Monday 13 October 2008

Do The Right Thing or Do It Right

October 12


Siam 62, Nyonya Place or the Thai steamboat in Bandar Puteri Puchong were the three choices suggested for dinner and I was fine with any of them. Then, my significant half had a change of mind in like less than half a minute and quiped that he felt like having western food.Hmmm...I was not surprised as he has this odd ficklemindedness when it comes to anything but work. I flipped through some papers for places that we had not tried out and at the same time suggested this place called Memphis Bistro that we came across in the papers recently. Oh, that place with Elvis' music...he didn't bite. Sigh. "Have you tried MFM?", he asked. Nope, I have not, neither has he, so off we went to the MFM outlet in Centrepoint Bandar Utama.

We ordered our drinks, and a main each, both fish - a cod and a salmon - and the bill, let's just say, not quite worth the amount we spent, and not to mention a waiting time of above 15 minutes when we were the only table at that point of time. An hour later, we walked around Centre Point, to look see look see and to help get the food down. After an hour of browsing through fish shop, hardware store, DVD shop, some stalls with ceramic products from China, and Guardian pharmacy, we decided it was time to go home. On the way I told Adrian that my stomach felt funny, and his felt the same too. Wouldn't that be odd that both felt queasy in the stomach? Perhaps it was the oil, or sauce, we both thought.

My stomach was not quite forgiving, unlike Adrian's and all contents were emptied two hours after the meal. Even all the vitamins and supplement that I took were wasted. Though I hit the sack with an empty stomach, it was a real relief! Empty stomach was better than an upset one, anytime. I was contemplating of filing a complaint to the restaurant management, which happened to be a supportive client of my employer. Should I proceed to make a complaint for bad food served as we could have had food-poisoning, or should I forget about the whole incident and move on without jeorpardising the company's relationship with the client? It is a question of doing the right thing, or doing it right. I opted for the latter. Yes, I compromised and I hope it was the right thing to do. But unlikely MFM would see another visit from us.
Grilled Pacific Cod
Grilled King Salmon Fillet

2 comments:

Foong Yee said...

I guess if you put in the complaint without company name, they won't know where you work. =P

Vengelyne said...

Sorry to hear that, but thanks for the head's up. I am making a mental note to avoid that place.

I would've complained. They need to know. You could save them from 'gulung tikar'. :P