Have you ever ordered one thing and then ended up with something completely different that what you expected? To Steen and I, that happens a lot. Usually this is because if we order two things on the menu that are too similar, they will end up being cooked in the exact same sauce. Coconut chicken ends up tasting like fish curry for instance (sans coconut). Today, Steen and I went to the Walkguard hotel for dinner and ordered Indian food. She got cabbage with peas, and I ordered spinach paneer. While both these dishes ended up tasting as expected, for some reason the kitchen fixed them with French-fries rather than rice. They didn’t ask us if we wanted French fries like at most other places we’ve eaten, they just kinda do their own thing there. Like the time they brought us two fruit salads when we only ordered one. Or the time when we didn’t even order fruit salad and they brought us two! Funny thing is, we always got charged for them even though we didn’t order them. But because they were tasty and we ate them, we went ahead and paid full price.
Speaking of being overcharged, they also tried to add 1,000/= Tanzanian shillings to my dish and 500/= Tshillings to the price of Steen’s. They said “food cost more,” (than a week ago when the menu still listed the price accurately?). Maybe it cost more because they didn’t make us anything special this time and charge us after we’d eaten it.
And by the way, spinach paneer does not go well with French fries.
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Or maybe it's their way of lining their pockets better, sigh.
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