This is why I prefer to eat at home!

I took my Mum to a restaurant the other day and we had missed lunch for a number of reasons so we went to a local restaurant we often frequent. We were very hungry and arrived just as it opened for the evening meal sitting. I ordered a steak with salad. The steak was cold, obviously sous vide then tossed on the grill to get the char marks and flavours on it but not nearly long enough to heat it through. The salad was beyond disgusting, mesclun leaves dry and limp on the the top surface, it was room temperature, must have been sitting out on the bench uncovered since lunchtime but the leaves were slimy, black matted and rotten. I was very disappointed, they had absolutely no right plating it. My mum said it wasn't good enough to feed to chooks. We will be looking for somewhere else in future! The garlic bread side was the saviour as it was bubbly hot, crisp and delicious. 

I politely and quietly showed the waitress, so as not to embarrass her or make a fuss, she was apologetic and took it to the kitchen. The chefs response, get this!  It's been raining hence the state of the salad (mesculan  mix is usually hydroponically grown, so rain is not a factor) limp, dried out on top, warm, stuck to the plate and a snotty rotten mess. No apology,  no offer to replace it! I had already paid for the meal otherwise we would have walked out. Shame Shame, shame on you for inflicting your lazy, haphazard attitude on your patrons. You and your ilk are one of the main reasons I prefer to eat at home. I always know what I am eating, how it has been prepared and how fresh it is!

I am not a chef and do not profess to be one. The person who served this meal is a chef and an utter disgrace to his profession.