Dinner @ Chinoz, KLCC

Was relaxing at KLCC on Wed night. Decided to drop into Chinoz On The Park for dinner. My family ordered familiar food thinking it was a good meal on the way.

To our surprise, 2 dishes with the name of Scallop and Salmon in the menu was actually a serving of 6 slices on a plate respectively. Just too bad I don't have a camera phone at that point of time. Need to purchase one soon to shoot such situation and publicise it to the public.

When I shared this scenario to my friends just now while having supper at Mamak Bistro in Subang Jaya, my friends have the same feedback - that the waiter should have highlighted that the serving was small for a dinner meal. Though another friend said you can't blame the waiter as he could have assumed that you were there for a simple meal or to try out their food. Can't agree with the latter as the waiter took the order from each person and the meal was taken during dinner time at 7pm plus.

And the ridiculous small portion cost us RM30.00 for Scallop and RM25.00 for Salmon. My chicken pie meal (RM33.00) was not bad. The mushroom sauce that came with it really top it off. It could have been nice for me but have to share it out due to the shortcomings on the scallop and salmon. The waiter could have thought that this family was either stingy or do not know how to order. Yeah, true in a way we didn't understand the menu but the waiter should have been alert enough. Conclusion, he was not well-trained for such a restaurant that was trying to put itself into the map of fine dining restaurants. Even if we did order correctly, the price for that portion was still too much. I have eaten scallops/salmon with bigger portions and it didn't cost that much.

When I asked for the bill, the bill has an empty space under the base (total) amount for you to write in any tips. They still have the guts to ask for it when they didn't have a display a good service in explaining to their customers on the food that they have ordered. Why do I say that? One of those friends at the supper table that agreed with me went with us for fine dining at The Olive restaurant at Genting Hotel last year. The waiter who was assigned to us can actually described how was your order being prepared and whether the portion was enough, otherwise he would suggest something else to suit your appetite.

Do you think I will frequent Chinoz again?
Tags: Chinoz On The Park, KLCC, Food, Dinner, Kuala Lumpur, Scallop, Salmon