One of the Worst Meals Ever in an Israeli Restaurant

I took this picture from where I was sitting.

It was in an Aroma in Hasharon Shopping Mall, Netanya.

It was rather strange. My friend and I were sitting near the serving counter. We ordered one after another. Actually I ordered first. Her food came immediately. Mine didn't. I kept asking and didn't get an answer. I had ordered the "Anti-pasti salad," so I naively thought that they were busy cooking it.

Eventually brought me my food. I was starving so I ate. It wasn't freshly cooked. It was barely warm. It seemed like it had been assembled on the moon. Those white things had the taste and texture of soft plastic. Since I wasn't planning on having bread I didn't look at it at first. I only looked at the basket at the end of the meal. My friend had received some nice matching slices.

As you can see, this bread serving obviously came from the leftovers of other people's bread bowl. If I had noticed it earlier, I would have taken back the food and demanded my money.

Afterwards I did complain, but the staff didn't care. So, I said I'd blog about it, and I am.

We chose to eat there, because the price seemed right, and we've never had a bad meal at an Aroma. That changed. My friend's Halomi salad was the worst she had ever eaten. The Halomi didn't taste like halomi. It also tasted like plastic.

For proof that this is from an Aroma, here's my "order receipt."

I ordered the antipasti, and if they gave me mozzarella, it sure didn't taste like it.