tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5573758977090430988.post7134485339786752124..comments2010-04-12T14:48:06.021+08:00The Greedy Gluttonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00485587504438637181noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5573758977090430988.post-58533489783684971892010-04-03T11:10:49.073+08:002010-04-03T11:10:49.073+08:00I visited Margarita&#39;s at Dempsey just recently for dinner and yes it was packed. Food was good but I felt the portions were a little small for the price. For eg. $34 for fajitas and it wasn&#39;t huge. $12 for dessert and it was tiny. 3 of us and the bill was $221. Quite high considering we only had 2 alchoholic margaritas, 2 main courses and 2 desserts among the main dishes we ordered. So I wrote to the owner to query and this was the reply I received from Andy Yap, the owner by email (reply is shortened for brevity) :<br /><br />--------------------<br /><br />We at Margarita&#39;s always pride ourselves by using the freshest, the best possible ingredients that is <br />available in the market for our cuisine. As we say, this is no smashed beans &amp; chile place.<br /><br />You must understand that we hardly use any local products or produce<br />here. Everything, from the simple chile hot sauce, right to the<br />chocolates are procured directly from Mexico. Authenicity means cost! <br /><br /> <br />We are using the famous Cagliari Gran Rossa coffee beans to make our cuppa. At $6 a<br />pop, this is value for money. If you know this, you will know what I am talking about?<br />If you are going to compare us to one of those coffee joints that<br />serve jumbo mugs of coffee, please don&#39;t.<br /><br />2. We serve water free. Don&#39;t exaggerate by saying we give you a tiny, weeny water glass. We <br />uses standard 14 ozs glasses here. On the contrary, what you are <br />saying is that you were<br />a pain to my poor waiter the whole night, getting him to top up your <br />glass after every 2 sips. Hey, water supply is not free for me,I have <br />to pay to give you free and yet ...<br /><br />3. Desserts. They are not overpriced. With all the liqour and good<br />quality chocolate that goes into it, I seriously don&#39;t know what you<br />are talking about. Talk about big portion?, try going to any of the <br />cafes in Dempsey.<br /><br />4. Margaritas - Do you know your margaritas? Here we served super premium<br />margaritas, not cheap weak margaritas or slushes <br />No one can compete with us here for this type of margaritas on <br />this kind of<br />pricing. It&#39;s already value for money. <br /><br />You are the first person to bitch about our fajitas. Portion is<br />huge &amp; is meant for 1 person. things. <br /> <br />We are not talking about tomato ketsup, maggie chilli sauce, local<br />chillies,but salsa, our salsa contains 3 types of mexican chiles - Serranos,<br />Chipotles and Jalapenos, you think is free???<br /><br /><br />I don&#39;t know whether you have really been aound in Dempsey to dine. In <br />fact, in Dempsey, Margarita&#39;s has the reputation of being one of the <br />least expensive place to dine. <br /><br />So you asked what are diners like you <br />paying for ....<br /><br />AIDIOS!<br /><br />AndyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5573758977090430988.post-22493323659870189622009-05-14T12:10:00.000+08:002009-05-14T12:10:00.000+08:00Yes! Totally! I LOVE the Magaritas there. I'm now on the hunt to look for great Magaritas ard Sg!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com