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Originally Posted by martinguerre
like art said...you find a few favorite places you know you trust.
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The problem with this is that places change. I had a favourite moroccan restaurant - not particularly close to home, but the food and atmosphere were fantastic. On a saturday night you had to have a booking to get in. I had seen walk up customers turned away when the restaurant was half full because every table was already booked...
The had a special room out the back where you sat on cushions on the floor at a low table.
Anyway, I dragged a bunch of my friends there one saturday night (after booking a couple of weeks in advance to get the special room), and was a little suspicious when we were the only patrons in the place. The menu looked familiar so I order stuff that I love off the menu. The food was awful (by my expectations). It was edible but nothing like I was expecting. My friends had a great time and I went home disappointed and have never been back.