I stayed at the Castillo and figured I would try Las Palmas. I am searching for the right word for not good, ah, bad. I go to the bar with my lady and order. I get the shrimp parmesan appetizer and she gets the sea bass (think it was the Chilean). I discovered why they call it Chilean. They must have called Chile after we orded it, because it took over half an hour for the food. Ok, not the end of the world, the food comes. My appetizer was in four oyster shells, looked nice. But, they forgot the shovel for me to dig through all the cream sauce to find 4 tiny pieces of popcorn-size shrimp in each shell (note, Orville Redenbacher microwaved popped kernels are considerably larger, almost 2X, so no offense to the popcorn industry). Now, the cream sauce was, hmm, interesting. It reminded me of thick, shelf bought turkey dressing, with that gelatinous texture. I look at my lady's dish and there is this mound of veggies. It looked like it was a thick stew. We both look at it and think that the bass was chopped up in the stew. So she moves the stew over (could have used that shovel that I referenced earlier), and she found it. The four inch by two inch piece of bass. I type words because it may be larger than the piece of fish she received, given larger font size. So, she takes a bite, I ask her how it is. She says ok. She gives me a bite, it was, let me see if I can find a synonym for bad, ah, not good. The only reason, that I enjoyed anything, was because I was with a wonderful lady.
So the check comes, 15K colones ($30 for the nonmathametician). We had no drinks. So, I go to my room to get money, noticing an empty restaurant, not surprised at all. While we were eating, my friend Matt, owner of the Amistad was there. We were talking a bit. Anybody that knows Matt realizes I was not talking much so I add the word a bit
. He was laughing because he knew I was not happy, and, he was right. So, if you ever want to go to Las Palmas, make sure you have a beautiful and understanding lady with you. Beautiful, you will have something to look at while you wait for your food. Understanding, I hope she understands that you did not know the food was so bad.
But hey, we live and we learn.
I do not know know who the owner is, nor if it associated directly with the hotel. But, I do have some advice as a restaurant worker and owner almost all of my life. You have a long road ahead of you.
Peacefully
Dean
