{"id":125,"date":"2007-08-14T08:44:24","date_gmt":"2007-08-14T00:44:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chekyang.com\/musings\/?p=125"},"modified":"2007-08-14T08:44:24","modified_gmt":"2007-08-14T00:44:24","slug":"fishy-business-part-1-of-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/2007\/08\/14\/fishy-business-part-1-of-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Fishy Business Part 1 of 3"},"content":{"rendered":"

Fish & Chips @ Ikea<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\"dining-1791.jpg\"Going by Ikea<\/a> for a Friday evening dinner has become a semi-regular sort of event for us these days. Two of the accessories in the master bedroom bathroom: the floormat and the shower curtain, comes from the Ikea<\/a> catalog. These items accumulate dirt pretty quickly, so it becomes necessary to replace them every 2-3 months. We\u2019ll usually take the opportunity to have dinner at the store Ikea<\/a> cafeteria too.<\/p>\n

The both times I\u2019ve reviewed food at the cafeteria – once for their very popular meatballs, and then also their chicken & fries – have garnered pretty good ratings of 3.9. This time round though, the fare was less impressive. We both had Fish & chips. For $4.50, I got two sizable and meaty sticks of fish, and a nearly as generous portion of fries.<\/p>\n

Unlike many foodcourts in malls that offer Western fare, the fish was actually meaty and the deep fried skin crispy , and would had been quite delicious were it not for the fact that the fish was only lukewarm. Ling remarked ruefully that it seemed that this particular set is going through mass production, and the almost cold fish pretty much ruined its taste. The fish tasted almost rubbery even. We did both agree though had the fish meats been fried and prepared on the spot, as it is commonly done in foodcourts, the food would had been fantastic. So, a pretty disappointing experience, and similar to what we experienced at Courts<\/a> several months ago – precooked fish & chips.<\/p>\n