Without a doubt, the worst experience I’ve had eating out in Halifax. I had to send my eggs back twice because they were hard not poached, and was refused a third egg with no apology. The server did her best, but the cook was clearly not interested in providing me with a satisfactory meal.
She then came out and proceeded to shout at me for asking for another egg. She was rude and aggressive and refused to apologize, give me a discount or acknowledge that anything was wrong. She stormed back into the kitchen and I never received another egg, despite waiting 20 minutes for it. She clearly had no intention of replacing it and just wanted me to wait to prove some sort of childish point.
By this point, I was not willing to pay for the meal. The cook shouted at me again. I told her she couldn’t treat customers that way. I left a tip for the server (who has my sympathies) and walked out. Never going there again. —Egg Lover
This article appears in May 10-16, 2018.
Eggstrordinary story! I’m no eggspert in the business, but I would eggspect all restaurants to eggspend a certain effort to provide eggceptional service.
Perhaps the cook was eggsperiencing an eggsistential crisis. To poach or not to poach? That is the question to be eggzamined.