself, thinking that since I've been doing sports regularly, my immunity will be impenetrable and I will not get sick this year. At the onset of it, I still went to work, still went out to meet my friends, brother and tt for meals. Now it's worse than ever, but hey, at least I'm all up to date with my shows with enough time spared to blog.

From 117___05

Fuji-pan is a Japanese bakery located at 605 George St, Sydney CBD. Apparently it's owned by the same people who opened Fujiya, a Japanese restaurant close by.

That Time of the Year

Ohh.. scary. Blogger's changed its layout completely! I'll figure out what else's changed tomorrow. If I get out of bed.

From 117___05

Yep. Am down. The fact that I'm blogging this instead of at badminton says alot. And the fact that I don't actually feel tempted by KFC when I walk past it, with the smell of fried chicken wafting all around me. And that I actually ATE pieces of fresh grated ginger in my disgusting lemon ginger and honey tea... something's wrong.

Sick leave tomorrow! =( Calling them early in the morning. Bet they'll still hate me.