http://www.foodzings.com/2008/01/my-auspicious-review.html food blog, philadelphia, restaurant reviews, eating, philly, dining out, cooking, recipes Thu, 09 Feb 2012 22:30:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 http://www.foodzings.com/2008/01/my-auspicious-review.html/comment-page-1#comment-492 Jason Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:54:31 +0000 http://www.foodzings.com/2008/01/my-auspicious-review.html#comment-492 Hi, my name is Jason and I was Faith's server. I am undoubtedly nowhere near as depressed as Faith. Faith chose to have a bad evening. She certainly NEVER asked me if anything was breaded or sweet. She did ask me to describe the Wu Tangerine beef, which I did, and she ordered it anyway, then decided she was unhappy with it. It is not the servers job to choose a dish for you Faith. It is your job to ask the correct questions and suffer the consequences if you don't! Ah, but poor Faith suffers so, I'm sure. She unfortunately never said a word about her disatisfaction with her meal because if she had we would have removed it, replace it with something else, and most likely offered her a complimentary dessert. But people like long suffering Faith have no idea how to act in public, they'd much rather go home, sulking, the get right on the internet to try to dis an establishment and try to have someone lose their job. Hi, my name is Jason and I was Faith's server. I am undoubtedly nowhere near as depressed as Faith. Faith chose to have a bad evening. She certainly NEVER asked me if anything was breaded or sweet. She did ask me to describe the Wu Tangerine beef, which I did, and she ordered it anyway, then decided she was unhappy with it. It is not the servers job to choose a dish for you Faith. It is your job to ask the correct questions and suffer the consequences if you don't! Ah, but poor Faith suffers so, I'm sure. She unfortunately never said a word about her disatisfaction with her meal because if she had we would have removed it, replace it with something else, and most likely offered her a complimentary dessert. But people like long suffering Faith have no idea how to act in public, they'd much rather go home, sulking, the get right on the internet to try to dis an establishment and try to have someone lose their job.

]]> http://www.foodzings.com/2008/01/my-auspicious-review.html/comment-page-1#comment-321 faith Fri, 22 Feb 2008 03:57:00 +0000 http://www.foodzings.com/2008/01/my-auspicious-review.html#comment-321 Dinner at Auspicious (2/21/08) was a huge disappointment. From a waiter, Jason, who seemed seriously depressed-never cracked a smile, to portions barely enough to satisfy even the average diner, Auspicious has a long way to go if it expects to survive on the Main Line!<br/>I would have been embarrassed as a server to place these portions in front of my customers! The server was not very knowledgeable about the selections. I had asked if one beef dish was breaded and was told it was not. I also mentioned I did not want a sweet sauce, rather a spicy sauce. The dish he suggested came...you guessed it...breaded AND sweet!!! My husband's chicken/basil/sauce type dish happened to be delicious, but I kid you not when I say that the portion was a tiny mound that would fit in the palm of your hand!!! I have never seen portions like this, especially in an asian/chinese style restaurant! They serve the side of rice in one of the chinese tiny tea-cups! About 3 oz...maybe!!! I have plenty of choices especially when it comes to chinese or asian fusion food..where my dollars go further and I walk out satisfied and full. Dinner at Auspicious (2/21/08) was a huge disappointment. From a waiter, Jason, who seemed seriously depressed-never cracked a smile, to portions barely enough to satisfy even the average diner, Auspicious has a long way to go if it expects to survive on the Main Line!
I would have been embarrassed as a server to place these portions in front of my customers! The server was not very knowledgeable about the selections. I had asked if one beef dish was breaded and was told it was not. I also mentioned I did not want a sweet sauce, rather a spicy sauce. The dish he suggested came…you guessed it…breaded AND sweet!!! My husband’s chicken/basil/sauce type dish happened to be delicious, but I kid you not when I say that the portion was a tiny mound that would fit in the palm of your hand!!! I have never seen portions like this, especially in an asian/chinese style restaurant! They serve the side of rice in one of the chinese tiny tea-cups! About 3 oz…maybe!!! I have plenty of choices especially when it comes to chinese or asian fusion food..where my dollars go further and I walk out satisfied and full.

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