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2008-05-19
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After a long period of practising the art of conservation of energy, a polite alternative description of being lazy, Capt Memo returns to the keyboard again !!Earlier this evening, I went to Ruby Tuesday in New Town Plaza, Shatin after having appraised myself with various comments, both positive and negative about the place and its service in particular. With me was “She-who-must-be-Obeyed” (Before you throw the grammar book at me, please read up on the complete works of William Shakespeare!)T
After a long period of practising the art of conservation of energy, a polite alternative description of being lazy, Capt Memo returns to the keyboard again !!
Earlier this evening, I went to Ruby Tuesday in New Town Plaza, Shatin after having appraised myself with various comments, both positive and negative about the place and its service in particular. With me was “She-who-must-be-Obeyed” (Before you throw the grammar book at me, please read up on the complete works of William Shakespeare!)
The décor of the place was unmistakably American with dark colour wooden panels and tables. The place was only half full when we arrived by 6:30PM. The receptionist quickly traced my reservation and showed us to our table with the request that we should vacate by 8PM. On the spur of the moment, feeling mischievous, I remarked that I was a slow diner. To that, without even blinking, the girl said, “Please take your time!! No problem!!”
A waitress Jolie, true to her name sake, promptly turned up with the menus. I asked for cold water for myself and a warm version for my commander in-chief.
She asked if I would care for a beer at happy hour rate, $22 for a pint of Foster draught. The offer proved to be too much a temptation and I ceded readily.
We went for cheese and bacon chips, mini combo (two mini beef burgers, a salad with a generous portion of French fries) and a large order (20 in numbers) of buffalo wings. The food arrived and I realised I could have fed a family of four !! The mini burgers were excellence itself, juicy and full of flavours. The salad was fresh and crispy but the coutons were too large to my liking. The bacon and cheese chips came highly recommended by various readers but to me, they were nothing to write home about. As for the chicken wings, I was glad to record that they went exceedingly well with the cold beer.
There was a bit of a commotion with children but that was part of the ambience of a family restaurant. Also there was a couple having a lovers’ squabble but all the waiting staff discreetly looked the other way. I nearly went over to tell the rather plain-looking woman that she was lucky to have such a handsome fellow stupid enough to fall for her ! However, I enjoyed the side-show so much that I let it went on. Oh,how I pitied the man !
Despite all that noise, it turned out to be a very pleasant dinner. I found the waiting staff, Jolie in particular, genuinely friendly and efficient. Other readers had stated waiters/waitresses would hard sell certain food items. I certainly begged to differ. I was tempted to go for a choco tall cake but Jolie, seeing that there was so much food left, tactfully suggested that I should take a rain-cheque on dessert.
With a discount of a member's card, the damage was only a meagre $240 including a tip.
In the immortal words of General MacArthur, I shall return !!
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